Puppet News and Olds

[MagicFractal]

CLICK HERE TO SEE AN EXCELLENT VIRTUAL PUPPET​

It's above the menu on the linked page. The future of puppetmastery will include virtual (existing only on-screen) and robotic puppets, controlled wirelessly by voice and hand gestures. Here I offer four nano-tributes to this evolution.​

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I met the man who coined "roboticist", Isaac Asimov, in 1964.​

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Tony Sarg was a great puppet pioneer in the early days of T.V.. He crafted the marionette held by Albert at left.​

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Bil Baird and his wife Cora followed Tony Sarg. This is Walter, Charlemane, and Bil.​

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Now we have Muppets, thank you Jim Henson ...​