To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 08:17:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] it's a big, big world


I think that Jim Henson created a kind of puppet with fabrics and colors 
that meshed perfectly with the popular culture.  Kind of the way Peter Max 
graphics hit it big with a certain generation.  Jim Henson also developed a 
way to perform with puppets on tv and a way to capture them on film or 
video.

But you have to think of the days before he came along.  Bil Baird, Shari 
Lewis, Burr Tillstrom, Paul Winchell...all very different from each other 
and all using non-Muppet type characters and all very successful.

I understand the need for research, but trying to gauge a reaction from a 
young child about the appropriateness of one type of puppet over another is 
extremely complicated.  And a good producer with faith in a project would 
know that a good puppeteer could entertain children with a couple of socks 
or tennis balls.

Robert Rogers 

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