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- Puppet builder, puppet performer, creator and producer of Transylvania Television
- What First Got Me Interested in Puppetry
- There was a time when I wasn't?
- My Puppetry (or Puppet) Hero
- Jerry Juhl, Sid & Marty Krofft, Kosmo Allegretti, Rod Hull.
- If I Were a Puppet, I'd Be...
- hanging on a peg, probably.
- More About Me:
- Capital letters: ATHEIST. "Puppet ministry" drives me bats. Also, I sympathize, but I'm not about puppetry for philanthropic purposes like saving the rainforest or preventing teen pregnancy. Its about entertainment for me. Drama, comedy, whatever. but I'm not into "message" puppetry. If I was, trust me, I'd be making subversive liberal puppet videos all day long.
Now that you think I'm a complete bastard, get to know me and find out how nice a guy I really am!
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- The Puppet Forge is my DBA. The Puppet Forge is all about puppetry on video. I absolutely despise doing live shows. If I could do video puppetry for the rest of my days, I would.
To see some of my work, go watch the episodes and extra web content we've done at www.transylvania-tv.com OR subscribe to Transylvania Television on iTunes (its FREE!) under "podcasts".
- Affiliations/Professional Organizations
- Lets just call this the "day job" category. In my day job I run a special effects company called MINNEFEX, Inc. We've done movies and TV commercials and still photography jobs for the pst 20 years. If you'd like to see some of the coolest stuff we've done, go check out the adventures of the retro-startrek web show called Starship Exeter at www.starshipexeter.com We did most of the special effects for the episode "Tressaurian Intersection".
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Intellectual Property and the Muppets
I used to frequent Muppet Central as well as a board called Replica Prop Forum. I still hang at the RPF on occasion, but the "spread" of conversation there is much broader than at MC. And I'm not slamming on MC here... just some of the posters there.
And what's wrong with the posters there?
Well, some of them think they have the right to reproduce and sell replicas of the Muppet characters.
Anyone even remotely familiar with… Continue
Posted on October 6, 2009 at 6:43pm — 8 Comments
Transylvania Television available on iTunes!!!
You can now get lovely views of TVTV on iTunes!
Just search "transylvania" under "podcasts" and hit "subscribe"!!
New puppet funny every friday through October!!
-Gordon
Posted on July 21, 2009 at 1:21pm —
EVER WONDER WHAT ITS LIKE TO AUDITION FOR THE MUPPETS?
NOTE: This is a body of writing that is quite old. Like seven or eight YEARS old. But I’m very proud of it. I think it’s not only funny but well written. That may just be me.
But when you read it, I hope it will give you a little insight as to what the more-than-average person experiences when auditioning for the Muppets.
Read on....
Yessir, it’s been one helluva week. Actually about a week and a half.
Get ready, folks… Gordon is about to… Continue
Posted on March 9, 2009 at 4:10pm — 9 Comments
Jim Henson Exhibit sucks...
Actually, the Jim Henson exhibit currently at the Orlando History Center in Florida is pretty darned cool.
There are several original "vintage" puppets on display as well as some professionally made reconstructions. There's an original Rowlf, and original Kermit, and several truly vintage pieces including Sir Linnit from one of Jim's cooler advertising gigs. There's an Ernie and Bert (possibly reconstructions), Gobo and Cantus from Fraggle Rock (I suspect they ar… Continue
Posted on March 4, 2009 at 5:47pm —
technology ticks me off
I'm tired of technology moving faster than I can make use of it.
And moreover, I'm tired of people looking at what I'm doing and saying, "You know there's a new (blank) that works faster and more efficiently than what you're doing? Here... just go to www.(blank).com and download it." Meddling, smarter-than-thou, pain-in-the-ass busybodies.
Can you tell me, how does ANYTHING EVER get done on the internet? I mean, not a single house would EVER get built if the… Continue
Posted on February 20, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment
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My response is AMEN and thank you... I sometimes feel like I'm the only one! Glad to see someone like minded!
Great work too!
You ever catch up with the "Gang Of Five"? You mentioned being a collector.
-Gordon
I'm going to be attending the lecture/workshop being put on at the Center For Pupperty Arts in Atlanta by Steve Whitmire.
Any suggestions about how I might make the best use of the opportunity? Any "learning techniques" I might apply? Anything I should pay particular attention to? Any method I might employ to get the most out of the experience?
-Gordon
I subscribe to the "make myself crazy with angst" form of Christmas...I really should probably like shop or something one of these days...with all my kids coming home soon.....thank goodness my babies don't have any expectations...
I will raise a glass of thick Merlot to the Count, and pretend it is blood.
....seeya...MPR
...And I would Love to guest on your show....as what?...me?...or a puppet? Annie's and my Sesame parents site will be up in a month, I'll give you the link...and my babies were 7 months old on Saturday!
Seeya man.....MPRobinson
Yes; when I conduct auditions for Sesame International productions, I am Absolutely clear what they are for...how many I am hiring, and after the eight hours a day eight days long training/audition session actually hire the puppeteers!
Dude...how can I see some of your Transylvania TV shows? ...if LeShoc new I had never actually seen one of his programs, i shudder to thing what HIS response would be.
eagerly awaiting...in an almost toady-like joy: Martin P.R.
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