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I emailed you privately with a more detailed response, but the only problems I see are: 1. The opening for the mouth should be deeper and cut closer to the arm hole 2. The edges of the darts in the pattern aren't straight 3. This approach to making a round head will make the sides of...

No pics yet because Tumbles isn't finished. He's about 90% done at this point. I actually covered his head in fur over the weekend (his body & arms were done months ago) but some adjustments have to be made to him but that's not a priority for me right now because between myself and a puppet...

I think part of the reason a lot of Henson stuff is not on air is that they have a reputation for demanding high license fees. If you're a TV programmer and you can get Happy Days for $250* an episode versus The Muppet Show for $500 you're going to go to decide to go with the Fonz instead of the...

But VERY nice! :)

As I mentioned above, I think the main reason this happens is because the show is shot on a painfully short schedule. They really crank these Muppet segments out. Another explanation is that sometimes there might be another take that is technically better, but a decision could be made in editing...

I think the main reason the sleeves exist is because Sesame is shot on such a fast schedule if they a little bit of a puppeteer's harm ends up in an otherwise perfect take the mistake won't be so glaring.

Try contacting the British Puppet & Model Theatre Guild as well. They have a web site at www.puppetguild.org.uk which includes a section for classified ads I think.

Incidently, welcome to MC Puppet Builder! :) Have you been reading the board for a long time? Where are you from? What kind of puppet work do you do?

I'm not partial to carving puppets myself, but there is more than one way to go about this. How long does it take you to carve a head? Just the shape, not all the finishing details like eyes, fleece or flock, etc. I can usually produce a "wedge head" in under an hour and I've found carved heads...

Larry - that will work, you're right but it's exactly the same as cutting straight edges. The problem is usually that the wedges are not pinched together properly (I'm assuming that contact cement is being used - the whole wedge thing doesn't work well with hot glue). Pinching foam together is a...

Actually, those figures do not include a buy out of the rights to the character, assuming that the builder is also the designer. What drives the cost of television puppets so high in addition to the factors I mentioned above are the fact that a team of designers/builders can work on one puppet...

Look at any Muppet or decent television puppet. Most cost at least $5000. The difference is in the materials the puppet is made from, the method it was constructed in and the internal workings of it. Also most builders will actually build a puppet 3 or more times over to get it "just right" so...

Actually, the wedges need to have perfectly straight edges (cut at a 90 degree angle) to make the head as round as possible. Eight wedges with straight edges (if cut properly) should make a round ball. You can vary the angle of the cut to get different shapes and effects. I've usually found...

I wish Walmart wasn't such an evil, faceless corporate monster. They really are a puppet builder's heaven!

What type of props/costumes are you looking for? If 28" includes the legs, children's clothing sized 4 - 6x would do the trick for clothes. Props depends on what you need.

I haven't personally worked with any of these (although I've heard complaints about OWS and only good things about Puppet Productions) but I just thought I would point out that $400 is not in fact expensive for a puppet. It's relatively cheap. Slip your hand in to a $2,000 (or $5,000) puppet and...

I have occasionally. Under duress. She's actually off the air in Canada now.

At a certain age level you should be watching something other than Sesame Street but I think anyone who suggests watching Sesame Street is harmful is a little out of touch. Dr. Phil, now there's a dangerous television program. :p

Outgrow Sesame Street? (Buck prepares his best Jon Stewart impersonation) WHAAAAA?!?! That's just wrong man, just wrong. Nobody's too old for Sesame Street. :)

Danny has posted an article from Salon.com over at Tough Pigs about "Sesame Neighborghood" a new mini-series Sesame Workshop is trying to do. Here's the link ~ http://www.toughpigs.com/extrasesamearabstreet.htm