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First look at the new muppet movie

Here is the teaser for the new muppet movie due out at Thanksgiving. Enjoy!!

Being Elmo at IFF Boston

I got a chance the other night to see the documentary BEING ELMO: A Puppeteer’s Journey. The documentary is about the story of puppeteer Kevin Clash(puppeteer of Elmo) It is a fantastic story about Kevin following his dream and the drive he had to get it. Fantastic movie and a must see for everyone. I [...]

New Ursula Animatronic

This animatronic looks so smooth and life like.  This really makes me excited for the future of animatronics. Check it out.

“Invisible Ink” by Brian McDonald

You may be asking why I’m talking about a book on writing on a puppet blog.  Well, think about this for a minute. Say you had the best looking puppets ever and an amazing group of puppeteers. Now you may think that would be an instant success. Well you would be wrong, because you would [...]

The Little Prince

Hello Everyone, I saw that Kanja had posted a bunch of new stuff on the puppet buzz blog. So, I decided it was a great time to jump back in myself. I love good theater and good puppet theater even more.  Monkey Boys Production is currently showing their production of the Little Prince at the  Bristol [...]

Making of “A Matter of Loaf and Death”

I love Wallace and Grommit. They have a unique and fantastic style. This video is a great making of video of how they made their most recent short film “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Lots of great stuff here. Click on the link above to check it out.

Swazzle’s Audrey Two

  Swazzle Studios has just released a whole bunch of videos demonstrating how to use their Audrey Two puppet. They have videos for each of the four plants that are used throughout the play. Videos include how to get the plants set-up, how to puppeteer, how to eat the actors, and a lot of very [...]

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!! This is a photo of my Halloween costume from this year. I’ve had the idea forever. I’m so happy to have finally done it.  So, what do you think of the costume? I look forward to sharing my knowledge of puppet stuff, ideas, materials, etc.. with all of you in future posts. Till [...]