Word: puppeteering
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...People talk about how strange I am," says the man who dances onstage like a Bunraku puppet leading an aerobics class and ended his last series of Talking Heads concerts wearing a huge white suit cut like a tailored tennis court. "Of course, being inside myself, not having the perspective, I don't think I'm odd at all. I can see that what I'm doing is not exactly what everyone else is doing, but I don't think of it as strange...
Nearly seven years after the Soviet Union sent 80,000 troops into Afghanistan to install a more compliant puppet regime in the capital of Kabul, fighting throughout the country, though still indecisive, has grown more intense than ever. A few months ago, heavy Soviet offenses had pushed the resistance to the brink of collapse. Recently, however, the anti-Communist mujahedin rebels have struck back with some of their most punishing assaults...
...almost naughty syndrome," Mark advised, is another way of getting kids to laugh. "Certain key words sound naughty to kids. Underwear. Kids think it is really funny. Or the puppet could say, 'Kissywooooooooo.' Anything with kiss in it. They're starting to think about boy-girl things." Mark went on to talk about mapping and diagramming jokes and planning ad libs until it was time for Jeff Dunham to speak. Jeff talked about comedy writing, and he said $ soundly that if you could create a joke a day pretty soon you would have a routine, much as it is said...
Jeff: Yeah. I write them on a three-by-five card and tape them to the back of the puppet...
...works since last December, the really convincing facsimile comes replete with photos and graphics in pretty pastel colors. One sure-fire knee-slapper depicts Sigourney Weaver being attacked by a killer sock puppet in a clip from "Aliens." Another guaranteed yuck-getter details the wide variety of things athletes stick up their noses...