Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:15:41 -0800
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Kukla, Ollie  and Loose Lips on the Monitor...


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Corrections...Ollie was the one with the lips!   Thanks Leslie.

Ax


At 01:12 PM 1/13/2006, you wrote:

>Andrew said:
>
>"That's fascinating, I had no idea that Burr Tillstrom
>used monitors. Was that a technical capability when he
>started? It's been 10 years since my college course in
>the history of broadcast production systems, so I'm
>just struggling to remember if they were even using
>floor monitors in the late`40s (video tape hadn't even
>been invented yet and everything had to be pulled "off
>the air")."
>
>Here's a link to some pictures of Burr backstage with
>his monitor:
>
>http://users.ultinet.net/~kfo/life.html
>
>When I see how his head and body seem to be contorted
>looking at that monitor, I want to say OUCH!!
>
>It's from a Life Magazine article from May, 1949. I
>don't know how his monitors changed over the years.
>Maybe someone who knew him in the '70s and/or '80s can
>clue us in.
>
>It's funny, I never noticed the problem with Ollie's
>(not Kukla; Kukla's mouth doesn't move) lip sync
>before I read about it in a puppetry forum (either
>this one or usenet). I watched for it and did notice
>it afterward, but it didn't reduce the enjoyment I get
>from seeing what little there is available of Kukla,
>Fran and Ollie. As a fan of puppetry, it's the
>entertainment value that is more important to me than
>the technique. If I'm interested in what's going on on
>stage, my mind isn't processing any subtle goofs. If
>I'm not, I get up and leave (or just shut off the TV).
>
>Leslie
>
>
>
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