JINGLE DINGLE: PART DEUX

The first puppet I ever remember seeing was JINGLE DINGLE on "SANDY BECKER'S FUNHOUSE."
I wrote about that encounter here:
http://flexitoon.blogspot.com/2009/10/jingle-dingle.html
Leon Jason (Jingle's creator) gave me the films of Jingle Dingle on the roof singing about the weather (which is nothing like humming the scenery.) The vocals were by folk singer OSCAR BRAND. These were used to transition from Sandy the on-camera host to the puppet stage.
Here is a SUNNY DAY!

JINGLE DINGLE

The first puppet I ever remember seeing on television was JINGLE DINGLE. He was a weather elf, created by Leon Jason, built by MAURY BUNIN ("Pinhead & Foodini")and performed by SANDY BECKER.

He stood on the roof and sang a song about the days weather, so we kids'd know to dress accordingly.

Though a duplicate puppet was licensed to another kid show in the Washington DC market, for a mainly local tri-state character, Ol' JD generated quite a handful of cool merch. . .

(I always knew girls went for guys who played with puppets.)

My friend PAUL RUBIN recently gave us this JINGLE DINGLE RECORD in it's original sleeve! I can't express how much of an influence this puppet had on me. When I was in California working with the MARKO PUPPET THEATRE I even made my own version.

JD with CM