Hello,

I bought the "World Oldest.." Puppet to include it in my kid shows. Unfortunately kids, especially the young kids, are afraid of the puppet.
A week ago a young magician visited me, he saw the puppet and said: "Hey, he look like a mobster", so a new idea was born: I named the puppet Francesco, he is now a Mafia Boss and he tells his adventures on Youtube. I got some mails from people where already "love" the stories of Francesco.

Here you can see Francesco in "action": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JsWHMpSX......eo_title

Thanks

Christian

He looks wonderful, though my lack of knowledge of Lëtzebuergesch kept me from enjoying him quite as much as I might have liked. Nevertheless, keep up the good work!

Bob

GREAT adaptation you did there!! I had one of those Old Man puppets but sold him to a fellow in Las Vegas when I decided to go strictly with traditional vent figures. Steve Axtell's stuff is ALL TOP NOTCH, IMHO. I also had his "Big Bear" at one time:o)

Hello Bob,

He speaks German. There are more germans outside (82.000.000) as Lëtzebuerger (400.000) and from this 400.000 only 50 % speaks Lëtzebuergesch. I can reach more people when Francesco speaks German or French.

But pretty cool that you know Letzebuerg!

Christian

Christian, Are any of your viewers commenting on not being able to put the voice to the figure? His voice sounds really young for how old he looks.

Wes,

yes two viewers commented the young voice. And one of them was my wife.

But it is a fun project, so I don't put a lot of work on it. It's always one single shooting.

Christian

Christian very nice work transforming your character into a mobster. In my video series "The MAGIC MOMENT" two different performers gave life to the World's Oldest Man. Ken Groves and Nina Conti. You can see their version of this character in these videos here...

http://www.network54.com/Forum/149423/th......o+Series

The trouble with watching The Magic Moments is I now want, The Worlds Oldest Man and The Panda!