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Bob Baker’s Story – by Marianne Mettes

December 15, 2014 By Camilla Henneman

I am turning my blog over this time to the wonderful Australian puppeteer, Marianne Mettes.  A few years ago she toured the states going to festivals and meeting puppeteers everywhere she went.  She spent a day with Bob Baker and wrote about her visit with him.  See you next time- Camilla From Marianne:  Bob Baker’s […]

Filed Under: Film & Television, Fun Facts/History, Puppet Headlines Tagged With: A Star Is Born, Academy of Puppetry and Allied Arts, Alton Wood, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Bob Baker, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, G.I. Blues, Hollywood High School, Marianne Mettes, marionette theater, Puppet Theater, Star Trek

Randel Metz and the Storybook Puppet Theatre

August 15, 2012 By Puppeteers of America

A nice article was posted yesterday on the San Francisco Chronicle website about the Storybook Puppet Theatre at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland, CA – America’s longest continually running puppet theater in the United States.  You can check out the article here:  SFGate.com

Filed Under: Puppet Headlines Tagged With: California, Puppet Theater

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