From: FLEXITOON-AT-aol.com
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 10:46:05 EDT
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] The Oral History of Puppetry In Chicago


He's a nice guy, too. Tell him we sent you.
C
 
 
In a message dated 5/20/2009 10:41:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dhpuppet-AT-aol.com writes:

Thanks  Craig, He is one of the people that is on our list. I loved dirty  
dragon!!!!!!!


-----Original Message-----
From:  FLEXITOON-AT-aol.com
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Sent: Wed, 20 May 2009 9:22  am
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] The Oral History of Puppetry In  Chicago



Don't forget to interview BILL  JACKSON!
(_www.dirtydragon.com_ (http://www.dirtydragon.com)  )
Craig
flexitoon.blogspot.com


In a message dated 5/20/2009  10:01:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dhpuppet-AT-aol.com  writes:

About 15  years ago the Chicago Guild started a project  called the Oral 
History of  Puppetry In Chicago. The project was  headed by Fred Putz and 
Norma 
Mclennon.  This was before we all had  computers, so they would interview a 
subject,  gather support  materials and take pictures. The Guild paid a 
student to type  the  transcripts and the whole thing was put together as a 
slide 

show with  a  cassette sound track that changed the slides with a beep on 
the  
soundtrack.  Pretty primitive by today's standard. We are now  reviving the 
project and will  add to it and of course the whole  thing will be digital. 

It's been a  few years since I viewed the  finished project but most of the 
people  interviewed are no longer  with us. Jay Marshall was one of the 
subjects, and  his stories about  vaudeville and Pinxie Larsen, and Ed 
Sullivan?are priceless.  Barbara  and Faye Coleman talk about their early 
pre 
-world war 
two days   touring in schools. Jerry and Margo Ashton talk about 
Vaudeville.?Jerry  was  one of those do it all guys, if the guy in the 
dance act  
sprained his ankle  Jerry could go on for him, dog trainer is drunk,  no 
problem 
Jerry did his act  and the puppets too. There is also a  brief section as I 
remember about people  who were deceased before  the project began.?

More interviews were  conducted and the  project was to go forward when 
Fred 
Putz?was diagnosed with  cancer  and spent a couple of years recovering. 
The 
project?was put aside at   that point but we are now going to go forward 
and 
add to  it.??

Dave   Herzog

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