May 22, 2025
Bubbles La Rue, Bil Baird's nightclub marionette, 1942
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Bubbles La Rue, Bil Baird's nightclub marionette, 1942
Bil Baird, 'Alice in Wonderland', “Puppets: Art Entertainment”, 1980 Source
Imogene Coca, Bil and Cora Baird Puppets, 1956 TV
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Imogene Coca plays a TV viewer distraught by all the comercials in this sketch with puppets performed by Bil and Cora Baird.
The Bairds with their puppets (since I had already done the devil puppet photo)
(Eliot Elisofon. 1959)
First photo:L-R: unknown woman, Dick Myers, Margo Rose, Allelu Kurten, Bil Baird (kneeling), John Kurten, Jane Henson. Cheryl Henson (first row (?)), Lisa Henson, Jim Henson, George Latshaw, Jim Rose
Second Photo:From left to right: Jim Gamble, California; Jim Henson, New York; Albrecht Rose, Germany; Burr Tillstrom, Chicago; Bil Baird, New York; Jay Marshall, Chicago; and Carroll Spinney, Connecticut. Photo Boynton Photography.
Photos courtesy of Hobey Ford puppeteer extrodinare
Adventures In Telezonia (1949)
Shown at the Rifftrax Live Giant Spider Invasion this bizarre PSA short almost stole the entire show. Directed by puppeteer Bil Baird (The Sound of Music) this is a hilarious and surreal trip.
Bil Baird’s devil puppet had multiple faces
(Eliot Elisofon. 1959)