Mother Hubbard has no food, no money and no clue how to deal with her eccentric little dog. Join in the fun as Puppet Heap plays with this classic rhyme.

Well, summer is coming and that means one thing…working out!  LOL I know this blog deals with puppetry and what better way of becoming a better puppeteer than being better physically. 

I received this notice via email- it’s a local company selling hand controllers for only $200 (can) if you are interested, just save the picture associated with this posting; fill it out and mail it in. I personally have never used this, or know of the manufacturer. I thought people who are looking for this sort of device may be interested

Here is a rare video of Jim Henson talking about high definition television… Henson’s concepts of technology was really advanced for the time. This interview is amazing! The real gem here however is the extra footage at the beginning and end- showing Jim’s genuine interest in people, and humor. All I can say is WOW!

WPET is a TV Station owned and operated by puppets. This is the sketch comedy work of Puppet Entertainment Television.

Dave Ridley has challenged the laws of New Hampshire which states it is basically against the law to perform an open air puppet show for profit. Dave wants others to look at these “mundane laws” within their city and break them constructively. He hopes by doing this it will force city boards to relook at these rules, thus, causing officials to change or abolish laws that are now obsolete. This would save tons of time, money and provide more freedoms for people.

I have noticed many videos of the blinking eye mech I posted in my tutorials. Most have encountered the same problem- The eyes are moving with the blink- the actual eyes shouldn’t move with the blink. If you are finding your puppets eyes moving down when you use the mechanism; or the blink is hard to trigger. Please check the following “problems” to see why this is happening.

1) Make certain your eyes (your puppet eyes LOL) are attached firmly in place. The eyes should not move- I usually hot glue the back of the eyes to the foam head to ensure the eyes won’t move at all.

2) Make certain the actual wire that creates the eye lid isn’t catching on the ping pong eye when you hit the trigger switch- what might be happening is that when you hit the trigger you are causing the lid to close but then it catches the eye= causeing the entire eye to “fold” with the lid.

3) The lid should have some space between it and the ping pong ball- when making the mech, make certain that the curve of the eyelid wire is bent with some space available for the ping pong ball to move freely. When you put the ping pong balls in the wire and then curve the wire to make the eyelids; you should then be able to spin the ping pong ball freely on the mech.

4) Don’t glue the top lid onto the eye.

Just to let everyone know I would love to take credit for this design, but it came from previous Terry Angus drawings/pics. I just translated these drawings into video format

Hope this info helps and happy building! Thanks goes out to Naomi from Puppets in Melbourne forum, who let me use her video.

On Saturday, May 24th Ottawa Mayfest is having their annual cultural event in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community - Ron Kolbus Lakeside Center at 102 Greenview (Britannia Park Area, West Ottawa) from 9:00am to 4:00pm
Puppet performances–repeatedly– in the afternoon. Check it out if your in the area!

Jose from www.jose-navarro.com was recently involved in the making of a Commercial that is
being presented in Cinemas across the UK.

The web page, in which this add can be seen is at:
www.mini.co.uk
then click in. THE OTHER FILM, mini hits the big
screen. which takes you to:
http://www.mini.co.uk/html/about_us/cinema.jsp

There are 2 ads, The park Football and
Procastination, you can chose any of them, the last
bit of the commercial shows the puppet character made
with the hands that comes out of the “glove”
compartment, that is the character Jose performs. Neat stuff, check it out!

The Geppetto Dreams Puppet Company’s new 40 seat salon theater is now accepting bookings for both adult and children’s puppet shows. Think of it as a working vacation in one of the coolest cities in the US, Austin, TX. We are Austin’s newest non-profit theater and offer sound, lights, promotion and a beautiful stage. You just bring your show we supply the rest. We offer a 50/50 split on the door, and ticket prices are on a sliding scale. Interested puppeteers/troupes should contact Ricki at admin@geppettodreams.com