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WMP Coloring Page

6/20/2017

 
I drew a coloring page for the Wump Mucket Puppets and their "Bee Happy"  tour, which is currently happening from Ohio to Massachusetts. You can download one yourself here.
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Wump Mucket Puppets on PBS this weekend

1/3/2017

 
My extremely hardworking, creative puppeteer pal Terrence and his Wump Mucket Puppet troupe make their PBS television debut this weekend on the season premier of Cincinnati affiliate CET's "The Art Show". I was at the filming at the Taft Museum back in August and the show and turnout was fantastic, I can't wait to see it translated on the screen. It will air on Saturday, January 7th (6PM) and Sunday the 8th (8PM). Check your local listings and try to catch it!
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Street Gang

12/6/2016

 
Oh no! Only ten days to go and about $40,000 needed.

Wish I could have sprung for the animation cel if $550 was a little more expendable. The original green Grover toy is a pretty cool perk, too.

If you haven't read the original book by Michael Davis, it is quite good.

Wump Mucket PBS Filming

8/21/2016

 
Following in the tradition set fourth by Sesame Street, my pal Terrence and his Wump Mucket Puppets troupe will be making their television PBS debut (Cincinnati's local affiliate CET) soon. The taping will be happening today at 2PM during the puppet show at the Taft Museum of Art downtown. See you there!
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Update: The performance was great! Can't wait to see it air.
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T-B Mug Ads

6/28/2016

 
Catch them now before they appear in the Sears Roebuck catalogue next month!
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Puppets Rock

6/8/2016

 
Not the most topical announcement, but last night was the premiere screening of "A Show of Hands", a documentary film by Wright State student Sean Mangan about Terrence Burke and his amazing Cincinnati-based Wump Mucket Puppet troupe. The film chronicles Terrence turning his lifelong interest of puppetry into the passionate spectacle it is today  following a stint of depression due to a serious life event in the early 2000s. The film was great and featured a Q&A with the puppeteer and director after. I, of course, had to ask Terrence about his favorite Jim Henson creation.

WMP does outstanding work locally with what seems like a never-ending schedule of library/school/charity shows, and has also toured around the country at various puppetry festivals and even a New England tour last year. Terrence (as well as his family ... his wife handcrafts all of the puppets herself) pours his heart and soul into this and I highly encourage everyone to get out to one of his puppet shows!

I whipped up this flyer for the show at the last minute as a gift.
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Oh, and I met someone at the screening who happens to drive a real life "Cat Bus" (of My Neighbor Totoro fame). There is so much to say about this particular event that I must concede, instead, to just post the photo and remain speechless.
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