Ask Palpatine was recently reviewed by Tubefilter News, in a post titled “Review: The Latest in Puppet-Themed Web Series.”
The author, Arjun Sharma, speaks at first about the lack of adult-themed puppet shows, or his lack of awareness of adult-themed puppet shows, aside from Crank Yankers. Puppets who Kill immediately springs to mind, as does Greg [...]
A little while ago, we moved into a new house in Guelph. At the same time (or, more correctly, about a month before) the lease on our previous studio expired, and we’ve yet to locate a suitable space in our new city (we could be commuting from Kitchener to Guelph, but that’s a 30 minute [...]
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http://www.forum.askpalpatine.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52
We’re now in the voting phase, and I want to thank, again, everybody who submitted a design. We got some fantastic pieces of work sent to us; really tremendous stuff. Thanks also to our panel of celebrity judges, who are now faced with the unenviable task of actually picking the best [...]
By way of Andrew Young, I came across an article in the National Post, called “Puppets Ahoy!” The tagline is “Against all odds, the googly-eyed are making a cultural comeback.” It’s true, certainly, and it’s a reasonable encapsulation of some of the current spots where puppetry is blooming, but it seemed a fairly superficial rundown [...]
At the risk of turning this into a blog where I link solely to Muppet videos, I just came across this pretty funny bit for America’s Independence Day, which the commercials tell me is on July 4th. It’s a pretty good little bit, and made me laugh out loud. You should watch:
Watching this clip from the Muppet Show today, I’m in awe of the creative and technical aspects of it (it’s such a complicated production, and it looks so seamless!), but when I was a kid, and saw this on television, it scared the hell out of me:
Speaking as a puppeteer, I love the fact that [...]
Hey all,
Phase one of the new set for Ask Palpatine is nearly complete. It’s not quite as polished as I’d have liked, but I think it’ll do nicely, and photograph well (especially on the web-sized resolutions we’re pumping it out as). Today’s got me a bit nervous, because as I finish the set, the next [...]