We kind of lost a lot of that and puppeteers were sticking to the script and we thought … - Brian Henson

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Brian Henson

We kind of lost a lot of that and puppeteers were sticking to the script and we thought everything needed to get a lot funnier, so we thought we would go to a good improv comedy instructor.

Comedy, Improv, Instructor, Kind, Script, Scripts

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So while you're trying to improvise, you're also trying to puppeteer, you're doing everything that you need to do to perform a puppet in our style, for a camera.

Cameras, Improvise, Perform, Style, Trying

And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it's a real technical skill.

High Standards, Puppetry, Real, Skills, Technical

The challenge is, well, there's a huge challenge, which is when you're improvising, you're meant to sort of clear your mind completely, just be open and funny, and paying, you know, paying attention.

Attention, Challenges, Funny, Meant, Mind, Sort

we sent a troupe to Edinborough, and then in Edinborough, there was a producer from the Melbourne Comedy Festival, so we went to Melbourne. So it's one of these shows that kind of organically developed and it started developing momentum way before I even thought there was a show here.

Developed, Festivals, Kind, Momentum, Producer, Way

At that point, I thought probably special effects, something like that, and indeed, the early days when I was working with my dad, after I left school, I only went to less than one year of college, and then I was transferring, and then I delayed my transfer, and I did a movie, and then another movie, and then I never finished college.

College, Dad, Delayed, Effects, School