Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 19:40:39 -0600 From: Freshwater Pearls Puppetry <puppeteer-AT-freshwpearls.com> To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Creepy puppets in culture By the time The Muppet Show and Sesame Street were on the air, I was too old for puppet phobia, and easily fell in love with Kermit and friends. But... my first exposure to muppets scared me witless. It must have Henson's early TV series, Sam and Friends. I couldn't have been more than 5-6 years old, maybe less. I remember big-mouthed puppets gyrating about, singing "Big Bad John" -- a sort of vocal folk tale about a Paul Bunyanesque character. Big Bad John was too big and bad for my little girl sensibilities to begin with, and those mouthy puppets belting out his praises with 26 levels of reverb gave me nightmares for weeks. Years. Many, many years. Now I read on imdb.com that Sam and Friends always ended with the muppets eating each other or blowing everything up. =8-0 Ack! Repressed memories... it all comes back... Holy buckets, get me a therapist!! On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Leslie Evans wrote: >> However Kukla, Kermit, Lamb Chop and their brothers >> and sisters never scared me a bit... _______________________________________________ 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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