From: Widerman-AT-aol.com
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:52:49 EDT
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hobey's Bil Baird puppet


Michael Baroto, one-time shop foreman for Baird commented on the  puppet 
purchased by Hobey:
 
 
Yes, this is the only commercial venture Bil participated in. He used to have 
 a box of them on 3 (third floor of his theater). Kind of cute/lame. I think  
there were two models or two colors.  
Sincerely 
Michael
 
 
In a message dated 10/15/2008 6:46:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
hobeyone-AT-gmail.com writes:

Yeah I  the snuff too.  No dark rum though.  My Grand father most  defintiely
did some drinking with Bil.  They tied their boats together  and did
cocktails.

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Trish Place  <tplace-AT-tconl.com> wrote:

> Hobey;
>
> I got one  of these for my birthday in June from my friend/fellow puppeteer
> Brian  Henning who found 2 of them in their original wrappings at an antique
>  store!  He too, got them cheap.  I worked for Bil for 2 years and  didn't
> know
> about these.  He did teach me about snuff and  dark rum though....
>
> Trish Place
>
> I bought a Bil  Baird commercial hand puppet on e-bay for $10!  It
> couldn't be  too valuable because I  was the only bidder.  Back at the
>  Fort Mitchell festival I almost won the auction for a real head from
>  the whistling Wizard but had to leave early and was out bid by $5
>  #%$&*!!!  I ended up buying with Pady Blackwood's advice a  large
> Baird working drawing for a couple of puppets.  I have  loved it.  I
> remember Bil showing me how he perforated the  drawing with a little
> pattern wheel and pounced the drawing with a  blue chaulk bag to
> transfer the drawing.  I still use the  technique to mass produce
> butterfly pattern on foam for teacher  workshops. I have attached a
> photo of my new Baird hand  puppet.
>
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