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Title: O/T Bil Baird
Post by: dom on September 24, 2013, 11:31:44 PM

Ran across this and figured, why not?

http://life.time.com/culture/bil-baird-an-american-puppeteer-in-india/#end

Title: Re: O/T Bil Baird
Post by: Uncle Roger on September 25, 2013, 12:33:19 AM

I remember the Bairds as part of one of the attractions at the 1964/65 worlds fair in NYC.  I think it was the Chrysler pavilion.

Title: Re: O/T Bil Baird
Post by: Gothick on September 25, 2013, 03:41:28 AM

Very cool.  Bil Baird's marionettes were all over the place in the Sixties and the Seventies but I don't ever recall seeing a photo of Bil or his wife before.

G.

Title: Re: O/T Bil Baird
Post by: MagnusTrask on October 10, 2013, 10:43:16 PM

What on Earth was Mr. Squeaky Bat doing at the World's Fair?  I was there in 1965, but as an extraordinarily short person who missed a lot...