The picture posted with this entry is something I am very happy with. It is my first original puppet creation. About 6 or 7 months ago I was in a the housewares section of a store. I forget which one it was but that's not really important. In the bargain bin of this department I saw something that looked like half of a glove. I couldn't figure out what it was. I picked it up and read the label. It was a silicone oven mitt. Apparently the material it was made from was heat resistant and safer than the usual oven mitt. However to my warped mind and imagination it didn't look like an oven mitt. It looked like the start of a really great puppet. I bought it, took it home and put it in the closet where I keep my puppets and such. It stayed there for about 6 months.
After attending the I-fest in early July I started thinking about creating my own original ventriloquist puppet and character from scratch. As mentioned in my July 25 post I ordered and received 2 sets of "peepers" eyes to use with the oven mitt.
I added a couple more things like a purple latex glove, an elastic string fastened to each side, thick poster board inside the mouth for better control and Eureka! I have a new original Ron Havens created puppet.
The name and personality of the puppet is based a character I saw in an episode of a Saturday morning cartoon show when I was 8 or 9. The show was called "Here Comes The Grump" and the character appeared in only one of the 34 episodes of the series.
This guy says anything and everything he hears no matter where he is or who is listening. Now if that seems unusual and strange I invite you to look around. There's one in every church in America.
I don't know when or where I'm going to debut my new character but it will probably be in my church some time in the near future. I'm working a routine for him now. As soon as he's ready the world will be introduced to him. But since you are reading this blog you get an exclusive "first look".
Because now that you know the background story of the creation of my new puppet I need to give him a proper introduction so if you'll please excuse me...(clearing throat)
"Ladies and Gentleman. It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you my faithful blog readers for the first time ever my friend...
The Blabber Mouth!"
(music) TA DA!
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