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	Burr Tillstrom in MEN magazine
		Burr explained that with the exception of Fran Allison, he is the whole show – his hands manipulate the puppets and his voice is the voice of each one.
		Tillstrom was rejected for military service, but spent the war years putting on puppet shows for the Red Cross before wounded servicemen all through the midwest.
		Tillstrom is an expert swimmer, likes to take long tours on a bicycle (he covered the Gaspe Peninsula in Canada one year) and wishes he had time for a hobby.
	users.ultinet.net /~kfo/men.html (1034 words)

	Burr Tillstrom, Creator of Kukla, Fran and Ollie
		The curator and his son Nick Samuels with Burr Tillstrom and Kukla and Ollie.
		The first time I saw Burr Tillstrom in person was on a Saturday early in 1948 when the Kuklapolitans were making a personal appearance at the Lyon and Healey music store in Evanston, Illinois.
		The last time I saw Burr Tillstrom in person was on a Saturday early in 1980 when the Kuklapolitans were taping their "Crisis at the Egg Plant" Easter special in studio A in the Merchandise Mart.
	www.richsamuels.com /nbcmm/burr.html (437 words)

	Telecast Magazine - Kukla, Fran and Ollie
		Tillstrom created him for a friend in 1936, and Kukla was wrapped for shipment when Burr discovered he couldn't part with him.
		Now in his early thirties, Tillstrom showed the first traces of his talents as a member of the Chicago kindergarten set when he tried to make two toy teddy-bears perform and soon after was using all kinds of toys on stages made of orange crates and old lace curtains.
		Burr immediately began to make and string puppets, and at 14, was launched on the project that was to become his career.
	users.ultinet.net /~kfo/telecast.html (1389 words)

	TV ACRES: Puppets & Puppeteers > Kukla, Fran & Ollie
		Burr Tillstrom landed the job of working marionettes for the WPA Chicago Parks District Theater in the 1930s His first puppet, Kukla was made from fabric from a WPA (Works Progress Administration) ragbag.
		In March of 1985 Burr Tillstrom made an appearance with Kukla, Fran Allison and Ollie at the Museum of Broadcasting in New York City.
		Burr Tillstrom was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in March of 1986.
	www.tvacres.com /puppets_kukla.htm (444 words)

	Burr Tillstrom Biography: 1956
		Burr Tillstrom, a remarkable young man who has made a fortune and won international fame with a pair of puppet "people", inauspiciously began his career at kindergarten age with two stuffed teddy bears as his first proteges.
		When the was came, Burr was rejected for service and so he packed up his players and volunteered his and their services for hospital shows throughout the Midwest.
		Tillstrom, a native Chicagoan, was born on October 13, 1917, in a family of moderate means.
	www.richsamuels.com /nbcmm/kuklapolitans/tillstrom_biography_1956.html (1043 words)

	Tillstrom, Burr
		Tillstrom demonstrated his improvisational talents at an early age when he entertained neighborhood children using teddy bears, dolls, and any other objects that he could animate to mimic performances and film stories.
		Tillstrom's puppets, who served as an entr'acte for another marionette group, made comments to the audience, and interacted with actresses and models (spokespersons for the new medium) invited onto the stage.
		Tillstrom continued to hone his craft by performing with other marionette troupes and managing the puppet theatre at the Marshall Fields department store in Chicago.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/T/htmlT/tillstrombu/tillstrombu.htm (768 words)

	Kukla, Fran and Ollie
		Burr Tillstrom's Kuklapolitan Players differed from typical puppets in that the humor derived from satire and sophisticated wit rather than slapstick comedy.
		A quick wit in her own right who could maintain the pace set by Tillstrom, Allison served simultaneously, according to Tillstrom, as "big sister, favorite teacher, baby-sitter, girlfriend and mother." Allison was equally responsible for adding to the characters' histories.
		She was the first to mention Ollie's mother and prompted Tillstrom to create the character for a future show.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/K/htmlK/kuklafrana/kuklafrana.htm (904 words)

	KidScreen Magazine - Licensing Diary: Kukla, Fran and Ollie
		Tillstrom had a bad licensing experience in the early 1950s when a company produced inferior replicas of his puppets.
		Tillstrom put a codicil in his will that the puppets could be displayed, but never manipulated (he was the only one ever to have operated and voiced them).
		"Burr's intent was that as long as you didn't make hand puppets that someone could manipulate, you were upholding the spirit of what he wanted," explains Tahse.
	www.kidscreen.com /articles/magazine/19970201/17484.html (572 words)

	TIME.com: You've Got to Believe -- Jan. 2, 1950 -- Page 1
		Burr Tillstrom's first solid job was with a WPA-supported puppet show.
		Two years later, Tillstrom was working as a salesclerk when RCA put on a television demonstration in his store.
		The puppets, all powered by Tillstrom's nimble hands and agile, nine-voiced throat, make their way through rambling shows that somehow seem to crackle with spontaneity.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,780221,00.html (672 words)

	Kukla, Fran, and Ollie History \| sjpc_03_package.xml
		Burr Tillstrom (1917-1985) first brought his quietly funny and eccentric hand puppets to TV in the autumn of 1947.
		Tillstrom did all the voices and manipulated all the puppets.
		Now and then, Tillstrom and company would attempt something more ambitious, staging miniature musicals and the like, but for the most part the show concentrated on the conversations between Fran Allison and the various facets of Burr Tillstrom.
	www.bookrags.com /history/kukla-fran-and-ollie-sjpc-03 (584 words)

	Kukla, Fran, and Ollie @ Toonarific Cartoons
		As voiced and animated by Burr Tillstrom, it's almost as if they were.
		Simultaneously, from 1969 to 1971, Kukla, Fran and Ollie was revived for PBS.
		Hopes for another revival existed all the way up until 1985, when pupeteer Tillstrom died, and the final curtain closed on the Kuklapolitan Players.
	www.toonarific.com /show.php?show_id=2002 (318 words)

	TV ACRES: Children's Show Hosts - Fran Allison (Kukla Fran & Ollie)
		The secret to the show's charm was the special chemistry between puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and Fran Allison who treated the puppets like real people.
		Reportedly, Fran never looked at the puppets back stage so she could always retain the fantasy that the puppets were alive.
		While freshman at the University of Chicago in 1936, Kukla derived his name from an encounter with Russian ballerina Tamara Toumanova whom upon seeing the sweet little puppet exclaimed "Kukla", an affectionate Russian word for doll.
	www.tvacres.com /child_kuklafran.htm (641 words)

	Kukla Fran & Ollie fans? - Muppet Central Forum
		I think this is what Jim learned from Burr: how to create characters that you cared about, something that is truly lacking in much of what is seen today.
		Burr was doing smart/funny puppetry on national TV before The Muppets hit the big time.
		Ollie the Dragon was the only puppet with a mouth that opened and Burr did not really do "lip sync".
	forum.muppetcentral.com /showthread.php?t=3140 (1023 words)

	Muppet Central Articles - Interviews: Jim Henson
		HENSON: Yeah, and I just saw Burr two weeks ago in Detroit at the opening of that exhibit (9/8/82), and he's such a dear, sweet man, extremely talented, but it was such a nice thing to see him again.
		I hadn't seen him in a couple of years but, yeah, so Don was working for Burr part time and I had Don come down and work with us for a few weeks.
		And then a little bit later I moved to New York, partly at Burr's suggestion, because Burr was encouraging me to come up there and we moved into an apartment building - the same building that Burr was in, as a matter of fact.
	www.muppetcentral.com /articles/interviews/jim3.shtml (3788 words)

	Larry Smith Biography
		Larry was influenced by such well known performers as Burr Tillstrum of "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie", Bill Baird's "The Art of Puppetry", Sid Ceasar's
		Larry first met Burr Tillstrum, the creator of the "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie" TV show, in 1955 at a National Day of Puppetry Festival at Bowling Green University, in Northwest Ohio.
		In 1956, Larry helped Burr with an impromptu performance at another Puppeteers of America festival near Chicago, Illinois.
	www.larrysmithpuppets.com /biography.html (825 words)

	The Carpenters Christmas Specials : TVparty!
		Another reason the show was so pleasing: Burr Tillstrom's Kukla and Ollie (without Fran) performed an inspired vaudeville style routine.
		Tillstrom and his puppets were a big hit in the early days of television and could be seen weekly on 'CBS Children's Film Festival' airing Saturday mornings from 1971- 1977.
		Tillstrom's performance on The Carpenter's special was a revelation - an old-fashioned musical comedy tour de force, a rare (and last) primetime appearance by the venerable and talented children's entertainer (he died in 1985).
	www.tvparty.com /xmascarpenters.html (2031 words)

	TIME.com: End of the Affair -- Sep. 9, 1957 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When Burr Tillstrom's gentle Kukla, Fran and Ollie was chopped down from half an hour to 15 minutes six years ago, some 10 million fans proved they could be as loud as they had been loyal.
		If a man has anything in his heart, he has to break away." Tillstrom declined local TV offers because he is "tired," and peeved with both sponsor and ABC for taking him for granted: "Neither has congratulated me on a show in two years." This fall he plans to "revitalize" his puppets on Broadway.
		Last week, as sad Kuklapolitans and sadder viewers said goodbye to a show that was simple, scriptless, sketchily rehearsed and never tied by contracts.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,893651,00.html (630 words)

	The Story of the Kuklapolitans
		The Kuklapolitans can also claim a number of television firsts, including: the first ship-to-shore telecast, the first network telecast, and the first color telecast of a network program.
		Burr Tillstrom gave Kukla and Ollie humor and tenderness,
		Burr Tillstrom's hands may seem perfectly ordinary, but more than
	www.ultinet.net /~kfo/story2.html (376 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| Famous Iowans
		Puppeteer Burr Tillstrom was asked in 1947 to do a show for Chicago's WBKB-TV, and he approached Allison.
		Days later she was starring in "Kukla, Fran and Ollie," an unrehearsed, half-hour show that ran five days a week.
		"Because of her complete belief in the characters, it makes them perhaps more real than human beings could be," said Tillstrom.
	desmoinesregister.com /extras/iowans/allison.html (240 words)

	Tillstrom
		Tillstrom turned down a college scholarship to be
		Tillstrom ran the marionette theater at Marshall Field’s department store in the
		and as the host of the “CBS Children’s Film Festival.” Tillstrom’s many awards
	www.chicagotribute.org /Markers/Tillstrom.htm (142 words)

	Tallulah Message Board - A Bravenet.com Forum
		Do any of Tallulah's biographies mention her friendship with puppeteer Burr Tillstrom?
		She was a big fan of his show Kukla, Fran and Ollie and Tillstrom even named one of his later puppets "Doloras," which I thought was in honor of her niece, but on this site I read "Doloras" was her poodle(???).
		Re: Tallulah and Tillstrom by Noel Minton · Mar 17, 05 - 9:06 PM Reply
	pub28.bravenet.com /forum/2385336420/fetch/513378 (99 words)

	The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
		Bradford Cody Williams, who died in 1993, was a graduate student in the program at the University of Connecticut between 1975 and 1980.
		He attended Hope College in Holland, Michigan, as an undergraduate, where he met and worked with Burr Tillstrom who encouraged him to pursue a life in puppetry.
		Brad's creativity flourished and his imagination and whimsy delighted all whom he met.
	www.sp.uconn.edu /~wwwsfa/library_artists_williams.htm (412 words)

	UNIMA Festival 1980 Washington, DC Opening Gala
		It has some great performances from Bil Baird, Burr Tillstrom, and the Muppets.
		I'm so glad someone got it on tape because a lineup like that won't ever be duplicated.
		My favorite parts were Burr Tillstrom's hand ballets and
	puppetsandstuff.com /community/index.php?topic=554.0 (230 words)

	Kukla, Fran, and Alan by Gary North
		Half a century ago, the daily puppet show, "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie" delighted millions of children and a lot of their parents.
		It was the creation of puppeteer Burr Tillstrom.
		He and Fran Allison did the show without either script or rehearsal for a decade, 1947–57.
	www.lewrockwell.com /north/north283.html (2765 words)

	Amazon.ca: Kukla, Fran and Ollie: Video: Lewis Gomavitz,Burr Tillstrom,Fran Allison,Jack Fascinato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Starring: Fran Allison, Burr Tillstrom Director: Lewis Gomavitz
		Actors: Fran Allison, Burr Tillstrom, Kukla, Ollie, Jack Fascinato, See more
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	www.amazon.ca /Kukla-Fran-Ollie-Lewis-Gomavitz/dp/6304146558 (151 words)

	Jazz \| All About Jazz
		However, during a rehearsal Burr Tillstrom, the main man and puppeteer asked me to give Beulah Witch a bass lesson in front of the proscenium.
		Now, Burr Tillstrom proved to be my hop, skip and jump into my own show on the same network in Chicago.
		The Little Rascal Show which coincidentally won the Chicago awards for the best kiddy show in the Chicago area.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /iviews/cjackson.htm (1398 words)

	Today in History: August 19
		In one segment, Host Uncle Jim presided over a game in which children from the studio audience competed for merchandise prizes.
		The first children's entertainer to perform for television was Burr Tillstrom, who broadcast live from the
		The National Broadcasting Company began the first regular television broadcasts in the United States the same year.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/today/aug19.html (1093 words)

	The Kukla, Fran, and Ollie Mikado
		There are shreds and snatches of "If You Want to Know Who We Are," "A Wandering Minstrel," "Three Little Maids," "The Hour of Gladness," "The Moon and I" and "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring" and "Titwillow." The straightest excerpt is Fran Allison's one verse of "The Moon and I" sung in her key.
		The most complex is "Three Little Maids," as Burr Tillstrom voiced both Buelah Witch and Madame Ooglepuss (as well as all the other puppet characters.) Funniest is Ollie's versions of "Titwillow" and "The Flowers" rendered in Dog Language, leading to a plug for the sponsor, Pard's dog food.
		Apparently this was, indeed, the seventh and last time that the Kuklapolitans tackled The Mikado.
	www.cris.com /~oakapple/gasdisc/mikkukla.htm (370 words)

	Jim Henson - Biography - Moviefone
		For as long as he could remember, Mississippi born Jim Henson was a devoted fan of puppeteers and ventriloquists; his idols included Edgar Bergen, Burr Tillstrom and Bil and Cora Baird.
		While attending high school in Maryland (where his meteorologist father had been relocated), Henson was hired for the staff of the Washington D.C. kiddy show Sam and His Friends.
		Jim Henson - Biography, Birth date, Relationships, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/jim-henson/94083/biography (506 words)

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