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Those Funny Little People is a one-of-a-kind entertainment company with life-sized puppets who dance, sing and make people laugh.
*braces self*
*clicks on "ethnic" heading under "costumes"*
posted by Krazor at 9:26 AM on May 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
*clicks on "ethnic" heading under "costumes"*
posted by Krazor at 9:26 AM on May 30, 2017 [1 favorite]
I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, and these... things.. seem strangely familiar, like some long forgotten nightmare.
posted by borkencode at 11:02 AM on May 30, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by borkencode at 11:02 AM on May 30, 2017 [3 favorites]
I grew up in Chicago and got the same vibe, borkencode.
posted by davejay at 11:56 AM on May 30, 2017
posted by davejay at 11:56 AM on May 30, 2017
Looking deeper, there is a testimonial that reads "We’ve been coming to Marshall Fields for the past 22 years and Wally & Victor are one of the reasons we keep coming back year after year!" so this looks like it might have started in our home town.
posted by davejay at 11:57 AM on May 30, 2017
posted by davejay at 11:57 AM on May 30, 2017
I remember seeing these on "America's Got Talent" a couple of years ago. and they were kinda weird. Howie Mandel loved them (because of course he would) so they made it through at least one round before being buzzed off the stage.
posted by briank at 12:27 PM on May 30, 2017
posted by briank at 12:27 PM on May 30, 2017
davejay, I saw they're based out in Willowbrook, I'm guessing I saw them at some random town festival or something.
posted by borkencode at 1:16 PM on May 30, 2017
posted by borkencode at 1:16 PM on May 30, 2017
I might be a party pooper, but I really hate these. I only get exposed once per year, at our 4th of July parade (in the Chicago burbs). They have this weird microphone quality to their voice, and the movements are not right in a very off-putting way. Once I see them coming down the street, it's a cue for me to refill my drink.
posted by Fig at 1:25 PM on May 30, 2017
posted by Fig at 1:25 PM on May 30, 2017
I grew up in the Chicago suburbs, and these... things.. seem strangely familiar
Same here, but do I recall there were also these dudes that did it by placing a large top hat over their heads and upper torsos and then flexing their enormous beer bellies (with lips painted around the navel)? Perhaps this is the politically correct evolution of that.
posted by JoeZydeco at 1:54 PM on May 30, 2017
Same here, but do I recall there were also these dudes that did it by placing a large top hat over their heads and upper torsos and then flexing their enormous beer bellies (with lips painted around the navel)? Perhaps this is the politically correct evolution of that.
posted by JoeZydeco at 1:54 PM on May 30, 2017
These put me in mind of the Babylon Club shootout in Scarface.
posted by lagomorphius at 4:14 PM on May 30, 2017
posted by lagomorphius at 4:14 PM on May 30, 2017
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