Puppeteers of America

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All puppets are equal, but some puppets are more equal than others…

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The Puppets and Creature Suits Of Animal Firm   Often when an animal is used in a film, TV show or a commercial, there will be scenes that wouldn’t be practical to do with a real animal.  Maybe the action could hurt the animal, be something that an animal cannot be coaxed or bribed into […]

Gorillas in the Mist Blog – Part 2

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A small crew from Rick Baker’s shop went on location to shoot the gorilla suits and puppets.  The live action footage of real gorillas being gorillas and interacting with Sigourney had been previously shot at the Karasoke Research center in Rwanda. The editor, Stuart Baird had the difficult task of editing scenes of the real […]

Celebrating and Remembering Puppeteers Born in January – Part 2

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Part 2 of a list of puppeteers, all born in January.  A special thank you to Steve Abrams for putting this blog post together. Ernie Kovacs (Jan 23, 1919-Jan 13, 1962). Wildly innovative, out of the box , comedy genius of early TV. He sometimes used puppets. Lenny Suib was his puppetry mentor. You can […]

Celebrating and Remembering Puppeteers Born in January – Part 1

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Part 1 of a list of puppeteers, all born in January.  A special thank you to Steve Abrams for putting this blog post together.  Part 2 will be posted in a couple days! Margo Rose (Jan 31, 1903- Sept 13, 1997) At the end of January the Connecticut Guild of Puppetry has an event to […]