Yesterday, I made a fourth Punch puppet head, and this will be the last one of Mr. Punch for a long time. It is the only one that truly looks like Punch, but the others are not a total loss. One will be painted appropriately and used as a goblin, imp, or or other mischievous creature; one will be used as an Igor for the Halloween puppet show I am working on; and the third, well, that remains to be seen. Now all I need to do is remake a Judy puppet (the first one is all wrong) and then I’ll have all the characters needed to perform The Comical Tragedy and Tragical Comedy of Punch & Judy.
The Halloween puppet show to which I alluded is the next big project I decided to undertake as of yesterday. There will be many puppets, at least two puppeteers probably, a larger puppet stage, and hopefully some sound effects or even music. It is untitled at this point, but I can reveal that it will include several famous movie monsters and many more real monsters! As Count Floyd would say, “Oooooooh, scary!” The trick is: Will it be finished before Halloween? And where will I perform it? Bah, technicalities!