From: Jim Boulden <jim-AT-animalmakers.com>
Subject: PUPT: Re: Puppetry featured on CBS  Sunday  a.m.
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:21:26 -0700


The funny thing is: CBS has been featuring Animal Makers' (and others)  
puppetry for many years and never "noticed" it.  Mainly, the shows call 
when their ratings need a boost.  When talking heads just isn't cutting 
the clutter on TV.  Check out the Polar Bear or the giant python action 
sequences on "Lost".  Now that's "must see" television...

Compare those first ratings to "Lost" last week which "featured" wild 
boars attacks (which really weren't seen on camera).   funny thing is, 
now that the network had committed, the producer's didn't want to put 
as much money into the show (no puppetry or wild boar rigs).  Last week 
was the first of those installments.

Puppetry is also in many ads that CBS carries.  Who would know that the 
rooster in today's Tide commercial is a puppet?  or the sharks eating 
Kellogg's cereal at a kitchen table are puppets?

We did the same thing for ABC with "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and 
Salem the talking cat.  Salem was supposed to be a one time gag.  
Instead, it was a supporting actor for seven (7) seasons.  One of the 
few puppet supporting actors ever to help carry a television show.  It 
is a puppet that has many fans all over the world.  Our work with Salem 
was primarily as a ratings booster (used in promos to great advantage).

We're back puppeteering for CBS tomorrow.  Great show and a great 
script!  Watch for the promos (featuring a talking turkey)...

-Jim

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