Puppets, Ventriloquists, etc.
See also
Watch with Mother.
Punch & Judy
Original name of Mr. Punch's wife Judy |
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Joan |
Punch & Judy's dog |
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Toby |
Hangman in Punch & Judy |
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Jack Ketch |
Title traditionally adopted by Punch & Judy operators |
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Professor |
Device used to make Punch's voice |
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Swazzle swozzle |
Puppeteers
Unless otherwise stated or implied, the question in this category is "Who is (or was) associated with ... ?"
Spit the Dog |
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Bob Carolgees |
Wore an ostrich costume called Oswald (Crackerjack, 1970s) |
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Bernie Clifton |
Sooty, Sweep, etc. (later succeeded by his son Matthew) |
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Harry Corbett |
Introduced George, Zippy and Bungle in Rainbow (most famously) |
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Geoffrey |
Creator of the Muppets |
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Jim Henson |
Emu |
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Rod Hull |
Lambchop |
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Shari Lewis |
Introduced Muffin the Mule |
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Annette Mills |
First introduced Basil Brush (on his magic / light entertainment show) |
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David Nixon |
Jim Henson's principal collaborator on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and the 1982 film
The Dark Crystal: voiced and "characterised" Cookie Monster, Bert and Grover (Sesame St.) and Miss Piggy,
Fozzie Bear, Animal and Sam Eagle (Muppets) |
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Frank Oz |
Ventriloquists
Q: Which ventriloquist is associated with ... |
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Lord Charles, Tich and Quackers |
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Ray Alan |
Archie Andrews |
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Peter Brough |
Nookie Bear |
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Roger de Courcey |
Lenny the Lion |
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Terry Hall |
Orville the Duck, Cuddles the Monkey ("I hate that duck!") |
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Keith Harris |
Popular radio comedian (1900–82), performed a comedy ventriloquist act |
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Sandy Powell |
Puppets
David Nixon, Derek Fowlds, Rodney Bewes: all appeared with; Ivan Owen (d. 2000) was the voice of |
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Basil Brush |
Puppet companion of Andy Crane and Andi Peters in the Children's BBC "Broom Cupboard",
1988-93: famous for his green "mohawk" hairstyle |
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Edd the Duck |
Created by Czech immigrants Jan and Vlasta Dalibor; first appeared on BBC TV 1957; made their fifth appearance
on the Ed Sullivan Show, together with The Beatles and Morecambe & Wise, Feb 1964; theme song We Belong Together; wore red and
blue respectively, but to help viewers tell them apart on black and white TV, the latter sometimes wore a hat |
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Pinky & Perky |
Introduced on ailing TV-am, shortly after its launch (1983); credited with saving it from bankruptcy; lives in
the "Ratcave", underneath King's Cross station |
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Roland Rat |
Italian mouse puppet (1960s), popularised in the USA on the Ed Sullivan Show; also appeared in the UK on the
Pinky & Perky show |
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Topo Gigio |
Puppet squirrel, introduced in 1953 to teach road safety to children in the UK – inspired a club that had
over 2 million members at its peak in the 1980s |
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Tufty |
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