Something has occured to me as of late.  There seems to be more and more commercials using puppetry.  I have long anticipated a new revival in the use of puppetry in mainstream media, and it seems as if it may be starting.

Take for example this cross promotion for Shrek The Third and Hewlett Packard.  The premise is that this production was created by one of the Shrek characters using an HP computer.  Obviously it is not intended to be “high quality” puppetry, but it definitely got my attention.  And look I am even posting about it.

One of our contributors, Tom Stewart, over at Puppeteers Unite! points out a wonderful shadow puppet commercial that he found.  And most recently there have been many people posting about the latest Mountain Dew commercial featuring puppets.

Some of my insider information sees many new and great things coming down the pipes that are puppetry related.  So I ask you, “Is this a new beginning for puppetry in mainstream media?”  Perhaps.  What do you think?