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  1. puppetguy

    Rare Muppet cast and crew apparel for sale

    Greetings all, Recently, I cleaned out my closet and posted some rare Muppet clothing items on Ebay. Among them are cast and crew apparel from Sesame Street, Emmet Otter-The Musical as well as a T-shirt given to participants in the making of Jerry Nelson's "Truro Daydreams" album. Thanks...
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    Muppet Yard Sale!

    Thanks for bidding and good luck!
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    Muppet Yard Sale!

    Howdy Muppet Central-ites, I'm having a big ol' Muppet stuff yard sale on ebay. Check out my listings: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZscruffnbanjo Let my stuff become your stuff. Happy bidding!
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    Puppets For Sale!

    Howdy Muppet Central-ers. I'm selling some puppets that have been hanging around my apartment for too long. And if you're in the market for an excellent banjo, well, look no more! Take a look: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZscruffnbanjo Thanks for lookin'
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    Your Thoughts: Country Favorite Songs DVD

    I would pay the full price of a DVD for "There's a Hole in the Bucket." I'm stunned this clip hasn't surfaced on Youtube.
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    Puppetry Festivals

    I highly recommend you attend Puppet Rampage. There's nothing quite like a Puppeteers of America Festival, especially if its your first National fest. They are truly eye-opening. In 1993, I went to my first National PoA fest, which was held in San Francisco and organized by Mike Oznowicz...
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    Puppetry College

    "This style is already being used by so many people and won't make you money or get you a job." Heh...neither of those conclusions is true. Puppetry is one of the few forms remaining in which the best method of learning is by apprenticing. Books are good and can be helpful, but nothing...
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    Puppetry College

    Its tough. Plain and simple. It requires a lot and often there just aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. If you do decide to enroll, I highly recommend going as a grad student. Thereby, your course load consists entirely of puppetry classes. I pity the poor undergrads who have...
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    Do you have a dream?

    Heh..if I really wanted to scare you, I'd tell you that when you become a freelance puppeteer you might as well forget any job security or stability. And all those nice perks that most folks get with 9-5-ers like health benefits and paid vacations don't apply with your job. The worst nightmare...
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    Do you have a dream?

    There's a lot I didn't know about being a self-supported puppeteer when I became one. There's a lot that my fancy-shmancy UConn puppetry degree didn't prep me for about working as a puppeteer in the real world. Lessons like being a freelance puppeteer is 75% business and 25% acutal puppetry...
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    Puppetry College

    "They do not in fact downplay the importance of the Muppets in any way. They expose people to all types of puppetry equally. And as we know the Muppets are not the only part of this world." Well, as a graduate of the UConn Puppetry program (MA 2001), I can tell you that if you want your...
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    Puppetry College

    Also, UConn tends to downplay the importance of the role the Muppets have had on American puppetry. Its a good overview of many performance styles and contstruction techniques, though. But, as I've learned from many puppeteers, going to school does not necessarily make one a better puppeteer.
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    re-realese palisades figures

    "So, assuming you really want all the muppet figures, you would have gotten them on ebay. " You're right..that's assuming I wanted all of the exclusives. I didn't. I'd rather have new figures than a bunch of repaints. I've got one Gonzo..I don't need 13 others (that number is an...
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    re-realese palisades figures

    One of my biggest beefs with Palisades is the difficulty of obtaining the Muppet figures. Short of spending $50 bucks and becoming a Collector's Club member, which I really can't justify because I'm only interested in the Muppet line and not their entrie product line, there is no good way of...
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    Anyone remember Whirleygig?

    Kermit Love designed and built the puppets for Whirleygig, may have even produced it. I know he also appears in each episode. So your assumption it was JHC related is not so unfounded. Nikki Tilroe, one of the background performers on Fraggle Rock, was one of hte main puppeteers on this show. I...
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    Puppetry Companies

    Soon to be 27. Whoo-hoo.....
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    Puppetry Companies

    puppetry business license I tried to apply for a business license for my puppet company in Alabama, but the only category I fell under was "transient and vaudeville companies," which would have applied at the turn of the 20th century. So the woman assisting me at the license office suggested I...
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    GNU Song

    I can't remember which episode this UK spot is seen in. Can anyone help? Thanks
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    Act Fast!!! Muppet Whatnot Building Info!

    This was from National Geographic WORLD magazine from 1979 (summer, I think) The article included in that magazine had some wonderful TMS behind the scenes pics..including a misleading photo of Richard Hunt holding up Lew Zealand in a group shot..as a kid I thought Richard performed him after...
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    Sesame Street on NBC's West Wing March 3

    Maria on Law and Order Did anyone else notice "Maria" on Law and Order, following the West Wing? That makes the 3rd Sesame cameo I've seen on that show...Gordon played a judge, Luis was a lawyer, and Maria played a witness..
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