Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:30:59 EST
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] 12 best puppets ever


I don't know that I saw old Charlie McCarthy on the list, but I'd put him 
there, as well as the Abe Lincoln   figure Walt Disney introduced at the World's 
Fair for "Great Moments with Mr Lincoln."   I'd include Abe as the 
representative for all the audio-animatronic theme park figures, including the newer 
Sarcos figures.

Of course, at his premiere, there were still a few bugs in Mr Lincoln, who 
took an extra bow before an audience, and who tore his chair apart at a 
run-through.   The robot was made to be even taller than the human Lincoln, and was 
known to take wild swings toward onrushing technicians (with bits of that broken 
chair), a la King Kong, or so the story went.

Sean K.
http://www.puppets.inuk.com/americas/usroundup.htm
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