Richard frank oznowicz biography of rory
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List of scen names
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Don Austen (born 1958 in London, England) is an English puppeteer. He began his career in 1981 at Cannon Hill Park's puppet theatre in Birmingham. Austen joined the Jim Henson Creature Shop in 1986 for the movie Labyrinth. He was a puppeteer for other blockbuster movies including Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), The Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Bear (L'ours) (1988), The Witches (1990), and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999).Most notably he performed in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), inside both the Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. He also managed briefly to boost numbers in Muppet Treasure Island (1996) as Pirate Crew and Cannibals. Austen's British TV debut was on the irreverent cult ITV puppet show Spitting Image. (1987–90) Austen voiced and puppeteered Sky One's DJ Kat for more than 2000 award-winning DJ Kat Shows (1989–95) and 200 breakfast shows as Earl E Bird on Channel 4's Early Bird (1991
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In Memoriams
A Tribute to Clyde Adler of the Soupy Sales Show
Lou Bunin
Rand Bohn
Punch and Judy Master Bob Mason
Shari Lewis
Buffalo Bob Smith
Roland Sylwester
Mike Oznowicz
Arlyn Coad
Shirley Dinsdale Layburn
Senor Wences
Margo Rose: Grand First Lady of American Puppetry
These articles first appeared in the puppeteer newsletter, Puppet Life, for the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry. Unless otherwise credited, Greg wrote them as newsletter editor.Greg currently writes a column called Scene West for The Puppetry Journal, the periodical for Puppeters of America.
Catalogues with puppets for sale to the general public.
Steve Axtell produces some interesting hand puppets and illusions.
Axtell Expressions, Inc.
2889 Bunsen Ave H
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 642-7282
www.axtell.com
Puppet Productions
P.O. Box 1066
DeSoto, Texas 75123-1066
1-800-854-2151 They have some good sales during the year.
Maher has a catalog of ventriloquist puppets and other hand