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Title: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: Matt Ottinger on September 24, 2017, 06:06:08 PM: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TV-Game-Show-Host-BILL-CULLEN-Professional-Plush-Puppet-Productions-Texas-yqz-/292266196042?hash=item440c6c3c4a:g:pSUAAOSwAGlZxYHM

According to the listing, this item has been "identified as the late Bill Cullen." Seems likely that it's just a regular puppet that somebody decided kinda looked like Bill. And you know, you build the guy a little suit, trim the hair down, and maybe you've got something.

Also, don't be weirded out by what look like giant red lips in the first picture. It's just a bad photo with the puppet's mouth open.
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: johnnyd1788 on September 25, 2017, 11:15:47 AM: I can see the resemblance. However, the vibe I am getting more is Paula Poundstone by outfit alone. lol
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: ChrisLambert! on September 25, 2017, 01:00:43 PM: I see Food Network's Justin Warner.
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: nowhammies10 on September 25, 2017, 02:51:16 PM: I see Wink Yahoo (http://i.imgur.com/uvFSa.jpg) with glasses.
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: BrandonFG on September 25, 2017, 04:28:11 PM: Whereas I see "Buzz", the animated host of the Buzz! video game series. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz!) He's on the cover art further down the page.
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: nowhammies10 on September 25, 2017, 05:38:01 PM: Quote from: BrandonFG on September 25, 2017, 04:28:11 PM
Whereas I see "Buzz", the animated host of the Buzz! video game series. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz!) He's on the cover art further down the page.

Can't unsee it now. Good find!
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: BrandonFG on September 25, 2017, 05:45:01 PM: Quote from: nowhammies10 on September 25, 2017, 05:38:01 PM
Quote from: BrandonFG on September 25, 2017, 04:28:11 PM
Whereas I see "Buzz", the animated host of the Buzz! video game series. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz!) He's on the cover art further down the page.

Can't unsee it now. Good find!
Haha thanks...it's actually a really fun party game, but when I saw the other comparisons, "Buzz" immediately came to mind.
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: nowhammies10 on September 25, 2017, 06:41:48 PM: I'm one of those anime convention host people that frequent this forum, and I know the BUZZ! paddles well.
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: PYLdude on September 27, 2017, 11:21:25 PM: He kinda looks Rod from Avenue Q, but with peach skin and blue eyes.
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: geno57 on October 11, 2017, 04:29:52 AM: Somebody paid $70 for that?!
Title: Re: Ebay: A Bill Cullen Puppet?
Post by: Matt Ottinger on October 11, 2017, 11:33:31 AM: Quote from: geno57 on October 11, 2017, 04:29:52 AM
Somebody paid $70 for that?!

Similar ones sell new for about $100, and this seemed to be in pretty decent shape, so maybe it's not SO outrageous. I just hope the winner didn't get it thinking it was a genuine Bill Cullen collectable.

Also, weirdly, if you Google "professional plush puppet", the first hit you get is an earlier effort on a different auction site to sell this very puppet, again as a Bill Cullen lookalike.

Turns out the company that made this puppet went out of business in 2009. This seems to me the major player in the consumer puppet industry these days:

www.puppetsinc.com