I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
Looks like Katy Perry really likes puppets. Hot on the heels of the Katy Perry/Elmo “cleavagegate” controversy (see previous post) comes news that Katy Perry will be the first human guest star in Simpsons history. She’ll be appearing in a special Christmas episode that features the Simpson clan in puppet form, as created by Swazzle...
I hope everyone is having a safe, happy and wonderful holiday! I’m taking a bit of a break this week and next, but when you’re not busy spreading holiday cheer check back here on PuppetVision…2008 was (I think anyway) a great year for puppet film and video and I’m going to spend the next week...
Canada’s comedy network is broadcasting Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s new Christmas schedule. Just for the benefit of PuppetVision’s Canadian readers, here in the Great White North the Comedy Network will be airing ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s holiday special Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special this Saturday, December 20th. Encore presentations are scheduled for December 22nd and 24-25,...
The cheeky PG Tips Monkey sends up the Queen with a special Christmas greeting. The recently-blogged PG Tips Monkey recently donned drag and delivered a Christmas message dressed as the Queen (televised Christmas addresses by Queen Elizabeth are a tradition in England and Commonwealth countries like Canada). This was apparently created to precede a full-length...
The new Muppet special, A Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa airs on NBC in the United States Wednesday night. Just a quick reminder that A Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa (see previous post) airs tomorrow night on NBC in the U.S. The special is getting one final publicity push on daytime TV Wednesday with Kermit...
In case you haven’t heard, The Muppets have a new holiday special coming to TV next week called A Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa (see previous post). So far, the early reviews of Letters to Santa have been good and NBC has been heavily promoting the special; their efforts include a new Muppet viral video...
Production continues on the upcoming Muppet Christmas special Letters To Santa (Photo Credit: Flickr user djandzoya). Joe Hennes was back on the set of the upcoming Muppet Christmas special Letters to Santa again (see previous post) and this time he brought fellow Tough Pig Ryan Roe along with him. They spent a day in the...
Whoopi Goldberg is one of several human guest stars slated to appear in the new Muppet holiday special Letters to Santa – A Muppets Christmas.NBC is bringing the Muppets back to T.V. for a holiday special this year. Letters to Santa – A Muppets Christmas is set on Christmas Eve and involves Kermit and the...
If you’re not too busy trimming trees and decking halls over the holidays here’s some fun Christmas puppet stuff to check out: The final installments of the Save Xmas Now podcast have been posted. You can check out all of them here. Also, the stars of Save Xmas Now helped Henson.com Podcast host Grant Baciocco...
Bill Cosby turns John Madden into Santa Claus and starts a holiday tradition in the mildly warped Celebrity Bric-a-Brac Theatre: The First Christmas. For all of you out there who are fans of found object puppetry, Christmas and Bill Cosby I present Celebrity Bric-a-Brac Theatre: The First Christmas from Blame Society Films (the folks behind...
The Itchy Kadoozy ShowJono struggles to survive in the wilderness while helping someone keep kosher. Jelly NewsBuck Denver recites a Christmas poem (this is a rerun of old episode). JigsawJigsaw wraps up its “Getting Kidnapped” storyline in a season finale. Queen Miss Left TitterQMLT sends out Christmas greetings from China. The Rag (show)It’s The Rag...
Christmas is a rare example of legendary puppeteer Richard Teschner’s work. Here’s a little Christmas treat…a recently restored video of Christmas by Richard Teschner, the famed puppeteer who adapted traditional Javanese rod puppets for western puppet theatre in the early 20th century. Teschner’s work influenced generations of puppeteers (including the Muppets) and is still felt...