Ed Sullivan by Bil Baird (from the Doug Preis Collection)I always thought 'CARICATURE" puppets were special. To be able to capture the essence of a person and exaggerate it so that you still recognize who's being captured without being slave to the specifics, is a real art. Especially when sculpting and animating. It's more than putting glasses on Guy Smiley and saying "Look! Stephen Colbert."
BIL BAIRD
Leonard Bernstein
(Thanx to Bairdophile extrordinaire DOUG PREIS for the above description)
Ed Sullivan & Jack Paar
F.D.R
PAUL ASHLEY
Norton & Kramden
(WOW!!!)
Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale
FLEXITOON
Inspector Clouseau (l), John McEnroe (rear) Walter Cronkite (r)
Julius Marx
Ray Charles, Pookie, Soupy Sales
John McEnroe
Julius, Leonard and Adolph nee Arthur
Jimmy Durante
