Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a style - and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those together myself for the needs of television.

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.

Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.

Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.

I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me.

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.

Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.