Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 16:40:11 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
From: The Independent Eye <eye-AT-independenteye.org>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Velma Dawson, sculptor of Howdy Doody marionette


>After all the legal battles, first ones fought over the ownership of 
>the FIRST Howdy puppet made by Frank Paris (settled out of court, 
>but resulting in the destruction in lawyers offices of that original 
>puppet and thus destroying important early TV artifact which I think 
>was criminal even if legal), then more legal hassles over who owned 
>the  original puppet of the second version of Howdy made by Velma, 
>it is interesting to note that Velma earned about $350 for her 
>puppet---the one we knew from watching TV on the West Coast of the 
>USA, the one in all the print ads, etc. She told Frank Paris that he 
>had made more money off the character than she did A touch of irony, 
>no?

Dear Alan-

I'm fascinated.  Do you know if there's any source of more 
information about that legal process & the disposal of the puppet?

Cheers-
Conrad Bishop


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