Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:30:13 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
From: Bruce Chesse <bchesse-AT-imagina.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Ronn Lucas and Scorch the Dragon


Exactly,

However if you watched last night the camera 
finally caught a response and cut away to Paul 
and the  band and something started happening. 
Dave is a lost cause, however, and I think Bob 
Nathanson is right ....Dave doesn't like 
puppeteers. It's a combination that he can't 
control and the risks are to great for him to be 
seen with egg on his face. If you watched his 
interview with Ann Heche last week it becomes 
obvious. In that situation he kept dodging around 
wanting to use the Lesbian word with regard to 
her bisexuality only to have her top him by 
saying it first and in prompting him and openly 
discussing the value she places on being free to 
choose what life style she wants. She was to 
quick for him and she got the better of him and I 
don't suppose he was any to thrilled by her 
matter-of -factness still chideing  him with the 
proper amount of sweetness and light sans soap 
box. He never knows how to handle the fact he 
hasn't married the mother of his child.when 
people bring it up either. To me it is very hard 
for some people to suspend their belief and go 
with the flow. That's what I loved about the 
Mupper Show. If you ever saw Betty Davis bomb on 
that show (she could hardly even look at the 
puppets and was a uncomfortable as hell ) and 
then take a look at how Milton Berle took on the 
puppet hecklers it was a lesson in showmanship 
and acting. Berle knew where the laughs were and 
didn't always care if they were at his expense. 
When he spoke to the puppets they were as real as 
you  or I. Let's see how Dave does tonight.

Bruce



>  Perhaps the reason is because Dave is, in his 
>own way, a comedian. Could it be that he's just 
>a tad worried that he might get upstaged by 
>these guys? Not necessarily because they are 
>better than he is, but because people are used 
>to Dave's style of comedy and here is something 
>new and different. New and different often seems 
>better than things we are accustomed to, whether 
>it truly is or not. (personally I prefer vents 
>to latenight talkshows anytime, but that's just 
>my humble oppinion.) Anyway, just something to 
>think about when pondering why Dave acts the way 
>he does with other styles of comedic performance 
>artists.
>
>  Jeff
>    
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: brigid.fall-AT-toledolibrary.org
>  To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
>  Sent: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:10 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Ronn Lucas and Scorch the Dragon
>
>   Dave is still being very
>complimentary but for some reason Letterman never
>seems to put himself in the position of having
>any kind of dialogue between either the puppeteer
>or the puppet. Does that tell you
>something??????? He says he is getting a lot of
>mail but doesn't tell us anything more. For me it
>raises some interesting questions.
>
>Bruce Chessé
>
>
>
>Hi, Bruce & All:
>
>You're right, but I think that's just Dave being Dave.  He's the same way with
>most musicians and comics, and I think that's 
>part of why some people just don't
>like him.
>
>My two cents,
>Brid in Toledo
>
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