Showing posts with label puppets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label puppets. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2010

My new favorite blog

Check out Hyperbole and  Half for lots more entertaining illustrations
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

Thursday, May 13, 2010

I Heart Puppets

Just when I thought I couldn't be more into puppets than I already am...Vietnamese Water Puppetry!
The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. The shows are performed in a waist-deep pool. A large rod supports the puppet under the water and is used by the puppeteers, who are normally hidden behind a screen, to control them. Thus the puppets appear to be moving over the water. When the rice fields would flood, the villagers would entertain each other using this form of puppet play.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Sesame Street

International re-titling of Sesame Street includes...
Israel, Palestine and Jordan: Rechov SumSum
In Spain,South America: Barrio Sésamo/ Plaza Sesamo
Netherlands: Sesamstraat
Cambodia: Sabai Sabai Sesame
India: Galli Galli Sim Sim
Franca: 5, Rue Sésame
Germany: Sesamstraße

International Kermit:

As Sesame Street is localized for some different markets that speak languages other than English, Kermit is often renamed. In Portugal, he's Cocas, o Sapo (sapo means toad). In Latin America, his name is la rana René (René the Frog). In Spain, Kermit is named Gustavo. In France and the Canadian province of Quebec, he is known as Kermit la grenouille. In Brazil, his name is Caco, o Sapo. In the Arabic Middle Eastern version, he's known as Kamel, which is a common Arabic male name that means "perfect". In Hungary he is called Breki. In Turkey, although he's known by his real name, Kermit in The Muppet Show, in Sesame Street he was named as "Kurbağacık" (Little Frog).

I leave you with a picture of my favorite Sesame Street character, Slimey

I'm Your Puppet

Continuing with the Puppet Theme, if I may...


Pull the string and I'll wink at you, I'm your puppet
I'll do funny things if you want me to, I'm your puppet

The Puppets that live in my desk...



Sometimes they whisper to me...

April 24th is National Day of Puppetry

Everyone please be sure to thank your local puppets for their hard work and dedication on April 24th.

Stumbled on a page called http://www.puppetsforjesus.com
I highly recommend you give it a browse: http://www.puppets-puppets.com/Puppets_s/71.htm

"Antonio" and "Biblical Old Man" are my favorites, I think


Day of Puppetry Celebration at NYPL