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Word: puppeteered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Burr Tillstrom's first solid job was with a WPA-supported puppet show. "It was terrific," he recalls. "We played everywhere-hospitals, old people's homes, orphanages." But the stirring days faded in 1937. Two years later, Tillstrom was working as a salesclerk when RCA put on a television demonstration in his store. "That did it. The moment I saw TV, I knew it was the one medium made expressly for puppets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: You've Got to Believe | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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