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William Britton Baird (August 15, 1904 – March 18, 1987), professional name Bil Baird, but often referred to as Bill Baird, was an American puppeteer of the mid- and late 20th century.
One of his better known creations was Charlemane the lion. He and his wife Cora Eisenberg Baird (1912–1967) produced and performed the famous puppetry sequence for "The Lonely Goatherd" in the film version of The Sound of Music.
He wrote The Art of the Puppet (1965) and also provided the puppets for Dark Shadows. Baird also created the expandable nose Peter Noone wore as Pinocchio in the 1968 musical adaptation of the Carlo Collodi story that aired on NBC as a Hallmark Hall of Fame special.
Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, Baird grew up in Mason City, Iowa. Baird traced his love of puppets to the moment when his father made him a simple string puppet when he was eight. In 1921, he attended a local performance of the Tony Sarg production of “Rip Van Winkle”, which cemented his interest. By the time he was fourteen, Baird was creating his own puppets and giving performances in the attic of his parent's home.
Bill Baird may refer to:
Baird may refer to:
Not Just Puppets
Art Carney Meets Peter And The Wolf with The Bil Baird Marionettes
Bil Baird's Life With Snarky Parker
Bill & Cora Baird and the Marionettes
1950 ADVENTURE IN TELEZONIA - Bil Baird's Marionettes
JOSEPH JACOBY AND "THE MAKING OF DAVY JONES' LOCKER"
Bill Baird - Your Dark Sunglasses Won't Make You Lou Reed
Imogene Coca, Bil and Cora Baird Puppets, 1956 TV
Bill Baird - World Gone Deaf
1956 Remington Electric Shaver Best Test TV commercial w/Dick Stark and Bil Baird's puppets (2 min.)
On September 18th, 19th and 20th, 1987 Laura and Peter Baird auctioned a collection of over 600 handcrafted string, hand and rod puppets from the Bil Baird collection. Shot at the Greenwich Auction Room with Pady Blackwood, Laura Baird, Rod Young, Steven Widerman and Peter Baird, Jesse Bien was the auctioneer.
Art Carney Meets Peter and The Wolf. 60 minutes. Musical. Broadcast November 30, 1958 (Sunday, 5-6 pm) ABC
The famous puppetteering couple, Bill and Cora Baird, use their Marionettes to help the March of Dimes in the fight against polio
ADVENTRURE IN TELEZONIA, was produced by AT & T as part of an educational package distributed in grade schools for children to learn proper telephone usage. The package contained the 18-minute film, a filmstrip additional content content, a children's booklet, and a teacher's guide. It was the second film produced by legendary pupeteer Bil Baird for the Bell System, but its inception was quite involved, almost scientific for its time. The film was remade in 1974 as TELEZONIA. Not rated. Color. 13 minutes. Year of release: 1950.
'Your Dark Sunglasses Won't Make You Lou Reed' taken from latest album 'Earth Into Aether. Listen here: http://smarturl.it/BillBairdLPspotify Purchase here: http://smarturl.it/RTBillBairdLP Directed by Humans Produced by CANADA Starring Bill Baird and Irene Noren Follow Bill Baird on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blondebill Twitter: https://twitter.com/talkshowrecords http://vevo.ly/Vsaal7
Imogene Coca plays a distraught TV viewer who is overcome by the commercials in this 1956 comedy sketch with Bil and Cora Baird.
Bill Baird - World Gone Deaf Listen on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/WorldGoneDeafSP New album 'Earth into Aether' out 25th March
Now the actual 1956 2 minute approx. Remington Electric Shaver Best Test TV commercial which features footage of the Remington peach test and brush test and actor Jim Coburn shaving his beard along with Dick Stark and Bil Baird's puppets.
This old world is pretty crazy
People hurting everywhere
Cities dying, leaders lying
Demons dancing in the air
Once I thought I knew the answer
To the sorrow on this earth
One day judge and one day jury
But the more I see the beauty
Turn to hatred and to fear
There's just one thing that I'm sure of
You're the one I love
You're the one I love
Sure as stars above
You're the one I love
Turn my paper, flick my TV,
See my saviours all around
Some say this way, then it's that way
'Till I'm crazy with their sound
Then I look at our two children
See the magic in their eyes
And I wonder what's before them
They say that each new generation
Holds the secret to their time
Will they heed this age old story?
You're the one I love,
You're the one I love
Sure as stars above
You're the one I love
Mogadishu, Sarajevo,
Kampuchea, Palestine,
Belfast city, L.A. war zone,
Children screaming, men in line
Could I really turn to kill you
'Cos your eyes are not quite blue
Watch your daughter beg for mercy?
Could I fool myself forever
That a habit is a truth,
Does it matter if I tell you
That you're the one I love?
You're the one I love
Sure as stars above
You're the one I love
Take me on home, I want to go home