The National Postal Forum
Chicago, September 1999

The fourth in a series of tradeshow appearances by The Lyon Puppets for Moore North America. Quite sensibly, the client wanted the show to thematically tie in with the art installation of life-size cow sculptures in Chicago, so the presentation had a sort of western theme. I wrote the script, which featured the lead host character of Tex Baloo, who, with the help of Moore products, helps a mailcenter manager overcome her problems.

At left, Tex helps Linda, the mailcenter manager, confront an evil gang of envelopes, who give Linda a hard time by all being different sizes and all requiring different handling.
At right, the cast of the show. Standing: Mike Schwabe, from Chicago, who performed the evil envelopes and incompatible data puppets; seated: at left, Carole Simms, who performed Linda, and at right, me, with Tex. The puppets were built by myself, Carole, Brad Pope, and Deborah Glassberg.
Post Script: Sources of the puppets' names: Tex Baloo is the name of a stage manager I once met in Texas, and the puppet Linda was named after Linda LaPooh, a florist in Montclair, NJ. If Linda LaPooh married Tex Blaoo, she'd be Linda LaPooh-Baloo.

< Go Back to Moore Main Page

Go to NPF Nashville Page >

GO TO INDUSTRIALS GO TO THE LYON PUPPETS GO TO RESUME CONTACT RICK LYON


Photos by Marty the Sound Guy. All photos from private collection of Rick Lyon
Unauthorized reproduction or reuse in any manner strictly prohibited