Puppets and Automatons
Señor Wences
Once upon a time, pop culture was very different.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 07, 2023 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Television, Surrealism, Twentieth Century
The Muppets “Sclrap Flyapp” on The Ed Sullivan Show
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 16, 2022 -
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Category: Aliens, Death, Puppets and Automatons, Television, 1960s
Terry Head and Gisela
It's not every day that one sees a mime-skating-comedy act.Another clip of the act, not embeddable, here on a Facebook page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 15, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Puppets and Automatons, Skating, Sledding, Skiing and Other Wintertime Pursuits, 1970s
Artificial Girls of 1940
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 28, 2021 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Puppets and Automatons, 1940s, Women
A Dummy Goes to Africa
Unfortunately, the book is not digitized, and original copies go for big bucks. But you can see more pics and read an account of the tale at the link.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 21, 2021 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Religion, Books, 1960s, Africa
Dummy Divorce
Photo source: The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland 21 Aug 1953, Fri • Page 4
Text source: Los Angeles Evening Citizen News (Hollywood, California) 21 Aug 1953, Fri Page 11
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 19, 2021 -
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Category: Law, Puppets and Automatons, Husbands, Wives, Divorce
Puppet Officer Brendan O’Smarty
1993: Under pressure from his superiors to stop carrying his ventriloquist dummy with him while on patrol, San Francisco Police Officer Bob Geary decided to take the matter to the voters. He formed the "Committee to Save Puppet Officer Brendan O'Smarty" and succeeded in putting the issue on the ballot.The voters decided by a narrow margin of 51% to 49% to allow him to continue patrolling with Brendan O'Smarty.
This turns out not to be the first puppet officer we've posted about. Just a few months ago, Paul posted about puppet officer Jerry McSafety. I wonder how many more puppet officers there are?
More info: wikipedia, alchetron
Geary with Puppet Officer Brendan O'Smarty
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 18, 2021 -
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Category: Police and Other Law Enforcement, Puppets and Automatons, 1990s
Early Jim Henson Commercials
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 23, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Puppets and Automatons, Television, Advertising, Coffee and other Legal Stimulants, 1950s, 1960s
Muffin the Mule
Non-talking puppets with uninterrupted narration by a weird lady: pure kiddie gold!Or, as the urban legend has it: "There! That oughta hold the little bastards!"
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 30, 2020 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Television, United Kingdom, Twentieth Century
Jerry McSafety
Article source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 11, 2020 -
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Category: Police and Other Law Enforcement, PSA’s, Puppets and Automatons, Twentieth Century
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