From: "Mary Horsley" <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] American puppetry and children
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:07:11 -0400


Bunny Rabbit on Captain Kangaroo was more than just for children....as I
remember, he was very well done, proving good puppetry can be quite simple.
Who did him anyways?

Mary
Mechanicsville

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-Walter Bagehot
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> [Original Message]
> From: <LucretiaG-AT-aol.com>
> To: <puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org>
> Date: 4/29/2005 7:25:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] American puppetry and children
>
> Many current American's first exposure to puppets would have been on TV
with 
> Lamb-Chop and   Shari Lewis .   Also, around the same time, was "Bunny
Rabbit" 
> on Captain Kangaroo.   Both were very cute, furry and definitely for 
> children.   Whatever puppetry was being presented for adult audiences
most likely was 
> not on TV, and therefore not saturating the public conciousness!    I, 
> personally, didn't see any adult form of puppetry until "Bread and
Puppet" or Le Blé 
> Noir (in Boston) in the seventies.
> debbie
>
> Deborah Costine
> puppets and nature art
> gerwickpuppets.com
> Southborough, MA 01772
> 508-481-6837
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