March 21st - World Puppetry Day

Thomas Bennedetto
Mar 21, 2023
1 min read

Today is World Puppetry Day, and hopefully I have made it very clear so far that I love puppetry. I even have a "what kind of puppet are you'' quiz on this site in the "who are you" quiz section I decided to ominously name. Anyway, I love all different kinds of puppets.

There's actually a really good puppetry museum in my state but despite my wanting to go I just haven't made it up to the City to visit it in a while. It's called the Center For Puppetry Arts, and while the puppets present in the museum vary in variety from Traditional to Broadway to MST3K, the museum is probably known for having the biggest Muppet collection in the world, with over 500 puppets from the Jim Henson Company. If you find yourself in Atlanta I definitely give this place a big recommendation.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Seconded. Seconded to all of this, puppetry slaps.]

4 Comments

Calexta

Mar 22, 2023

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I know how much you love puppets and seak out different puppet tv shows at least to see the formatting and puppet construction

Thomas Bennedetto

Mar 23, 2023

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You say this like you don't love em too

Gemini28

Mar 21, 2023

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I adore puppet things... There's so much talent and skill required to make these little guys look like they're alive! Especially the creepy ones!!

Thomas Bennedetto

Mar 22, 2023

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I feel like purposely creepy puppets are underrated. As easy as it is for a poorly visually designed puppet to dip into the uncanny valley, those puppets have a charm to their uncanniness. Puppets that are creepy on purpose are usually just called "good special effects", because it's easy to forget most creatures made of practical effects fall under the puppet umbrella.