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Ernie Coombs (Mr. Dressup) passed away recently, but he is a legend in Canada! He's actually American and came to Canada with Mr. Rogers who started his show on CBC. When Fred Rogers left to go back to the US Ernie Coombs was offered his own show to replace Mr. Rogers and "Mr. Dressup" was born...

Well, everyone knows how I go on about Canadian puppet TV shows, but we seem to have a rep for making smarter Adult comedy with puppets up here. Two shows have emerged recently: - Internet Slutts - Puppets Who Kill Both these shows are NOT for children. Internet Slutts' premise is...

Hi all! It's the 50th Anniversary of the CBC (the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and to celebrate CBC has a special CBC/Radio-Canada's 50th Anniversary VIA Rail Train - a "travelling open house" that left Vancouver BC on September 7th. The train is travelling across Canada and has a...

Once again I'm late getting in to this thread, but count my vote for the count (that's one, one vote for the Count Ah ah ah!) :p

Noel is of course most famous for his wonderful work as Bear on "Bear in the Big Blue House."

I never knew RIT had a website - thanks for sharing that! ...time for Buck Beaver to start paying closer attention to packaging

Our shop is just finishing up a large Smaug dragon puppet from "The Hobbit" for a production in the US and we will be making it available for rental very soon. It's just the head and neck and is about 16 feet long and can stand 11'0 off the ground. You can email me privately if this sort of...

Peach Cream is the closest to "skin tone" (if you mean Caucasian skin tone) there is, but you want the one made by Tintex, not RIT (the RIT one is too dark and peachy). Usually you mix different dye colours to get the exact tone you want. Time to get out that old colour theory textbook from...

"Puppets Who Kill" is a new half-hour series airing on the comedy network in Canada. Created by Steve Western and puppeteer John Pattison it's another of those wacked-out "anti-Muppet" shows. A little different than "Crank Yankers" (also premiering this Fall on the Comedy Network in Canada)...

Congrats on the new look guys - it's awesome! I love the themed marquees, Jamie did you create all the backgrounds for them from scratch or lift them from somewhere?

OK here's my "Meeting Muppet" story: When I was a kid my Dad took me and my brother to the "Art of the Muppets" exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. I met Thog there (not sure who was in the costume). I actually don't remember this, but there is a picture of me and my brother...

Oh there may be no one right way, but there sure are a lot of wrong ones!!! :p

Depends on the polar fleece. If it is cotton then it should take dye very easily, if it is a synthetic material (like polyester) it probably won't. Antron fleece is one the exceptions to this rule because it's a synthetic, but it can be dyed. That doesn't happen very often. If you have one of...

It's not that dying foam is a no no, it's just that I don't like to do it and not all types of foam will take dye. Many of the Muppets from the 70s (including many of the original Electric Mayhem Band puppets) were made from coloured foam. The Crank Yankers puppets are Antron Fleece I...

Today's Special was about a TORONTO department store Beaker!!! Crazy American lab assistants, you think everything is set in YOUR country! LOL :p I think "Today's Special" ran on Nick or Disney in the US. Cantus, I don't know what "Umbrella" tapes are available (it's probably not the...

Thanks everyone! We did a half day on the set so far and it was, well, interesting. Always fun work with directors who don't know anything about puppets... :rolleyes: We're actually supposed to be going back to do some more shooting. When I know more, you all will know more. Thanks again!

Somewhere here or on the old forum there is extensive discussions about colouring foam. I generally avoid it (a lot of foam won't take dye anyhow). A good way to colour the foam would be to spray paint it. "Crank Yankers" style puppets can be patterned out of foam. For eyes you can use ping...

I'm with MuppetQuilter, while we try to avoid hand stitching at all costs we're usually not ver successful - there is a hideous amount of hand sewing involved with making puppets! Also, if you are using Antron fleece many machines can't handle it well. Although I don't want to reboot the "Great...

Hey CaptCrouton, You might want to check out Chrtistpup which is an online group devoted to Christian puppet ministry. Also, Axtell Expressions probably has links to more resources on their website. I hope this helps!

It's been extensively picked up by educational broadcasters and cable stations in Canada for this season so I'd be surprised if it isn't on one of the US channels as well this year.