tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post5055307170807931698..comments2024-01-15T03:34:12.235-05:00Comments on Popped Culture: The Friendly Giant Has Left the Buildingpoppedculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12489589165185325301noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-24567598374987818352012-08-24T12:51:06.160-04:002012-08-24T12:51:06.160-04:00Actually, Burr Tillstrom's will states that no...Actually, Burr Tillstrom's will states that no one can perform with the puppets, not that they can't be put on display (which has been done).<br /><br />http://kukla.tvMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12251895188881921556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-32051706162187225932007-12-07T11:47:00.000-05:002007-12-07T11:47:00.000-05:00this is a Canadian tragedy, over a skit. Started a...this is a Canadian tragedy, over a skit. Started a group on facebook, bring back the friendly giant puppets to the CBC museum. That museum was the proper place for them. It was a skit, anyone in the public eye including puppets, are open to these things. Imagine what Air Farce would have done to those puppets!empresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732351993799315070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-84512811109886894912007-11-29T19:51:00.000-05:002007-11-29T19:51:00.000-05:00Living in the States, I have never seen The Friend...Living in the States, I have never seen The Friendly Giant. But I do know of the show and the status it occupies in Canada (roughly the same that Captain Kangaroo does here). I can honestly understand why the family would have been angry at the puppets being used in such a way. At any rate, I do hope the puppets are put on display in another museum.<BR/><BR/>An interesting bit of trivia. I don't know if you remember the puppets Kukla and Ollie from the show Kukla, Fran, and Ollie, but it was specified in puppeteer Burr Tillstrom's will specified that the puppets were never to be put on display unless it could be done so that they could speak and move. Even after his death, he wanted to keep the illusion that Kukla and Ollie were alive.Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-43196764266434452072007-11-28T19:34:00.000-05:002007-11-28T19:34:00.000-05:00and believe me, it has not been quiet around the H...and believe me, it has not been quiet around the Homme family the past few months. They have been quite upset by this. Maybe the public didn't care as much, but values vary from person to person. no one is depriving anyone of puppets, just holding their claim onto their family rights which had been breached.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-51257272361553818522007-11-28T19:32:00.000-05:002007-11-28T19:32:00.000-05:00I am a close family friend of the Hommes, and they...I am a close family friend of the Hommes, and they plan to put the puppets in another museum so they can indeed be available for strolls on memory lane. Also, as they say on the memo that they have had the puppets for many years, this isn't true, as I have myself seen them at the house not too long ago. A breach of trust has indeed occurred on the part of the CBC, as Bob would have been upset by this. He took great pains not to commercialize his show, not releasing silly toys and belittling commercialistic attitudes. He wanted it to remain wholesome and non-sell-outish. It is just bad taste and the family wants to keep his memory alive in a more repsectful manner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-31437701691955899782007-11-28T16:33:00.000-05:002007-11-28T16:33:00.000-05:00Perhaps they have stumbled upon a new promotional ...Perhaps they have stumbled upon a new promotional tool. The Geminis happened over a month ago, but until the family complained I doubt anyone had thought much about the skit. <BR/><BR/>Since then a brand new YouTube account sprung into existence yesterday and the clip of the skit has had a couple of thousand views. The skit is going Lazy Sunday on us, albeit in a Canadian way. Viva controversy!poppedculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12489589165185325301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19928059.post-44244623793845762492007-11-28T10:32:00.000-05:002007-11-28T10:32:00.000-05:00I suspect the family was incensed, not by the use ...I suspect the family was incensed, not by the use of the puppets, but by the use of them in such a pathetically unfunny manner. I am reminded of why I do not watch the CBC anymore. They have no programming of any redeeming value that I can find. Most notably, our national awards shows, the Geminis and the Junos are tragic embarrassments to the television industry. Surely we in this country can do better than that. Why does all of our national programming look like it was created by a small, regional TV station located in Hicksville, West Saskatchewan?Call me Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704646008578216859noreply@blogger.com