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From: perl@rdin.UUCP (Robert Perlberg)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: marionette shows query
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Date: Sat, 20-Aug-83 18:16:35 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 20 18:16:35 1983
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cFb*
I really loved those marionette shows and I think I  still  would
if  I  could  find a station that showed them.  I've always loved
gadgets (I'm using one of my favorite  gadgets  right  now!)  and
those  puppet  shows really appealed to me because (a) they had a
lot of neat gadgets and (b) even the people were gadgets!

I don't remember which images in my memory are from which  shows,
except  for  those  things  that  have been discussed here, but I
remember that in one of these shows there was a tank-like vehicle
in which the driver sat facing the rear and saw the road ahead on
a TV monitor.  I always thought  that  that  was  a  ridiculously
impractical  arrangement  and couldn't find any valid purpose for
it.  Is there something I  missed?   Does  anyone  know  why  the
vehicle was designed this way?

Robert Perlberg
New York
philabs!rdin!perl