Jim Henson and Frank Oz on the set of an Orson Wells TV pilot. Orson Welles was well-known as a Muppet fan. He famously appears in a cameo at the end of The Muppet Movie and was once quoted saying “Sesame Street is the greatest thing that ever happened to television.” I had no idea [...]
Dogg the Bounty Hunter is one of several reality TV stars given the puppet spoof treatment in Bunraker. Bunraker is a new puppet comedy concept built around a Puppet-host named Fez Holden who introduces faux reality show clips featuring puppet “stars” like Jo “Supernanny” Frost, Chris Angel and Dogg the Bounty Hunter. It’s being envisioned [...]
Diggy the traffic cone stars in Hard Work Ahead, a demo for a TV show concept called Curbs. Curbs is a proposed puppet series from Mark Evestaff and Jonathan Baudoin that revolves around three characters – Lesley, B-Roll and Diggy – trying to make it in New York City. They’ve shot a promo for the [...]
Tinseltown is a new puppet sitcom from the Jim Henson Company about a gay Hollywood couple. Tinseltown (see previous post) is a new TV project from the Jim Henson Company. It’s a puppet sitcom built around a homosexual couple – Bobby Vegan (a pig) and Samson Knight (a bull) – who they juggle work, relationships [...]
The full-length pilot/demo for a proposed Canadian series called Spadasheo is available to watch on YouTube. Spadasheo was a proposed Canadian puppet series for kids. A pilot/demo video for the show was shot back in 2001 and featured a great crew of twentysomething Canadian puppeteers including Jay Williams (see previous post), Mike Artelle, Kanja Chen [...]
Squirt is just one of many great-looking puppet characters that inhabits The Big Magic Book. The full pilot for The Big Magic Book (see previous post) is now available to watch online. There are a lot of very talented people behind this project, including a few names that should be familiar to PuppetVision readers; the [...]
Squirt is just one of the many characters featured in the new trailer for the proposed children’s series The Big Magic Book. A trailer for The Big Magic Book is available on YouTube. As I mentioned in my last post about this project, there are some really talented people involved in this and it looks [...]
The animated opening of in-the-works pilot The Big Magic Book looks promising.The Big Magic Book (see previous post) is a pilot for a new children’s puppet series that’s been in the works for awhile. The amazing Nate Patcheco – an animator who also happens to be a very talented puppet builder – has been putting [...]
Rumour has it that a new Muppet series is in development. Muppet fan sites have been buzzing recently about a possible new Muppet series that is being developed by Disney. According to the reports, something called The 2007 Muppet Presentation Pilot was recently shot as a spec pilot (spec pilots are not commissioned by a [...]
Puppet Planet is a pilot for a new Travel Channel puppet series. Last month the Travel Channel aired the pilot episode of Puppet Planet (not to be confused with John Kennedy’s great puppet making book), a new travel series hosted by three puppet characters. I haven’t seen the full episode yet, but a short clip [...]
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