File puptcrit/puptcrit.0508, message 350


Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:23:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Re: [Puptcrit] Madame
From: brianw2-AT-brianwindsor.com
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org


Could anyone please give me more information on Aniforms?  Very
interesting concept, but one I unfortunately haven't seen a lot of.  I
remember a little of it from Capt. Kangaroo, but I'm wondering how hard it
would be to make my own sort of animform.

Thanks,

Brian


> Okay.  I have to tell this story because I think of it whenever I
> think about Wayland Flowers.  We worked for a production company in
> New York that did shows for corporate clients using black light rod
> puppets, as well as a process called Aniforms which put what appeared
> to be an animated cartoon on a TV monitor, but which was actually a
> puppet like character being operated live by a hidden performer.  (It
> was invented by puppeteer Morey Bunin in the early 60's.)

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