Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 21:49:47 -0400
From: Jim Jarecki <jimyjam-AT-teleweb.net>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Comment: Puppetry x ? = $$$


> 
> Rosemary wrote:
> 
> > I didn't mind the dirty, smelly comment.  But the one about the broken down
> > van really hurt!
> 
>    In the 70's, I worked for Meredith Bixby.Great puppeteer and beautiful shows, but his vans were only a bit better than walking.  In Cincinnati one day,(attention Aretta),in order to start the van,  we had to roll it  down one of the many hills and quickly  jump in to pop the clutch*. (Thought those hills were good for something.) 
*(popping the clutch is a method, although somewhat risky, to start a
manual transmission vehicle.)


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