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June 2008 Blog Posts (7)

Walking with dinosaurs

Just to give you a heads up those who live in California around the orange county area
there is a puppet show called "Walking with dinosaurs" it's amazing!!!! See the clip on utube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX3_tnLDUEk

They'll be at the Honda Center in Anaheim Augutst 20-24, and Staples Center in Los Angeles September 25-28

BibleBetty

Added by biblebetty on June 28, 2008 at 2:04pm — 3 Comments

Building a Better Bono

I just built a puppet Bono. Check it out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inelegant/sets/72157605759679230/

It took me a week altogether to build it. What do you think?

Added by hoggworks on June 26, 2008 at 11:00pm — 4 Comments

Im not dead!

It´s summertime in Iceland. And I dont have much time for my puppets. Few puppets are waiting for me in my workroom.
Im planning my wedding on 12th of July. So there are so many things to do! Let you know about my newest puppets when they are ready. Have a nice summer holliday.

Added by stonemask on June 23, 2008 at 11:42am — No Comments

I've been to Sesame and Back!

I have been extremely forunate lately, because I have been able to meet some brilliant puppeteers. Through some long and twisted connection, I actually got to meet Noel MacNeal and see him perform! How awesome! It was at a filming session for Sesame , nonetheless. I have some awesome pictures, but alas, I have been told not to show them on the web. Sorry! Anyway, the whole day was a great inspiration. After that I knew I was growing up to be a… Continue

Added by PuppetsOnBroadway on June 23, 2008 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

New Hatchet the Velociraptor Puppet

So... as many of our long-term fans know, about every two or three years I have to build new versions of my main puppets; partially because I advance enough that I can always do better, but mostly because the puppets tend to take an awful beating on stage.

Very recently I already built an updated puppet for Wesley fairly recently and it was time for me to create a new Hatchet the velociraptor. He still needs… Continue

Added by shadowcircus on June 11, 2008 at 11:37am — 1 Comment

Summer schedule updates & info

June 3rd, (Downey Calvary team) Well Tuesday it happen, (I was so nervous) we performed for the Orange County Puppet Guild. They served us chicken (I couldn't eat) and they installed the new board members. In all my other performances I bring at least 15 to 18 puppets to perform songs and two puppets as hosts. This time I set up all my puppets and noticed that there were 31 puppets performing for this show. Holy cow, we never did a show with that many puppets (except maybe 5 Christmas ago). Are… Continue

Added by biblebetty on June 10, 2008 at 11:41am — No Comments

Bunraker!

Hey all, a few months back I directed 3 puppet shorts, which is part of a greater show we are trying to pitch...

The clips are now online: Please check them out and let us know what you think!!!

Best,

rob

the link is:

www.bunraker.com

Added by karsutch on June 3, 2008 at 2:50am — 3 Comments