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<br />Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-42556346485178318702012-03-25T06:00:00.001-07:002012-03-25T06:05:39.478-07:00AN EVENING WITH FLEXITOON<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLZ5FDCBLYFAI888SeoXcHpxndzqKFKRd9JeKcsL4optazK8_cptx9m-Ab_REXZ3W-goxLulgU_Dyyc0hzYLpBCjnUoLkCSvj14MqtgzIVvEYR-jLlM8h946IT28kX-9P4hzdCEpliojt/s1600/flexitoon+flyer.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLZ5FDCBLYFAI888SeoXcHpxndzqKFKRd9JeKcsL4optazK8_cptx9m-Ab_REXZ3W-goxLulgU_Dyyc0hzYLpBCjnUoLkCSvj14MqtgzIVvEYR-jLlM8h946IT28kX-9P4hzdCEpliojt/s400/flexitoon+flyer.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723819793350177554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">HOPE YOU ALL CAN COME!</div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-85705647677849350672012-01-26T06:41:00.000-08:002012-01-26T06:44:00.757-08:00"LET'S HAVE FUN" POSTER<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcO6xjcKGp8muvWbhE3KYUS8vkp0LyW09dpU4leHgRzCME1sZtiazYK8MYy4MQOzkd8PM85e39_8c5oqcM_FqlioFji0tE0o02CPPct9St6E4afKJ_9NlMF-ahBZYEScZQwNSLmpjS2Bk/s1600/CROPPED.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcO6xjcKGp8muvWbhE3KYUS8vkp0LyW09dpU4leHgRzCME1sZtiazYK8MYy4MQOzkd8PM85e39_8c5oqcM_FqlioFji0tE0o02CPPct9St6E4afKJ_9NlMF-ahBZYEScZQwNSLmpjS2Bk/s400/CROPPED.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701951088154627154" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;">Hey! My birthday present arrived! It's the large colorful beautiful autographed LET'S HAVE FUN POSTER! If I were a kid I woulda died, so I'm glad I didn't get it as a kid so I could be here now to show it to you! Joy unbounded.</span>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-75922275746970298452011-11-10T07:23:00.000-08:002011-11-10T07:38:03.006-08:00JJ SILVERSWhen we did the Shining Time Station Home Videos, I floated the idea of giving the band a loud- mouthed manager. Executive Producer Rick Sigglekow liked it so I created JJ SILVERS. I based him on two of my favorite character actors: Phil Silvers & Walter Matthau.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTPYecEOHvpLu50JbuN6k4CEw2lCHtH69H5Qf_21f85ho2Rj1opqmyLTZ3JtEDLTlbTmVrwBG5riY5Gj2YQVWWcttjIHycrYwIAWhVoKI3GjtBuAu5n_9-yiAFp4ka7CgiT4J7c0TYuvp/s1600/Portrait+of+JJ.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTPYecEOHvpLu50JbuN6k4CEw2lCHtH69H5Qf_21f85ho2Rj1opqmyLTZ3JtEDLTlbTmVrwBG5riY5Gj2YQVWWcttjIHycrYwIAWhVoKI3GjtBuAu5n_9-yiAFp4ka7CgiT4J7c0TYuvp/s400/Portrait+of+JJ.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673391534573688962" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0C5S6WoqkD_jt4Oj04PY2bBME4HHky83CT4EWPIy_Xw_m_80HH2RwE1fQfGpeTz2zSWWtcw-XXhuiQypZywFemkZd0VACnECPonP5DNy4uy_UaasxsBILZCg1ZGewFGvAXiQ8BMdSZ6ib/s1600/JJ-CU.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><img style="display:block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615865986597520722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV15Kt6JGsrFkGrPFsXg61zKLoc6IGi0ypChPP2z4aIFVCtI6uMO8UmN12WxKH6ocXHpq3xS6NzS3LEAVglE-7lHACOlcR7hxClbUvozolfO2fnq8CBsxQ5UwK29Jxlh1uG7Rh46-brz2/s400/RUBY%2526RED_Craig-Molly-Dolly.jpg" /></a> Olga (below) played <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">RUBY</span></strong> and was my face <span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>RED</strong></span>!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615865833369093714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUTCW8BGSncm88lQ_3KEOhH2Cih9VbOM3Xvmp6CIB7x8OtbsODrqjqCvcA2zjFFLoufAatA7fpdTusJOhn0W2jmqxZu0uy-lrfQEpQJFHG2tMdQrYPjttHH_egMjblfurqfTv86Rs8sb0/s400/RUBY%2526RED_Dolly.jpg" />We were assisted on the shoot by popular Cabaret singer<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;">MOLLY SKATES</span></strong> (below RIGHT).<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615865620465682434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9h4m5FFtr7jUyPGCUc9H_7vHeyewH90Jnogd5wAR-0fuEWf5dAVfavMvDHE2HhKvirhXd4rjPvHxLheHfDsEIxxc8RrdaPkExY9ew2sH5Y1Qnl_uVIUL_LS-aNtZZ_b8wrBG1v5qSIqP/s400/RUBY%2526RED_Dolly+%2526+Molly.jpg" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 344px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615865456820075058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2s-8cRHCZjkE8DLBssCvJyBfaCggxCosy-ucDIGbZfSGv_G2iW4rky_eY7vdscyjoG5srjFKlgT1fc0uDWAxa3Mn6buGqPnHjkdY42E905oym55j1TpXf4wVsII7T26IsgcQ53CwIIMmo/s400/RUBY%2526RED_Craig+in+hood+%252B+Dolly.jpg" /><br />(I'm the Puppeteer In The Hood.)<br />The film ran for a year on monitors in the lobby and throughout the<br />Met Life Building in Manhattan.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 351px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615865252585064018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTg4XFH97cmRMLxr0knxYOIEqStZUXz-ag1pnkG9x4TDEZrh0V76XT8ny7sa-hn0ujRFga_WdShafRn7zDs1NWnfF0_ylX3bWg_9IIOgghn3sarAoSaKwnIslqCQWPAs875JgTjAeen3AV/s400/RubyRed_C%2526O.jpg" />I'll see if I can post it one day soon :O) </div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-66469115973316070892011-05-26T08:30:00.000-07:002011-05-31T05:18:42.874-07:00COMIC CON INTERVIEW May 21, 2001<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="'{"><span class="messageBody"><span style="font-size:130%;">We met so many great fans this past weekend. <span style="font-size:180%;">Gary M. Kenny</span>, CC2K Comics Editor, just sent us this video he made. It really captures the vibe of the event.</span>
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<br />Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-75370031423105969302011-05-24T11:29:00.000-07:002011-05-24T12:07:14.094-07:00BIG APPLE COMIC CON<div align="center">It was May 21, 2011 and we had a rapturous time. May 22nd too.<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">IT WAS WIZARD WORLD/BIG APPLE COMIC CON!</span></strong><br />We were surrounded by Superheroes in Spandex and Comic-book Artists in their element, yet there we were with our television puppets from so many childhoods.<br />And the response was ecstatic!<br />So (so) many people would spot us - - look away -- look back and go <strong>OH</strong> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">MY</span> <span style="font-size:180%;">GOD!!!</span></strong> as the memories of long ago flash-flooded to the forefront of their present.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(click on the pictures) </div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kEWWgk1UqwCMt6EUcxD0n99L94LUvoDEcgVZnS5vYA3-DnBt9neNEeUL9UxZYahi4SrBw7nsORqUyzgsSk5IYkFNs1ubNom0Js1upCYVVr4e6xITU_h2Zz3hpLsyddIBDOoRJKmtXi5x/s1600/C%2526O+Cropped.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 293px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610352986777388546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kEWWgk1UqwCMt6EUcxD0n99L94LUvoDEcgVZnS5vYA3-DnBt9neNEeUL9UxZYahi4SrBw7nsORqUyzgsSk5IYkFNs1ubNom0Js1upCYVVr4e6xITU_h2Zz3hpLsyddIBDOoRJKmtXi5x/s400/C%2526O+Cropped.jpg" /></span></a> See <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#339999;">TITO SWING</span></strong> on my right? I had him positioned so that as folks would notice him he would wink at them. You should've seen the double takes!<br />Some people were crazy for the <span style="color:#cc9933;"><strong>Juke Box Band</strong></span> from <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>SHINING TIME STATION. DJ KAT</strong></span> pulled a strong response too. Others went weepy for <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">PINWHEEL</span></strong>. <strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Bobby Moynihan</span></strong> from Saturday Night Live stopped by to say hello to the <strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">Hobo Bugs</span></strong> he watched as a kid. (He took a picture with the puppets. I asked him to e it to me and if he does I'll post it. Bobby was terrific!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV7wSagtANIHvmb1LdvICNX5d1eeYBbQrtHR_suIujfkP_BO1PGD60XKdm4Ka_wA-jTIdcjlLPndOZUhxVKT2svJgiaVB9dswIV1pJ4XEEOpGWHYV4BkB1l0hRW7DCWeoDedhTSnlBfvg/s1600/DSC05397.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610352709160446482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV7wSagtANIHvmb1LdvICNX5d1eeYBbQrtHR_suIujfkP_BO1PGD60XKdm4Ka_wA-jTIdcjlLPndOZUhxVKT2svJgiaVB9dswIV1pJ4XEEOpGWHYV4BkB1l0hRW7DCWeoDedhTSnlBfvg/s400/DSC05397.JPG" /></a> We were also visited by fellow puppeteer <strong>James Wojtal</strong>. . .<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDU5RFgEJgfavrHckepHIRlhwwEjFT4JOlPykcH3JpajH8qRdALG_t3EOVTs8YBhfFKbjlGl7vWifDX3DhoFsvV0SGBW1wZIU54iDRHyBnGBlC676Tf_ojGlPyiTqftUxAoUCZzm0hXVM/s1600/With+James+Wojtal.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610352579634945570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDU5RFgEJgfavrHckepHIRlhwwEjFT4JOlPykcH3JpajH8qRdALG_t3EOVTs8YBhfFKbjlGl7vWifDX3DhoFsvV0SGBW1wZIU54iDRHyBnGBlC676Tf_ojGlPyiTqftUxAoUCZzm0hXVM/s400/With+James+Wojtal.jpg" /></a> A great experience. To have planted our imaginations into so many young minds and to have had it take root was a wonderful confirmation. The puppets (who have aged far less than the rest of us!) could not have been happier!<br />We are so looking forward to launching our next puppet project. Stay tooned.<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here is the official website:</span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.wizardworld.com/home-newyork.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.wizardworld.com/home-newyork.html</span></a></div><br /><div align="center"><a title="http://www.wizardworld.com/craigmarin.html" href="http://www.wizardworld.com/craigmarin.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.wizardworld.com/craigmarin.html</span></a></div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-65172939140567264222011-05-06T14:59:00.000-07:002011-05-08T04:17:59.620-07:00ONE OF MY FIRST NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGSI was rummaging through our storehouse today looking for slides from PINWHEEL and out fell a copy of THE MACY STAR - - MACY's very own in-house news magazine. After my dad retired from show-business he worked at the Herald Square store; they were putting on an event and dad got me hired. Well, me and my dummy, "Ravenal Valpole" (it's really Jerry Mahoney in glasses -- but shhhhh.) <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0);font-size:85%;" >I found out years later that Ravenal Valpole was the name of one of my mother's brothers! Sorry Uncle Boots :o)</span><br />Here I am in 1964 with my co-stars:<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDgMWzZi0DOk6rLoszqFP3KXjj6uw8US-Re-nVdRyZRPfzYq6PiqpN2U865B_Nc6usCqaO0CJJ-7gx_UD0h0VuhFkiqj7GFrsvOBxXdwQKhr-HOjCNueTOS9yw-Mi4Co_ap5ZP1v9mk2k/s1600/Craig+in+the+Macy+Star+12+Years+Old.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603726443100261650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDgMWzZi0DOk6rLoszqFP3KXjj6uw8US-Re-nVdRyZRPfzYq6PiqpN2U865B_Nc6usCqaO0CJJ-7gx_UD0h0VuhFkiqj7GFrsvOBxXdwQKhr-HOjCNueTOS9yw-Mi4Co_ap5ZP1v9mk2k/s400/Craig+in+the+Macy+Star+12+Years+Old.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">click on pic to enlarge<br /></span></div>I was so happy. Then I noticed they spelled my name wrong!!!! ARGGHH! Dad said not to worry 'cause it will happen again. It has.<br />(Hey! For the first time since this was taken I just noticed where the dummy is looking. And check out his expression! Good boy.)Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-39395272342242991222011-05-02T08:45:00.000-07:002011-05-02T08:58:40.919-07:00SKETCH BOOK SKETCHES 4 (4/11)<div align="center">(CLICK TO ENLARGE)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTH9G-nlNOGqKWhULqUU2_OE1YY2HamWklWVaxT4vzDdh-VhVflEbPnslsEj1QHdJ2uO-XINYxzkiz5PZ73qmLilyI8wYHR_pw_bMTbxPedEYjcS0NDn7tMZKgdAoXgWNYmM18v_bqH60/s1600/SAMMY+DAVIS+JR.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 218px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602147686852578082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTH9G-nlNOGqKWhULqUU2_OE1YY2HamWklWVaxT4vzDdh-VhVflEbPnslsEj1QHdJ2uO-XINYxzkiz5PZ73qmLilyI8wYHR_pw_bMTbxPedEYjcS0NDn7tMZKgdAoXgWNYmM18v_bqH60/s400/SAMMY+DAVIS+JR.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUukCjMSVl05KMIM4F4gmimSBYOgx6MQgJDCj-TIeWjOxkHaw4Mqs3e8DpyzhXIi6e5lJ9jMiwmjbyFtfYCCj-voO7duR8OXY6jfCItJead_Rfdb7-mU3BIG3ZsE1CUnJSYcEjBDa7iBH/s1600/MUG+WITH+TOOTHPICK.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccs7h4b50_2cvGIrnAeZ7BonfFp5HT0bqoan29nTZCBcyGv5z_riijiHEvC7DGk1fH96TcRZ1K2TnN_MH8uqPPO5o25-1w7TDipTiThIkP_K23nplQ-SUUvImBJ7JtBsvJynB9gAY5r_9/s400/soupy+%252B+pookie+%252B+craig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599549535871450322" border="0" /></a>The Laurel & Hardy "Sons of the Desert" founding tent in New York City held a Soupy Sales Appreciation night in November 2007 at The Players Club. Grand Sheik and MC Jack Roth surprises the crowd with a special guest appearance by the one and only 'HEEEEY BOOBIE" POOKIE (built and performed by Puppeteer Craig Marin). Along with other luminaries (listen for the JOE FRANKLIN quip at about 4:10) SOUPY and his wife Trudy were in the front row for the program!!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Looky here!<br />http://youtu.be/qU3MNQgIDwA<br /></div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-8356176760663750312011-04-19T05:37:00.001-07:002011-04-19T05:38:20.376-07:00PASSOVER 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebhJEZi8NcHsKa9D963qSgni7XbkItORheUjM0_Bb2iEKrRHiSQNSzqds9T_hLofeNJpSsg69FYaQYJXaLwSwg-j_mBVwm4P-AfB8SdbWJLoL4qnMJV6vCJuktf8GJMNUhzaccrdJ8Oux/s1600/HAPPY+PASSOVER.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597273031144838946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebhJEZi8NcHsKa9D963qSgni7XbkItORheUjM0_Bb2iEKrRHiSQNSzqds9T_hLofeNJpSsg69FYaQYJXaLwSwg-j_mBVwm4P-AfB8SdbWJLoL4qnMJV6vCJuktf8GJMNUhzaccrdJ8Oux/s400/HAPPY+PASSOVER.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-52989887268559908552011-04-11T05:58:00.001-07:002011-04-11T06:10:56.761-07:00PUPPETS THROUGH THE LENS<div align="center">FLEXITOON participated in a cool exhibit at the University of CT School of Puppetry</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyfSLwwl_yeiPpQ_TbnR6MJjyWKEZq-1wMQA5w29vFr4jxE_5LvzRwmywx4DWvBHYDOoagZcFKaHubHzs1M-624zh-k8v2h9abQO2NrhOoVIji9fKOdX6a7kAqcVtbxzTZt8Z8gPR_veT/s1600/Puppets+Through+The+Lens+4-27-8+018.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594310788333406642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyfSLwwl_yeiPpQ_TbnR6MJjyWKEZq-1wMQA5w29vFr4jxE_5LvzRwmywx4DWvBHYDOoagZcFKaHubHzs1M-624zh-k8v2h9abQO2NrhOoVIji9fKOdX6a7kAqcVtbxzTZt8Z8gPR_veT/s400/Puppets+Through+The+Lens+4-27-8+018.jpg" /></a> It was called PUPPETS THROUGH THE LENS.</div><br /><div align="center">We displayed the PINWHEEL PUPPETS from Nickelodeon</div><br /><div align="center">(below, with Olga and me)</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSoTIE_m-GiXV0FaPXMobiWnDBs1QT6hhEZZgPEeiU9JC-EAHE_6CH0G-yDZp589fRT87Gh0DGHbBJgrhJoYolwKOLww5ApXyUPZakNl7F3OJrAjrK2n3FbweoakE5R8pv0MjdUcJ1f63/s1600/C%2526O+by+Marty.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594310512940692690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSoTIE_m-GiXV0FaPXMobiWnDBs1QT6hhEZZgPEeiU9JC-EAHE_6CH0G-yDZp589fRT87Gh0DGHbBJgrhJoYolwKOLww5ApXyUPZakNl7F3OJrAjrK2n3FbweoakE5R8pv0MjdUcJ1f63/s400/C%2526O+by+Marty.jpg" /></a> As well as the Juke Box Band puppets and marionettes from</div><br /><div align="center">SHINING TIME STATION <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594310356559702642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYvLXudobT2yH6tVUJyCFIZr8TtVVdwFYIFzoh9UlXPEjerXFibDIaLGxWckk-qaqPWQOkT7NK_Ff2K_Rnn25UiCQ2Z4gWlXvVvbKgCWwINg-oXALKGFuVN_AP9ki7eKXM8ceWRo3HFU6/s400/Puppets+Through+The+Lens+4-27-8+014.jpg" /> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoD08UF7wl65clkODLj-rXWQBTkdsI4z9V7itNJpM935jslABK-fNmcaVVRDg1MzQPZbPjsr7ZxmirSF3567RksL9gGHzm5914yJtL6bllOAxCsx9W_L_sCVDcDk3xMNkTJXBTyCGNF8o/s1600/STS+Display.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594310133003013858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoD08UF7wl65clkODLj-rXWQBTkdsI4z9V7itNJpM935jslABK-fNmcaVVRDg1MzQPZbPjsr7ZxmirSF3567RksL9gGHzm5914yJtL6bllOAxCsx9W_L_sCVDcDk3xMNkTJXBTyCGNF8o/s400/STS+Display.jpg" /></a> The exhibit took place in April '08 and it was great fun. </div><br /><div>Many thanks to BART ROCCOBERTON and his terriffic team </div><br /><div>for creating such a memorable memory.</div></div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-16872085784740676492011-04-07T08:06:00.001-07:002011-04-07T08:11:03.694-07:00RARE LAUREL & HARDY & CHUCK CLIP<h6 style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;" class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="messageBody">Rick Sapphire just posted a rare clip, shot-off-the-TV, of him doing magic on the LAUREL & HARDY & CHUCK Show, 1962. A wonderful opportunity to see the great "Puppets by Ashley" and feel the warmth-through-the-tube that Chuck shared with us lucky lucky kids. Thanks, Rick for this treasure!</span></span></h6><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yaIw7AYmhSU" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-85119228174339925742011-03-15T05:43:00.001-07:002011-03-17T14:15:16.480-07:00FLEXITOON @ HOME<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Here's a mini-doc interview we did on 3/11/11 for NYCity News Service.<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/78MTuCjB7Ik" frameborder="0" width="480"></iframe></div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-66247111365363721362011-03-09T05:11:00.000-08:002011-03-09T05:16:46.107-08:00JUKE BOX BAND: "ABILINE"Here are the Juke Box Band from Shining Time Station performing ABILINE. And thanks to Brian Blumenreich - - the Official Juke Box Band Historian - - we know it's from episode #107 called "AGREE TO DISAGREE".<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6r9aaKqw4V0" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-10155050442285071502011-03-04T07:40:00.000-08:002011-03-04T08:07:37.856-08:00ADVENTURES IN HOBBYVILLE"Nutso Productions Present: ADVENTURES IN HOBBYVILLE with your host Dexter Dimbulb"<br />Just found this: While puppeteering DJ KAT, I also portrayed many live-action characters like the villainous ventriloquist BRACKISH SWAMPWATER and PHYSICAL ED the Out-Of-Work Work-Out Guy. Here I am as DEXTER DIMBULB, hobbyist extra-ordinary. . .<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZZjPu-lltUo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-30727482505656381352011-02-28T13:55:00.000-08:002011-02-28T14:07:29.296-08:00Shining Time Station LULLABY<iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WGa_4z5vXpk" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-5068084060575307872011-02-13T11:32:00.000-08:002011-03-11T11:28:56.365-08:00MISS PEACH OF THE KELLY SCHOOL<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifniynAEhlwZZPC78qpf9DkMNam4Ek3IFgpt5VsUz5B6kdgI9OHxTpvPQjAWSGLd7ii8TiDt9Z8AMSqrjo6vjz8T7uemUEHa00O9oIkY-4wh_ey0-_zTNPXn0nqKOPwQSTO3o5OKFgxQqi/s1600/48-+Miss+Peach+Sales+Sheet.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 395px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573260160392403570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifniynAEhlwZZPC78qpf9DkMNam4Ek3IFgpt5VsUz5B6kdgI9OHxTpvPQjAWSGLd7ii8TiDt9Z8AMSqrjo6vjz8T7uemUEHa00O9oIkY-4wh_ey0-_zTNPXn0nqKOPwQSTO3o5OKFgxQqi/s400/48-+Miss+Peach+Sales+Sheet.jpg" /></a>One of our first television jobs together was working with Emmy-winning, former Muppeteer <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">*</span>Danny Seagren on adapting the <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Mel Lazarus</span></strong> comic strip <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">MISS PEACH OF THE KELLY SCHOOL</span></strong> into puppet form. Advertising giant J Walter Thompson got behind it and it was syndicated through METROMEDIA.<br />First class production all the way. We shot 4, 1/2 hr holiday-themed specials in Toronto. A fella named <strong>MARTY SHORT</strong> was one of the voices - - debuting his Ed Grimley character voice as an intellectual turkey who's song and dance skills ultimately save him from the Thanksgiving table.<br />Debbie Grover played the live on-camera Miss Peach herself, and Second City veterans (Robin Duke, Mary Long, Ben Gordon) portrayed several other voices live-in-studio while we puppeteered. We of course did many of the voices live as well. Sammy Cahn wrote the theme song and Ed Sharlack (Mork & Mindy) co-wrote the specials.<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmetjbacypmyrv8SqkzVQr3iTzvC-DUo5v1kQaoQnGBlTjST7bGzeZhqF3tXRMGS4CJ7hjg_9ngfuztaE0-dmoxOJIUcN_fv4o8bGz4BmkD3-K8JeeIobnd-ghRk2-1Sm9YzIEX5J6rgze/s1600/49-+Miss+Peach+Puppeteers.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573259990990842738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmetjbacypmyrv8SqkzVQr3iTzvC-DUo5v1kQaoQnGBlTjST7bGzeZhqF3tXRMGS4CJ7hjg_9ngfuztaE0-dmoxOJIUcN_fv4o8bGz4BmkD3-K8JeeIobnd-ghRk2-1Sm9YzIEX5J6rgze/s400/49-+Miss+Peach+Puppeteers.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Eren Ozker, Canadian content stand-in puppeteer, Olga Felgemacher, Danny Seagren, and Craig Marin</span><br /><br /></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">We loved doing these specials. Went on to do a one hour NBC After School Special. And I really enjoyed bringing MEL's amazing character's to life. I asked him if he would sign my script, and he said, "uh, yeah. . ." and walked away. When we wrapped, he came up to me and said "here you go." And on the cover he drew Arthur saying "Without Craig's hand, I'd have that empty feeling." It's one of my treasures, framed, and hanging on the wall. Thanks, Mel!!<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">*</span>Danny Seagren has remained a dear friend to this day. Not only is he our son Gabriel's Godfoddah, but, he was also SPIDERMAN on Electric Company.<br />I'll see if I can post some PEACHY excerpts in the near future. </div></div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-37524785245466235282011-02-06T09:11:00.000-08:002011-02-06T09:54:55.536-08:00FLEXITOON TITLES from 1993<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYKh5FYC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="390"></embed>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-74454249601039017292011-02-02T13:08:00.000-08:002011-02-02T15:03:54.002-08:00RANGER SMITH, and WOBBLESVia the GREAT, Chuck McCann. . .<br /><iframe class="youtube-player" title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZuUsf3KCbA4" frameborder="0" width="480" type="text/html"></iframe>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-64549817178950769552011-01-31T13:52:00.000-08:002011-01-31T14:01:49.352-08:00ROARING DOUGHNUTS!!!!Our first TV show came soon after we started working together in 1979. It was called <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">ROARING DOUGHNUTS</span></strong>, and was about a Van Race/Scavenger Hunt (the wheels were "doughnuts"). The pilot was produced by rock concert maestro <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">DON KIRSCHNER</span></strong>(!!!) and it starred the wonderful Marryin' Sam hisself <span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">STUBBY KAYE</span></strong>!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mRpYoGLyEpGOuzUtB7ITUTM2s4r1dz-ixAxF45Hfjdvl1Sw7I30csYWiX2-8dn2QNpm_qlWG5d-YvGMx6tpUBlywLdOhwYiOyxKCbapJ98tkjjcWilwIMiSf4jw5CZvUgODtxihHZDpT/s1600/Roaring+Donuts+3shot.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568471858180873682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_mRpYoGLyEpGOuzUtB7ITUTM2s4r1dz-ixAxF45Hfjdvl1Sw7I30csYWiX2-8dn2QNpm_qlWG5d-YvGMx6tpUBlywLdOhwYiOyxKCbapJ98tkjjcWilwIMiSf4jw5CZvUgODtxihHZDpT/s400/Roaring+Donuts+3shot.jpg" /></a>OLga and I made the puppets and marionettes, and along with puppeteering, I played the on-camera knuckleheaded bad guy <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">VINNIE THE VANDAL</span></strong> opposite Olga's tuff punk <span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"><strong>GOONEY BIRD</strong></span>.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2e0WOCkzrzhAWo2O-i4TicRe33WRu5bdq8j3h4mAecunnYmF-vVtx9XFvQyDlejofUeb_Rltnx88spb_rdqOniB-y0Y6g5DnQPu8em08evI7fNgngeQzSm7mMsqzrnOQmouBFQX-gOHlJ/s1600/Vinnie+%2526+Gooney.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568471743065095314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2e0WOCkzrzhAWo2O-i4TicRe33WRu5bdq8j3h4mAecunnYmF-vVtx9XFvQyDlejofUeb_Rltnx88spb_rdqOniB-y0Y6g5DnQPu8em08evI7fNgngeQzSm7mMsqzrnOQmouBFQX-gOHlJ/s400/Vinnie+%2526+Gooney.jpg" /></a></div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-43143945732001854282011-01-23T06:08:00.000-08:002011-01-23T06:34:14.959-08:00SKETCH BOOK SKETCHES 3<div align="center">These were done during the first three weeks of January 2011.</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>===================================</strong></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 372px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565386578945113666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO62aJGG67WCioS4fxiYKFpoZ9FFTcXqjZjtApnxpTWJEWhPTHj0KEi8DG0X25p6kqhYwsNXK6e9JiZWaTnLqyQgZYdju14qHXjTrSdDBqM64qwnVnb6tvgI5yEA9tMjjqnEBPnLfqRoFc/s400/SHEMPS+NIGHTMARE.jpg" /><span style="color:#00cccc;">=======================================================</span></div><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 390px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565385778882788994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPG1BXVtmcWZT0-t8faZ3p07ZPlQ4VTrMLLnzkouf718KNZmMsDOqtIdEwu_K20PuqMlgyZ3bne0eKONKSVhz_Qe_rHAoKKAiR0ZI_3mnhDis5ppxogIug5VEUvEALr6ak-xsm0t6hB_f/s400/SKETCHS_MY+GOD+IT%2527S+GOD.jpg" /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;"><strong>================================<br /></strong></span></p><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 374px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565385619682056402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9WaoYFtQf2JflA3GZyklz2Aetd2RKTcq2G588LLX0X8iFTA11Fwg8zAZCf5Sgzcn_JpMdcFRwoQwtFQpPpONY6D6UJ2ZXCzix13sjqZsBnOXrmD5nRyIXMez5P9KVGF7x7uH7VhH3WqS/s400/SKETCHES_COMEDIUM.jpg" />======================================================================================================<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565385174142256626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHKvDJNhNeAZ4jGxgQssN30M8q8M_qnnaT8p4lHA2cfMfYj91MfcBkfH0a5HM6nhYSlisBHCYFeMoIQxmtVowebxs6uIy4NTn-Ne_V9UPDSM76Jo-Ey2tDYUy8MpnQ_Oh8-dzFUuFkvXW/s400/SKETCHES_FACE.jpg" />=================================================<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 357px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565385050350219042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pr6CJMzfx-mDUTMdPafJrXq3f64HOt3Uez3Dnrf6DbYr0i7uLOGh1rnpdPG-xH2Tpmhbm00Kv0dkmMliMxrYI4d8Lamc3P35fgVD4cOZQf86IYaBCjvlTlIqyJDEV7wbTw98r32e0x25/s400/SKETCHES_MONUMENT+LADY.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565384931388853922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXx-lAH5Fkx6GifVuzEF1Bl-4JwToeYUQQm5OyC3ut6Z3POtN5peh6WYYZbSz3jHSLKnbyyRnQVUrXPf-k1xS7VSN4OoiOpfc4pcvRJ-qaAz5opilKhwzi9uvTrUBQsBeSakbwAmTppn4/s400/SKETCHES_BALDY.jpg" /></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;">=================================</span></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;">ONCE AND FUTURE FLEXITOON PUPPETS!</span></strong></p><p align="center">(I should live so long. So long!)<br /></p>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-49887155862078291302011-01-15T06:20:00.000-08:002011-01-15T06:21:57.099-08:00PETER PAN RECORDS via THE BAIRD'S<p align="center"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CztK-raeAhg?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CztK-raeAhg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></p>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-56787742127383992512011-01-13T15:00:00.000-08:002011-01-13T16:27:18.583-08:00THE BAIRD'S OF BARROW STREET<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEL3JZKbt2jFgjLwjJaRZrCX0ElzIW-Grzs7wGEmXXJVz74meBlZgVhgZBMfYi5QrgmFfRH74rKCNg4Dl-ZmB2bXWpW19zSsm9OQVfw04IieMxDIa7EnWyKTyEvtMXG47xEcKI80mUUdE/s1600/Peter+and+Wolf+Poster+%2528%252767%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 375px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561814056334849186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEL3JZKbt2jFgjLwjJaRZrCX0ElzIW-Grzs7wGEmXXJVz74meBlZgVhgZBMfYi5QrgmFfRH74rKCNg4Dl-ZmB2bXWpW19zSsm9OQVfw04IieMxDIa7EnWyKTyEvtMXG47xEcKI80mUUdE/s400/Peter+and+Wolf+Poster+%2528%252767%2529.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"> Just watched </span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">ART CARNEY MEETS PETER AND THE WOLF</span></strong> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">again. . .</span><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKBmtLEqVqlc-BTOkWJ31zu9RAxVnlAxK7KWExWWzoYV-gr74H1T_Ec2PTKfEZbuCdzEdYT0_2vnSyWAg_nd-OkEJzGcG3OvmJT-eH5kuYsumHYr-75BRYnhPHWiSH1UReKJrghYjtIBy/s1600/Art+Carney+meets+Peter+%2526+the+Wolf.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 380px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561813951925223010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKBmtLEqVqlc-BTOkWJ31zu9RAxVnlAxK7KWExWWzoYV-gr74H1T_Ec2PTKfEZbuCdzEdYT0_2vnSyWAg_nd-OkEJzGcG3OvmJT-eH5kuYsumHYr-75BRYnhPHWiSH1UReKJrghYjtIBy/s400/Art+Carney+meets+Peter+%2526+the+Wolf.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;">And really had a case of missing </span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The BAIRD'S OF BARROW STREET<br /></div><p align="center"></span></strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 385px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561813813876421186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIpANZpF4XQ9Qp1UaN1ykoVSmLiM6tYihlBX1b-P1w9lOSGT94MwinLQVrSkeOLO0AxRIPMR6fZsh560QGPZQ6rtMh_J9mWYOGhobuxnFEjB5R3F-9t_WwEb7BqX1EOQzvH3tp8xvtgVf/s400/B%2526C%2526Wizard+Cast+1.jpg" /><span style="font-size:130%;">So here are a whole buncha rare items I want to share with you.<br /></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561813361903212802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA8jc1t26xslcn_mSYMMzG8rTKkLz3rjC8RKftUjO1ai_cNSuO-vHahysfbnRTNr3Y8eoBvlGcu_ExK_ltWbTOwNxNZK7iZSldDUzK6gLSDdJiqVbVk5iGNFA-Xb_dF8Csj7XwBezCQsn/s400/snarky+parker+comic.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561813280169329170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBKQloU1oP-7Fao5t0hn6WVshhWTDOm_BrNAElGZzexWdS-SQ2JMxVJA3o8x3Ec26oFppTRJDEIUpvXGHT8e8adntHOjzMG0hCJPLZVYMMPkKu84-Q13Kb5kuZv0MY7ODUogkPCyRes56/s400/The+New+Post.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 176px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 248px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561813182663267938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfUN_b0H8l4M3akAJjnajAsXBuwmbfojZ60nANlrRl7VmQJGB34LCV8ET9DWlRvJiWMQL36-kJnf0QdfRMD5EaxocHvoIkbNGivBts1_2GLuuwpB5igtK5TY74atnAt6yeyL35EOOloVH/s400/Snarky+On+Tractor.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 179px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 409px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561813069023243186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDeq7Wy9HEdQUvoAwJOeZavhEivBQ3yJZRCyN9J1S4apDCxMW0p4Il0kFL0lJlkeDXbuEJs-Ydndq70hHpAsrYYNdIeqwpIRzmlNc0S6ZFV0RZ9tqwKtrEAef7SdJEY7YD0nOvHihZNbu/s400/Oz+Flier+page+1.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 312px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561812914912529282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-BunjKTTiX8ypwL4NCClwF2vU5bdjG72Xs83lO1sBIw-Du_gRwx6C9Mu59i0OxcjOqJZd4RE6O90sF3sRFb237MvMB20c2ZO80a5DroLC5TT1WnmnjySgSFRLmUEy8XtmRjvZTVW9ma4/s400/Bunny+Hugger.jpg" /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"THE BUNNY HUGGERS"</span></strong><br />Two dancers performed in tandem by the great<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Frank SULLY Sullivan.</span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 345px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561812782765130786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhh8Y8pF3EMCbj9_8Up5qNQajiRqVhB2Oh74kHSldalZJkGJkW-pTIQoMtNCS02I6yEk8UcWbvjWsH1HGIu7v2TL8vLi-nB6M7ZAtavYhVKsejDIBTjbTlMZnZAL6VVUhA0LQyW2miEwNs/s400/Bil+and+The+WPA+Horse.jpg" /><span style="font-size:130%;">Yeah! That's Bil and his Horse!</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 291px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561812627460467154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEADnjQ6KoTEYkdNJI_O3Hwiax1Rs0Yn2Mji_SK9WicIOU14750u0KNIgJ-ZbDXTeOOwRMixxTA0n6YaH3zIcUfHvqZVnuF68PX0Ome4lLVkrNa7YdQ6iytPaoexIvwj1ESB_Ly8EMJoGD/s400/Bil+%2526+Gabe.jpg" /> <span style="font-size:130%;">Bil Baird & Gabriel Marin (our son.)</span><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561812347539303650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-C7xH2wbTbV-GlQWziLLpJ1M5IsaBHjKEE8DgQOiPGR4tqbLSb1sjX50w_EmzZbV5AOa-EI0_axx5KkjyrHcxBWHjJ_nBIYAXaDzRVmo2H_vVV0Sj_0gWNSf2ail3akTn02DlJdVFpFM/s400/1T4IPCAYX4XSRCAD3W0KCCAPZW2NLCA7GYDW6CAI12DIICAIVKL05CA3SDXNZCA936ZW2CACR31DXCAMM1PCSCAU9849DCAM01TC7CAZ2SD8XCAWEOTGMCALQ55MJCAJ3OTPCCAWRLX1VCA3DUXRCCA3ZS829.jpg" /><span style="font-size:130%;">In India (when it was exotic and over there).<br /></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561812120969110562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddJgPQPOqLNAaAmevG60_ze66MvqTj1Gq3Lp27AwflVcXAah6kG7EHUezRNsJcQqdhSFtSc7zorPBCq-91towApD2Ufq86eT7edesvrjauKn1bg37Ieygc3Ai5BJtZIHuDkdVby-1hZYJ/s400/jb628a.jpg" /><span style="font-size:180%;">CHARLEMAGNE the LION<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Probably as close as Bil got to an altered ego<br />(except for maybe Snarky Parker. . .)<br /></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 364px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561812009032653170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJzlL3jD0UEblIwyfU9B_Hb6LuSRgTkRHL2XMduVPKjJl0B8QnTUsAYRahLKsKnhVqkA98tZRzXBrb0HPQtrhJ8309R9jXfDkjuB8tvdpRa4OLFHz4cYQK0RbypEYzb-khNNcK4Q8P0x3/s400/Bil+%2526+Flannel+%2526+Charlemane+1.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561811908326957458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBeJLA8pFVfLvNdEqwVdH8lsmpQhzCud2_vI_aVQeUBSfnX9pZVHbiVWDVItPxDbvgEet3xpaDNYLjTxc-aGTbLSc5FwBQohAmoy8OBszANpcdLYm4ixMwsnsKYX21klEb3C_RCMdKX7v8/s400/B+%2526+C+%2526+Puppet+Box.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 170px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561811718747848882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cWCtywK6kwq0n-mjuzek9ozpo9siiyX_3FlxnRPAL29u71xUgeIGE4b0bB0PKbqAHw7-hJdZy6Gs6N-JUH19rXaHGLN4WwezjngSY1R-qkgNqYmVLrvkn6enqbWX73Cs7lzEBDtYtfq7/s400/strange.jpg" /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">"THE STRANGE CASE OF THE COSMIC RAYS"</span></strong> </p><p align="center">Directed By<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">FRANK CAPRA</span><br /><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 346px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 170px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561811541883602546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33OGhNlwTCkV1UYiMQAaBEN3sce0DRSUsw-Rz6oUyJwTsqZkchP9-axwz8Wx-6Tpw_RzladeByz-vW1JhmLhJOCC9qdVTaLpr4wp9cIRBM9HSBuwvIALwqKdQi4iLCI6g4b-ES10nAHDN/s400/capra+%2526+baird.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 172px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561811443350606418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJFA-kFuZ_Fue_cWqRXeN_CdLkqF3f72HXyRtO7cwyuF046IZy8rib6LHbxPLDie1J2Z05TZlqvxON_ZYtW64CViIMhkArVbzCjhht4ixRVxkaNyBmKLLZk8bsGc7LShAbPaaLOih0uJI/s400/Carl+Harms+and+Company.jpg" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">BILL TOST, OLGA FELGEMACHER & PETER BAIRD </span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">SEEK REVENGE ON THE STAGE MANAGER (CARL HARMS)<br />WITH THE HELP OF THE WOLF.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 391px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561811227849092738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscT1RxIMFoPxkxMdEUyX_LZ0SkBVuSvxITcXVYeInq13jP901Elr5SQHThtI_1XCmK8KQOoXbjAWE2uJNALEHozuakoptO_S82g2BVtytaIMagN6ZNwE7GBWpClhQo4ika4pAMHIgd43T/s400/Baird+Sailor+Sketch.jpg" /></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">What a GREAT cartoonist he was!<br /></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561811127261676498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWFORwiRb00pNwvB6YwvNpa1hrdUNS2fYO9WX_h-eFXDS0SmCGvochaycX8y8HqwBj9Y4RlOwQNz4aT1pl09RYuVmGNCVnLewciD4h7UrVFdgEFopwcMdv8qXYtQzKVj0BxPyqq4Cl7YP/s400/B%2526C+Performing.jpg" /> <p align="center">Everyone starts out somewhere. . .</span><br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561811013340843458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiobw1KSCIQ3Q1urzXbADPyy_ZeywVbrQhkxjOEnCHYGcK1OLW-oDt6pl2ABhd2Wj9U5TSs2xGOBKzV2TySDaVO-4dshNa_3hp2gZZbT5HfD22JCQmhBZgOBP675E_64bIgjX__tlyHFY/s400/bil+masks.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 207px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561810810137027154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03bZER6WUApufcGayMDzFA5FLG6ipbON5WJ8BS7SIzd55Y4qcrCvDl9OUxCqrL0vElHxEHEIhDW_aZDCEyXXjmjQVuC-5t075UtF_emT3UUOZhAEkMOSB4p1Lz1ghX9mPfHSdHCZ3-0No/s400/63ce_1.jpg" /> <p align="center"><br />Thank you,<br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Baird's Of Barrow Street!</span></strong> </p>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207406441273778964.post-56931427500344434452011-01-06T05:43:00.001-08:002011-01-06T05:52:16.136-08:00DUCK!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVoFHiwaaEKNq880gMmq4ZJTv_Vv1xGDGkbr-r_OzwOGe8x2H7-4OWaHemh7GMcgaVJRHdSQ_UQAmK4UzJQLhRvHEyCO2SDqSlG971-Fg7PhyCHHTvC5sTS-w5xSS7iQPLiAdJRj6o2bR/s1600/ZOO_LOUIE.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559070081465429026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVoFHiwaaEKNq880gMmq4ZJTv_Vv1xGDGkbr-r_OzwOGe8x2H7-4OWaHemh7GMcgaVJRHdSQ_UQAmK4UzJQLhRvHEyCO2SDqSlG971-Fg7PhyCHHTvC5sTS-w5xSS7iQPLiAdJRj6o2bR/s400/ZOO_LOUIE.jpg" /></a> TOON IN NEXT TIME WHEN WE FLIP THE BIRD<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0OFD-lnjqWv4SFOZnUHKDrFrYagJHDqEG2TBvRgJ_fmmKj4CGxe0U3NIE8rb0eJ6EmocM4QUEwcJRTVc7WiunN9Yhg0YHsDA80OUCoXUdsiCrWGOCmnqLqTD149v-DdZ8jVTz1knJFRv/s1600/ZOO_LOUIE+FLIPPED.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559069992497076386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0OFD-lnjqWv4SFOZnUHKDrFrYagJHDqEG2TBvRgJ_fmmKj4CGxe0U3NIE8rb0eJ6EmocM4QUEwcJRTVc7WiunN9Yhg0YHsDA80OUCoXUdsiCrWGOCmnqLqTD149v-DdZ8jVTz1knJFRv/s400/ZOO_LOUIE+FLIPPED.jpg" /></a><br /></div>Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02659054672758845893noreply@blogger.com0