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I thought I read somewhere on here before that the brow is anchored at each end and a piece of monofilament is used to pull it down. Does it move up too? I can't remember. If someone searches for the forum for Bert's eyebrow I bet there is a thread about that.

I want one of those. The late 70s Cookie too. All the toy puppets from that era were great. Ernie especially rocked. Truly it was the golden age of plush Muppet puppets.... :p

I know a builder who swears by her fish-filleting knife. It actually works really well too. Easy to keep sharp as well.

There's little if anything out there on building mechs (what a moving part of a puppet is often called) for foam puppets, but the book I usually recommend to people is called Figure Making Can Be Fun?!?! by Michael Brose. It's actually about Vent dummy construction (probably the best book of...

I was putting this in a new blog entry and thought everyone here might like to see...Kathleen David (wife of noted genre author Peter David) recently threw some pics of her very own Smile Time Angel puppet on her web site at http://homepage.mac.com/kathodavid/PhotoAlbum11.html. You can also...

I think most people are referring to your Dad's "household chainsaw." Some people do use the heated-metal-filament-thingie but I don't recommend it. When foam melts (even a little bit) it releases all kinds of nasty chemicals in to the air.

I believe - and I may be wrong - but he rose on the third day, it wasn't necessarily an entire three days in between. Here in Canada and also in Austraila, NZ and the UK "Easter Monday" is a semi-holiday (banks, schools, gov't offices are closed).

I love that Muley strips appear in the international journal of The American Donkey and Mule Society! I've always wondered, is it pronounced Mule-ee or Mull-ee?

Wait `til the holidays and I'll tell you all why Christmas is REALLY in December. :p On a related note, I caught an Easter doc on Jesus on CNN...apparently science has pegged his birth as April 7, 6 B.C. (or thereabouts) which of course means Jesus turned the big 2010 last Wednesday.

Leather is very good and durable...I have a bunch of different pieces of leather I often use for mouths. The manufacturing process is a little more eco-friendly than rubber, which I like.

Reinforcing helps for sure, but how old are these? I'm not trying to give people a hard time about foamcore but it just does not last as long a Corroplast but if you're building puppets that don't have to last years on end or don't get used regularly it could be OK. Foamcore is also a little...

My only issue with foamcore is the one you mention, that it can break down. It's just not terribly durable. If I need a rigid mouth I like corrogated plastic (which I think Drew & Donald suggest in the Foam Book) because it's just as light and you can do more with it.

Burr Tillstrom really was a genius. His work is especially remarkable when you remember most of it was pre-Muppet and he of course was always cited by Jim Henson as a major early influence.

A church trying to teach about the crucifixion of Jesus performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs, upsetting several parents and young children. :eek: :eek: :eek: Wow, first the crazy Iraq stuff and then - on a less serious note - this which...

I've of course heard of the show because of Kevin Clash's work on it, but I've never actually seen an episode. Not sure if they had it up here in Canada. When/where did it run?

Hey, hey, hey - you haven't "stumped me"! You're just obviously doing a terrible job of explaining the problem. ;) :zany: Jinx is right though - it's helpful to make the mouthplate first, and then build the puppet's head up around around that. That's my approach anyway. Some people seem...

Taking voice workshops - the kind intended specifically for people who do character voices and voice over work - has been on my long term to do list for awhile. I think there are a lot of techniques to help you cope and avoid injuring your vocal cords but I don't know what thet are. :(

Hi Zoetrope, and welcome to MC! Sadly, this is pretty much just the way it is. I'm about to shoot something with a gravelly voiced character that I haven't done in several years and I am just dreading it because it really does do murder to your throat. I am not an expert on vocal...

Cookie, probably the leading school for puppetry in America (if not the world) is the Puppet Arts Program at University of Connecticut. Many past and present Henson puppeteers were trained there and the alumni include Pam Arciero, Tim Lagasse and Avenue Q's Jen Barnhart. I think several of the...

I don't know anything besides what I originally posted about the fest. I went to their web site and - I hate to say this - but it's just awful. Horribly designed. The colours are so bright you can't read half of it! Anyways, this does seem to be a community event. I'd be surprised if they...