File puptcrit/puptcrit.0802, message 79


From: "Alan Cook" <alangregorycook-AT-msn.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:57:50 GMT
Subject: [Puptcrit] Tony Kameny, Knotts Berry Farm puppeteer


For Jon Green--Walter Knott made it possible to print Tony Kameny's autobiography, in paperback, titled A PUPPET NO MORE. The idea was that he escaped a Soviet-dominated Hungary to the freedom of performing at Knotts' Berry Farm, in Buena Park, Orange County, CA.

As previously reported on puptcrit, Tony passed away, but I am not sure of the date.

I do recall that many puppeteers admired his skill, and Tony was sufficient cause to visit Knotts' along with Knotts' famed chicken dinners.

Last Christmas & other Assorted Holidays Season, a visit to Knotts proved disappointing---no ice show cuz the ice had melted, a dismally tacky parade, low quality "handicrafts" by the ton, and  old attractions such as the haunted shack, & the miniature museum, zither players, and the guy in a jail cell talking to visitors by their proper names---all gone, gone, gone.

Appreciate the good things in your life before they disappear.

ALAN


-----Original Message-----
From: jon green
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 10:29 AM
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] the STEIFF puppet factor

Any more info on Tony Kameny? I remember him as having an accent?   
Did he do more than Knotts?

And, yes, I miss the old Knotts, but my father and I still have guys  
night out at the chicken dinner restaurant every time I go out to  
California.

Jon
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