I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
There’s a bit of spat at the moment between Spain and France and it seems that a French puppet show is to blame. The fuss started with an episode of Les Guignols de l’info – a sort of French version of Spitting Image – that featured puppets of disgraced cyclist Alberto Contador singing about blood doping...
It's been awhile since we've checked in with Kasou Taishou, the awesome twice-annual Japanese game show/competition where people complete against each other by staging skits with outrageous props, costumes and puppets. Here's a look at some of the best skits from the latest installment of...
The Muppets are invading WWE Raw tonight and fans of the Muppets and WWE Wrestling alike seem to be taking to the interwebs with vengeance to voice their disapproval....
Gorg & Lala is a fun-looking series that airs on France's Canal+ network in French. The puppets and puppetry in the show are provided by Moving Puppet (see previous posts). 70 Episodes of the series have been completed over three seasons and plans for a fourth are underway....
Quite possibly the best Muppet joke...
Sesame Street's 42nd season is in full swing on PBS in the United...
Part of Spitting Image's legacy is that it inspired a series of similar shows around the world. One of the most recent examples is ZA News, a web series that pokes fun at politics in South Africa, which has a strong tradition of political...
Every Bomb You Drop is probably the most famous of the Spitting Image musical parodies and was one of the most poingent segments that the show ever produced....
Back in 2005 The British Film Institute hosted a special tribute to the series that included a panel discussion with several members of the Spitting Image creative team, including co-creator Peter Fluck, voice artist Steve Nallon and puppeteer Louise Gold....
The Margaret Thatcher puppet was undoubtedly one of the biggest stars of Spitting Image and as a deeply conservative Prime Minister, one of the show's favourite targets. This is one of the show's best Margaret Thatcher...
Nothing was sacred to Spitting Image, least of all religion. My God Is Bigger Than Your God was probably one of the show's most pitch perfect musical satires and it is just as relevant today as the day it was...
"Master puppeteer" is a term that gets thrown around rather loosely (and often undeservedly) here in North America, but in Taiwan there is at least one man who is unquestionably a master: Huang...