Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:09:16 -0400
From: "Jim Menke" <jim99jr-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Pre-Muppet Muppet?


Jim Henson told me that he coined the word MUPPET fir his work - a
combination of M from marionette and UPPET from all other forms of puppet.
He did very little with marionettes. The name is copywrighted, but has come
into general use for most all mouth puppets so I think anyone trying to
exercise the copyright would have a tough time winning the case. One way
around it would to call a mouth puppet "muppet like"

On 7/8/08, puppetpro-AT-aol.com <puppetpro-AT-aol.com> wrote:
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> I seem to remember a television commercial that used a sexy Red Riding Hood
> with a Muppet-ish wolf from the 50's -- it was on YouTube. Can't find the
> link, sorry.
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> Look at various animal puppets of ventriloquists -- (Shari Lewis comes to
> mind, but there are others) --
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> And, I think Don Salin (sp) should be credited with the look of the
> Muppets. His attention to detail & design help develop the "magic triangle"
> (two eyes & mouth) , which is a key standard with Muppets.
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> also,
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> As I understand it, the term Muppets is copyrighted, and can only be used
> to describe the work developed by Jim Henson.
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> Rolande
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamie Ashby <jamie.ashby-AT-utoronto.ca>
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Sent: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:46 am
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Pre-Muppet Muppet?
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> Dear friends,
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> I believe this may have been discussed on this list before, but a
> search of the archives has yet to bring anything up. Was there such a
> thing as a "pre-Muppet Muppet"? That is, a TV-based form of hand-and-
> rod puppet that was particularly influential for Jim Henson and his
> associates?
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> Thanks so much,
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> Jamie Ashby
>
> BA, MA, PhD Candidate, Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University
> of Toronto: "Ideas in Motion: New Work Development at Puppetmongers
> Theatre Company"
> Cofounder and Co-Artistic Director, PuppUTopiate, the only puppet
> theatre company based at the University of Toronto
> Member-at-Large, Ontario Puppetry Association Board of Trustees
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