The puppet characters were combinations of people I had known and to some degree aspects of my own personality. Weird was based on someone I knew in Chicago. Dirty Dragon was based on a good friend I had in Indianapolis.
Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.
Victoria Abril, Actress (1959) |
Thomas John Barnardo, Celebrity (1845) |
Irving Caesar, Composer (1895) |
Al Davis, Businessman (1929) |
Gerard Debreu, Mathematician (1921) |
Sam Farr, Politician (1941) |
Melanie Fiona, Musician (1983) |
Giuseppe Garibaldi, Soldier (1807) |
Christian Furchtegott Gellert, Poet (1715) |
Ann Landers, Journalist (1918) |
John Adams, President (1826) |
Fisher Ames, Statesman (1808) |
Gregory Bateson, Scientist (1980) |
Otto Bauer, Writer (1938) |
Eva Gabor, Actress (1995) |
Thomas Jefferson, President (1826) |