Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:32:30 -0800
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Historical use of Monitors - in no way trying to


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Morey Bunin was also using video feedback in the early 50's, probably 
because he was also working in a TV studio doing a "network" puppet 
show.  His amazingly creative mind, however, saw the possibility of 
making the puppets in a totally unique way to make the end result on 
the TV screen appear to be an animated character, and not a 
puppet.  This lead to his invention of the puppetry based live 
animation process called Aniforms, first patented in '62 or 
'63.  Even today, in the world of computer animation, there is still 
a market for our very low tech system of creating animation in real 
time.  There are photos of the process on my web site.

-Bob Stone
www.serious-comedy.com


At 08:29 PM 1/12/2006, you wrote:

>Burr Tillstrom was using monitors during the Kukla, Fran, and Ollie show at
>least back in the 40's (see lower picture on page 160 of the May 23rd, 1949
>issue of Life Magazine). Even if it were something he started using in 1949
>that still would have been 3 1/2 years before Uncle Chichimus and the start
>of CBC Television and six years before the airing of Sam & Friends.
>I have no idea if this gives Tillstrom the award for being "first" for such
>a use.
>Others could have done it before him. Someone else in the studio might have
>just made it available for him. Such technology is easy to pick up and
>use if you see someone else, or hear of someone else doing it.
>However, the refered to picture in Life magazine might be the 
>"first" published
>picture of someone using monitors for puppetry.
>
>-Steve Williford
>- In Saugatuck, where suddenly its spring... at least for a day.
>
>   Andrew <puppetvision-AT-gmail.com>  Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Rubbery Figures
>
> >This reminds me of the little-known Canadian puppetry fact that John Conway
> >was supposedly using many of the techincal firsts (no puppet stage,
> >monitors, simple platformed-up sets) usually credited to Jim Henson on CBC
> >in Canada prior to Sam & Friends. That in no way diminishes any of Henson's
> >accomplishments of course (Conway might have technically done it first, but
> >Henson mastered it and did it better).
>
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