List of puppets and puppet shows

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This is a list of famous puppets and puppet shows:

• Aggro (Australian TV program Wombat)
• Andy Pandy, BBC TV 1950s - 80s
• Archie Andrews in Educating Archie UK, 1950s
• Augsburger Puppenkiste, Germany
• Avenue Q current Broadway musical containing adult content
• Basil Brush UK
• Bernie Beanie Canada
• Blade USA
• Bread and Puppet Theater Vermont, USA
• Bunny Rabbit, from Captain Kangaroo
• Bumpity - Children's Sunday morning TV show in Portland, Oregon.
• Bunraku Joruri Ningyou Japan
• By the Pike's Wish Russia - based on Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya play, 1936 - present
• Captain Scarlet UK
• Charlemane - Walter Cronkite's puppet on CBS Morning News
• Dancing puppets trick
• The Cheap Show by Paraskevas Studios - Plum TV
• The Den, RTÉ Two (Ireland) 1985?-present
• Ed the Sock Canada
• Edgar Bergen's act - Charlie McCarthy & Mortimer Snerd, USA
• Emu
• Flat Eric
• Flower Pot Men UK
• Funday PawPet Show
• Gordon the gopher - UK
• Guignol France; Belgium
• Howdy Doody; USA
• Karagöz Turkey; Egypt
• King Kong USA
• Kukla, Fran and Ollie USA
• Lamb Chop - one of Shari Lewis's puppets, USA
• The Letter People USA
• Lazy Town Finland and USA
• Little Shop of Horrors
  • The plant, Audrey II, is represented by different puppets as it grows throughout the play, from a small-potted handpuppet to a large mechanical one taking up much of the stage.
• Madame's Place USA
  • Madame
• Mr. Dressup
  • Casey
  • Finnegan
  • Alligator Al
• Mr. Moose, from Captain Kangaroo
• Muffin the Mule UK
• The Muppet Show (USA)
  • See List of Muppet Show characters
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 USA
  • Crow T. Robot
  • Tom Servo
  • Gypsy
• Sergey Obraztsov's puppet of himself
• Orlando Furioso Sicily; Malta
• The Pets.com Sock Puppet, USA
• Pinky and Perky UK
• Les Minikeums France : Children show in which fairy tales were told by puppets.
• Punch and Judy UK
• The Puzzle Place USA
• Rag, Tag and Bobtail UK
• Roland Rat, TV-am UK
• Sesame Street USA
  • See List of Sesame Street characters
• Sifl and Olly USA
  • Chester
• Sooty and Sweep UK
  • Sooty
  • Sweep the dog
  • Soo, Sooty's panda bear girlfriend
• Spejbl and Hurvínek Czech Republic
• Spitting Image UK
• Thunderbirds UK
• Blaubar und Blod Germany
• Topo Gigio Italy
• Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog USA
• Wayang kulit and Wayang Golek Indonesia
• White Fang and Black Tooth from the kid's program Soupy Sales
• Paul Winchell's act : Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff
• The Woodentops UK
• Yoda USA
• Zig and Zag, RTÉ Two (Ireland)

[edit] See also

• List of mascots
• Puppeteer

[edit] External links

• http://gtkrm.narod.ru (in Russian). State Puppet Theatre of the Republic of Mordovia is famous all around Russia. Photos: http://gtkrm.narod.ru/photoarchive.html.
• TheSegments.com - American puppet movie site.