There she is, Madame Ophelia Oogelpuss, encased in glass and part of an ongoing exhibition at the Chicago History Museum. Her famous puppet friends, Kukla and Ollie, are not on public display. They ...
On the influential puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie. Kukla, Fran and Ollie was created by Burr Tillstrom (1917–85), a talented Chicago-based puppeteer who dreamed of bringing his beloved art form to ...
A happy childhood is a dangerous thing. It can lead one to make awfully discouraging comparisons once well into adulthood. It can inspire an ironically sorrowful longing for a much less complicated ...
How painful to see "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" consigned to somebody's slapped-together Internet list of "Forgotten TV Shows." Forgotten? Not by untold thousands for whom the adventures of Kukla, Fran and ...
In the past couple years, two groundbreaking children's television programs have received some well-deserved attention: In 2019, Sesame Street celebrated 50 years on the air, complete with a heartfelt ...
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When Burr Tillstrom’s gentle Kukla, Fran & Ollie was chopped down from half an hour to 15 minutes six years ago, some 10 million fans proved they could be as loud as they had been loyal. The New York ...
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