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  1. Brian Kendig

    Have the Muppets ever filmed in Celebration, Florida?

    Have the Muppets ever filmed anything in Celebration, Florida? I ask because someone gave me this photo of Kermit, on a phone, beside his mailbox, in front of a lake, and he told me it's from something that was filmed in Celebration. (I see the Odyssey Network logo in the bottom right of the...
  2. Brian Kendig

    Looking to buy professionally-made puppets

    I'm an amateur puppeteer. I perform for Give Kids The World (Kissimmee, Florida) as well as a few other events. I want to expand my repertoire but I'm tired of trying to make do with mass-produced puppets that never look quite right, so I am looking for recommendations of someone who can build a...
  3. Brian Kendig

    Any mentions of Mr. Hooper after he died?

    After the Goodbye Mr. Hooper episode so long ago, have there been any mentions of Mr. Hooper in the show? Anyone saying anything about him, remembering him fondly, mentioning him in idle conversation, anything at all? I saw the segment where Gordon makes an egg cream for Telly and does a brief...
  4. Brian Kendig

    Got a response from the Sesame Puppeteer Workshop...

    ... and I was turned down. "Unfortunately, your performance technique is not quite right for the Sesame Street style of puppetry and we cannot offer you a slot in the puppeteer workshop." I figure the "technique is not quite right" part is just form-letter language for "we didn't pick you," but...
  5. Brian Kendig

    I need some ideas for performance routines!

    I have a Muppet Whatnot named Wendell. Every other Sunday morning, I bring him to breakfast at Give Kids The World (a charity resort here in Orlando for kids with life-threatening conditions), and I go around the tables interacting with kids and bringing them smiles. He's a BIG hit, but I'm an...
  6. Brian Kendig

    What do you use to build a puppet's mouth?

    The mouth of my Muppet Whatnot broke! The whole tragic tale is here. Basically, inside the felt is a bent piece of plastic to make the upper and lower mouth rigid and provide a kind of 'hinge', but that 'hinge' is where the plastic snapped in half. Now it snaps and crunches when I operate the...
  7. Brian Kendig

    My Muppet Whatnot Broke!

    I've had my Whatnot since this past Valentine's Day; my sweetie ordered it from FAO.com for me. So that makes it, what, eight months of occasional use? It's not often I do anything with it, because it's a very tight fit for an average-sized adult hand. Well, tonight I was using it as my...
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