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   From: neil.cerutti@tds.net   
      
   In article , Doug Elrod   
   wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Robert Hutchinson  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Do puppets that "really are" puppets count?   
   >   
   > Well I would say if they're actually puppeteered, rather than just lying   
   > there, or being depicted in a drawing, then they count.   
   >   
   >> There was the Demon Dog, Timmy ... Tom Servos 2 through 10 billion ...   
   >   
   > Good, good.  And I would argue that even a borderline case like Mike   
   > manipulating "the lumps" in the host segment for "Robot Rumpus" would   
   > qualify, as the lumps are nominally animate beings.  Mike turning   
   > the steering wheel of the SOL, on the other hand, would NOT be   
   > puppeteering, as the steering wheel is not being "animated" by Mike's   
   > efforts.   
   >   
   > Some other puppets that come to mind:  Robot-Mike,   
   > Nummymuffincoocolbutter, Mikey - the Mike Sprite (and Mike-soxey, the   
   > Mike's socks' sprite)....   
      
      
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