Hey Hec - it's your old pal Ratso!
Recession Hitting Puppet Economy Hard
The recession has taken its toll upon American workers of every trade but none have been hit worse than puppets.
That's right, puppets -- those cute, talking imitations of people and animals that have become staples of America's early morning television.
In an exclusive interview with The A.V. Club's David Wolinsky, Chic-A-Go-Go's own Ratso reveals just how bad things have gotten for puppets everywhere.
According to Ratso, many of the problems of the puppet economy never get highlighted because so much of the business is done underground and off the books -- at children's birthday parties, for example.
Things have gotten tight across the puppet economy, Ratso said, and puppets are increasingly picking up less desirable gigs, such as working as pot-holders and dish rags, just to make ends meet.
And unlike puppeteers, who at least have a union and are organized, puppets themselves do not.
"You know, there's a lot of tension," Ratso told the A.V. Club. "The sock puppets don't like the marionettes, the East Coast puppets don't like the West Coast puppets... We are just at each other's felt."
Ratso said things are getting so bad that humans aren't putting as much food into the dumpsters he eats from and on occasion he's even had to share his gutter with them when he goes to sleep.
"That's not cool," Ratso said. "I like my privacy."
eta: Crap, the sound of the video doesn't work for me. Anyone else have the problem?
Hey Hec - it's your old pal Ratso!
I'm glad he's telling the hard truth of the puppet economy.
The fact that I am not having (enormous amounts of) sushi for dinner makes me very sad.
Hey, makeup people: I have a question/issue. My skin is dry, and by the end of the day, it looks like I've just put powder on my face, even though I started with moisturizing liquid foundation. Any advice?
Healthcare debate makes me want to shake people. Or smack them around with Rahm's pimp hand. ARGH.
So does vaccine debates. ARGH again. (And Aimee's friend sounds awfully woo-woo and suspicious to me, as well. I mean...there's no thimerosal in most all the childhood vaccines now. Though there may be some in the H1N1 vaccines coming this fall. And there's no proof it causes autism at all. But even if they couldn't handle the mercury for some reason...it's not IN the vaccines anymore. So...why not GET them now?)
Am I the only person who has a problem rustling up current phone numbers for three professional references?
No, Dana. But that's why I often email people and hope they might be out of office and have their sig file with a phone number. Or that they'll write me back and then I ask.
Me too, Dana. I have no idea where the people from my penultimate job are now. It's a big gap in my references.
Wahh. My internet is out. I have to use my phone. At least Supernatural is on. I love these boys.
And I also just gave in and created a Facebook account.
I spend
one day
home sick, and you create a Facebook account? It's like I don't even know you anymore!
And I still can't find the email account I use for adsense, and so I can't go in and tweak things.
Uh. I might be able to help you out with that?
Man. I want to stop sneezing. I should take some Benadryl and go back to bed.
