Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:53:12 -0600
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Rubbery Figures


Don't know if this John Conway Quicktime clip has been mentioned:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cbc/radiotv/decades/1950/dl/#chichimus

On Jan 12, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Andrew wrote:
> 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). I'd bet that like Fluck & Law, 
> Henson
> had never seen or heard of his predacessor's work when he started. 
> Great
> minds tend to think a like.

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