Puppets and Automatons
Rene Strange, Singing Cartoonist
Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 11, 2024 -
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Category: Music, Puppets and Automatons, Cartoons, United Kingdom, Twentieth Century
Mr. Squiggle
All is explained at the Wikipedia page.Weird as the newer version is, the 1950s show was even weirder. Go to this link, for a non-embeddable sample.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 10, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Puppets and Automatons, Television, Space Travel, Australia, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #591
It's hard to remember a time when Lambchop could serve as a role model. Certainly the puppet was abetted by Shari Lewis being so gorgeous.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 04, 2024 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Advertising, Children, Twentieth Century
De Dik Voormekaar Show
The Wikipedia page.
TV version of the popular radio program with André van Duin and Ferry de Groot in which the various characters were portrayed on screen by hand puppets in the first season (1977-1978) and full body costumes in the second (1978-1979).
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 14, 2024 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Television, 1970s, Europe
When You Come to the End of a Lollipop
Yes, a real dummy singing.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 27, 2023 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Puppets and Automatons, Junk Food, 1960s
Señor Wences
Once upon a time, pop culture was very different.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 07, 2023 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Television, Surrealism, Twentieth Century
The Muppets “Sclrap Flyapp” on The Ed Sullivan Show
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 16, 2022 -
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Category: Aliens, Death, Puppets and Automatons, Television, 1960s
Terry Head and Gisela
It's not every day that one sees a mime-skating-comedy act.Another clip of the act, not embeddable, here on a Facebook page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 15, 2021 -
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Category: Humor, Puppets and Automatons, Skating, Sledding, Skiing and Other Wintertime Pursuits, 1970s
Artificial Girls of 1940
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 28, 2021 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Puppets and Automatons, 1940s, Women
A Dummy Goes to Africa
Unfortunately, the book is not digitized, and original copies go for big bucks. But you can see more pics and read an account of the tale at the link.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 21, 2021 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Religion, Books, 1960s, Africa
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