Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:18:08 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Changing treads or worlds


On May 31, 2006, at 3:21 AM, Christopher Hudert wrote:
> And we always do the show on psycotropic drugs, so the thinking is
> never black and white.  (That's a joke, folks. What puppeteer can
> afford recreational drugs?

Brings to mind a recent CBS network TV show (Letterman). Comedian Bill 
Maher was on and the subject of drugs came up.
(puppetry relevance note: My initial puppetry experiences were with 
puppets made by my mother and next made with other students in the one 
room elementary schoolhouse in rural Wisconsin, late 1940s-early 
1950's. But once tv became a factor in out house, thanks to Howdy Doody 
& Kukla, Fran & Ollie, the box that was the tv always seemed a puppet 
stage to me, still does...)

Anyway, Letterman wanted to talk about Maher's illegal drug use, but 
Maher wanted to do a rant about why some drugs are legal (because large 
corps can make money off them) while those that people can easily 
grow/create themselves are not legal. He then accused Letterman of 
being a drug addict (none of this was mean minded, these guys are pro 
entertainers). He explained that coffee was a drug delivery product and 
asked, "Do you drink coffee?" Letterman (finally the punch line of this 
tedious message) replied"Hey, if it wasn't for coffee, I'd have no 
personality at all!.

I'd have to say that more than once, while doing a live show in a 
school gym or at a university conference session, that I felt that 
without coffee, our my characters would have no personality at all.



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