The history of puppetry.

November 16, 2005 11:42 AM

The traditions The traditions and history of puppetry are quite rich, often amusing. there are, quite unsurprisingly, those who truly hate the adorable little things. From fact to fiction and evendeeper investigations. Obligatory pinocchio link.
posted by IronLizard (19 comments total)

PuppetVision! for all your puppety links
posted by Robot Johnny at 11:45 AM on November 16, 2005

Of course there's alwayd Howdy Doody.
posted by IronLizard at 11:45 AM on November 16, 2005

This one's great.
posted by IronLizard at 11:48 AM on November 16, 2005

NSFW, sorry
posted by IronLizard at 11:48 AM on November 16, 2005

What, no link to Sock Puppets?
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 11:50 AM on November 16, 2005

I think I should point out that the main character in Being John Malkovich is a misunderstood puppeteer. Carry on.
posted by teece at 12:01 PM on November 16, 2005

Yeah, teece, I tried to tell IronLizard that in the MeTa thread, but hey...
posted by Gator at 12:07 PM on November 16, 2005

Sorry :) I had the post pretty much made up already. I like Heinlein's novel best for the fiction genre.
posted by IronLizard at 12:12 PM on November 16, 2005

Hey thanks for the Wikipedia Pinocchio link, I wrote a large part of it - still needs improvement, the external link is excellent for more in-depth -- but even better, read the book -- it's different from movie versions.
posted by stbalbach at 12:44 PM on November 16, 2005

What, no Muppets link?
posted by If I Had An Anus at 12:56 PM on November 16, 2005

NSFW Puppetry of the Penis.
posted by kosem at 1:30 PM on November 16, 2005

I figured the muppets were a bit too mainstream. What can I say?
posted by IronLizard at 1:43 PM on November 16, 2005

I'd like to recommend the puppets of a local artist named Scott Radke.
posted by sciurus at 2:02 PM on November 16, 2005

Technically they are marionettes, my bad.
posted by sciurus at 2:02 PM on November 16, 2005

Well, in fact so is pinoccio. I used puppet as a more general class of animable doll (even to the point of humans, in the fiction link). A marionette is a puppet manipulated by strings. An those are some creepy ones, sciurus.
posted by IronLizard at 2:40 PM on November 16, 2005

When you're in Prague, you should go to the National Marionetter Theater and see some Mozart puppet operas. Very worthwhile, as tourist experiences go.

In fact, puppetry and Prague would be a good FPP one of these days...
posted by kosem at 2:49 PM on November 16, 2005

How could you post this? Today of all days! Don't you know it's a puppet day of mourning?
posted by jb at 4:35 PM on November 16, 2005

PuppetHeap.
posted by milovoo at 8:19 AM on November 17, 2005

Also, and I can't find the name of the troupe anywhere, but at Bonnaroo this past summer, My Morning Jacket performed with many enormous, dancing puppets roaming the stage. Pics
posted by kosem at 9:26 AM on November 17, 2005