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23 Jan 2012 Monday Morning Inspiration: Underwater Dragon Dance

Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Chinese Spring Festival. Lion and Dragon dances featuring giant puppets are a staple of the festivities in Chinese communities around the world, but to celebrate the Year of the Water Dragon children in Bangkok were recently treated to a special,...

12 Jul 2011 The Adventures of Superpup

I'm not sure why I've never heard of this until now, but apparently the producers of the popular 1950s Superman TV series were trying to figure out how to extend their lucrative franchise and hit upon the idea of launching a spin-off/spoof called The Adventures of Superpup that featured actors in dog suits and a...

03 Feb 2011 The Art of Lion Dance

I don't generally post puppet making videos here, but since it's Chinese New Year I thought that this look at the making of a Lion head for a Chinese Lion Dance was...

21 Jan 2011 Angry Birds Peace Treaty

Angry Birds is currently one of the best-selling games for iOS (iPod, iPhone. etc.) and Israel's number one comedy show Eretz Nehederet ("A Wonderful Country") recently had a little fun with it in this...

28 Dec 2010 Hunchback Rings Christmas Bell

This is a little late for Christmas, but fun nonetheless...Samuel Seide took out his full body costume puppet Morris The Hunchback and used it to help raise money for the Salvation Army during the...

12 Nov 2010 The Making of Slimer

This three part installment of Steve Johnson's Rubber Rules series on YouTube (see previous post) offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creation of one of the most iconic puppet characters of the 1980s -...

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