Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:41:22 -0700 To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Fw: George Latshaw/Poupees version of "soprano" Mme x-avg-checked=avg-ok-4FDB7DE9 Thanks Alan for letting us know. George Ladshaw has been such an inspiration to so many of us. Ax Steve Axtell www.axtell.com At 12:23 PM 10/20/2006, you wrote: >Sorry. I dropped an "r" from puptcrit address., >The original message is attached. > >To those of you who know puppeteer George >Latshaw, please send him a card. He has >temporarily moved to a nursing home for therapy. >Ecouragement from other puppeteers is an important therapy. > >ALAN COOK > >The sad news of the death of Anna Russell, known >for hilarious musical humour on the concert >stage, reminds me of her connection to the >puppet world. She sang the role of the Witch to >Humperdinck's score for Hansel & Gretel produced >on film with stop-motion puppets by Michael Myerberg. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alan Cook >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:28 PM >To: NOTELSIE-AT-aol.com >Cc: puptcit-AT-lists.driftline.org >Subject: George Latshaw/Poupees version of "soprano" Mme Flo Jenkins Foster > >Puppeteer Geo. Latshaw (one of the GREAT ONES), >former Editor of The Grapevine and of Puppetry >Journal for Puppeteers of America is currently >in a nursing home to perhaps mid-November for >therapy. Cards can be sent for George Latshaw at >1211 Horsemint Lane, Wesley Chapel, FL 32453 > >It is a bit before 1 p.m. Thursday and I just got home. > >Last night I went to West Los Angeles to The >Brentwood Theater, which was origiinally a >military movie/USO show house in WW II. Jay >Johnson's vent show, The Two & Only recently >played there and is now in NYC at Helen Hayes Theatre. > >Last night The Brentwood opened SOUVENIR, which >had been off-Bdwy---about Mme Florence >Foster-Jenkins, the eccentric Society lady who >could not hit the right note in music but sold >out Carngie Hall as a major novelty attraction. > >Sid & Marty Krofft had a Mme Jenkins-Foster >marionette with heaving bosom in Les Poupees des >Paris which I worked in many 1960s shows until >Billy Graham had her censored by a mail campaign >to 6 Flags over Texas in Arlington TX. (Sort of >a preview of the RELIGION [if you can qualify it >as legitimate religion] in politics and the >lives of others which brought an Idiot to the White House). > >In POUPEES the singer puppet was voiced by an >imitation of the original Florence >Jenkins-Foster, and when her boobs independently moved on alternating notes >it got the bigest laff of the show. After Billy >Graham's minions wrote to protect the public >from such evil, we were not allowed to move the >boobs and the act got ZERO response unless I >"accdentally" moved them EVER-SO-SLIGHTLY. I >lost any respect for Uncle Billy as a result, >but I think it was his revenge for the success >of the first version of Poupees which played the >Seattle World's Fair in 1962; At that time Billy >had a crusade in the Fair Stadium and he >specifically mentioned Poupees as sinful >prompting Johnny Carson to comment Coast to Coast, that it was "naught pine" > > >From then on Poupees was very well attended by > sin seekers from Idaho and other repressed points. > >I know some critters think religious topics >don't apply to puppetry. Well, I don't agree if >it affects what I can read, say or perform or think about. > >By the by, some of the best puppet shows I have >seen were done by devout, loving people. One >example was Roland Sylwester who specialized in shows for churches. > >ALAN COOK > > >-----Original Message----- >From: NOTELSIE-AT-aol.com >Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:22 PM >To: NOTELSIE-AT-aol.com >Cc: BNathanson-AT-aol.com >Subject: George Latshaw > >Dear Friends, >Just wanted to let you know that I spoke with Pat yesterday and she said that >she thought George would appreciate receiving notes/cards...and asked me to >let you know. > >He's been ill and is now receiving therapy. However, on a temporary basis - >probably until mid-November, he'll be in a nursing home -- where he is having >the therapy administered. > >Pls. mail notes/cards to their home address, below, and Pat will bring them >to him: > > 1211 Horsemint Lane > Wesley Chapel, FL 32453 >thx a lot, >elise handelman > > > > >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org >Admin interface: >http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org >Archives: http://www.driftline.org Steve Axtell Axtell Expressions, Inc. **************************************** <http://www.axtell.com>Amazing Puppet Characters Web Site New show "<http://www.axtelevision.com>AxTelevision" on DVD International <http://www.axtell.com/performers.html>Performer's Directory The original content of this email or attachments is =A9 Axtell Expressions, Inc. _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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