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Bob Flanagan Original Saturday Night Live Screen Used Caddyshack Parody Groundhog Puppet.
This "Caddyshack" parody groundhog puppet comes from the personal collection of master puppeteer Bob Flanagan, who worked alongside Jim Henson at the New York Muppet Workshop. This one-of-a-kind, completely unique groundhog puppet was created for the Chevy Chase "Quotable Caddyshack" commercial parody on Saturday Night Live, February 20, 1999 and was built using the exact specifications that were used in Jim Henson's workshop.
From the personal collection of pioneer puppeteer Bob Flanagan, who from the Muppets, to SNL and Off-Broadway conquered it all! Bob Flanagan has been making puppets since the “glory days” of puppetry—working alongside Jim Henson making secondary and background characters for the Muppets and Sesame Street—as well as 27 seasons of Saturday Night Live. Bob Flanagan, who passed away this year, was a puppet builder who worked in the New York Muppet Workshop with Jim Henson in the 1980s. As part of the Sesame Street team, he shared in a Daytime Emmy Award win for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design. Flanagan operated his own company, Den Design Studio, which supplied puppets, costumes, and specialty props for Saturday Night Live and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (including Sesame-style puppets on the latter). He also worked extensively on stage productions, including puppets and props for the Broadway production of Wicked (including the Time Dragon and Lion Cub) and puppet and mask designs for off-Broadway shows Beowulf, The Hairy Ape, and The Emperor Jones (the last earning a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design).
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