Mr. Beavers Teahouse Puppet Theatre and now Adult Muppets
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A few years ago, as hard as it may be to believe, I was wearing a Beaver suit around Bellingham Washington doing off the wall stunts for The Morning Deal, a morning radio show on 92.9 FM, Independent Rock. I was the producer and as such it was my job to take on any and all challenges like a race to Seattle, me hitchhiking and a listener driving (I won, thanks to traffic) or seeing how much money I could panhandle on a busy corner to determine how much spangers make an hour (about $18.75 in 1998). When I found a beaver suit, that began our series entitled "Can a guy in a beaver suit...?" Buy a shotgun at Walmart..no. Go into an IHOP kitchen and make his own pancakes without speaking. Yes. Speak at a city council meeting. Yes. And that was the one that made it on TV and got me to thinking about how fun it would be to create an adult puppet show called either Mr. Beaver's Teahouse Puppet Theatre or The Pumpets. I never made it past a few public access classes and some sample home videos...but now, the son of Jim Henson has done the job for me...read on..oh mighty readers...
Mr. Beavers Teahouse Puppet Theatre and now Adult Muppets
Mr. Beavers Teahouse Puppet Theatre and now…
Mr. Beavers Teahouse Puppet Theatre and now Adult Muppets
A few years ago, as hard as it may be to believe, I was wearing a Beaver suit around Bellingham Washington doing off the wall stunts for The Morning Deal, a morning radio show on 92.9 FM, Independent Rock. I was the producer and as such it was my job to take on any and all challenges like a race to Seattle, me hitchhiking and a listener driving (I won, thanks to traffic) or seeing how much money I could panhandle on a busy corner to determine how much spangers make an hour (about $18.75 in 1998). When I found a beaver suit, that began our series entitled "Can a guy in a beaver suit...?" Buy a shotgun at Walmart..no. Go into an IHOP kitchen and make his own pancakes without speaking. Yes. Speak at a city council meeting. Yes. And that was the one that made it on TV and got me to thinking about how fun it would be to create an adult puppet show called either Mr. Beaver's Teahouse Puppet Theatre or The Pumpets. I never made it past a few public access classes and some sample home videos...but now, the son of Jim Henson has done the job for me...read on..oh mighty readers...