I think you should resurrect him with different or replacement Johan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 10:14 PM Subject: Re: Vicki's mmmmmm Hand puppets > He was probably 3 feet tall and maybe the overall size of a 2 year old. I > named him Jonah because the first routine I practiced over and over again > was, as I said, Jonah and the whale. > > Phil. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vicki" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 6:47 PM > Subject: Re: Vicki's mmmmmm Hand puppets > > > How cool that would've been. Too bad he was broken though. Maybe he could > have been repaired and continued in service. X How big was he? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 2, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I had only one and loaned it to a friend once to use in their Sunday >> school class. When I got it back, the plastic trigger inside that you >> pulled to move his mouth was broken. He cost me 30 dollars from Sears >> and that was in about 1977 or 78. When we were in western Colorado, a >> pastor in Delta called and asked me to preach in their Sunday morning >> service. It was their anniversary and they were shooting for 250 or 300 >> people to attend. I was honored until he said, "And we want you to bring >> your dummy and do your routine." I said, "You mean for a children's >> Sunday school class?" He said, "Nope. I mean in front of over 200 adult >> people in the main service before you preach." I tried to back out but >> he said, "No dummy; no preaching, and no offering either." The guy >> strong armed me into doing it and I had never done it in front of adults >> before then. A woman in the church got some baby clothes and made him a >> nice pair of pants and used some new tennis shoes she bought for his >> feet. She had a nice shirt for him, too, and we had a small hand >> suitcase we put him in so I wouldn't have to use the Hollywood looking >> case that came with him. I think she even had a hat for him if I >> remember right. He looked cute. My mom always said, he looked like me, >> haha. I did it but I sure was scared and nervous and could hardly make >> my own mouth work and I got him out in front of all those people. He >> told the story of Jonah and the whale, or we did, because I had to ask >> him questions when we came to words I could not say without moving my >> mouth. I used him in nursing home ministry services, too, and those old >> people, like me now, loved it more than the children in church. >> >> Phil. >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 5:21 PM >> Subject: Re: Vicki's hand >> >> >>> Did you ever keep any of those puppets? >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" >>> <[log in to unmask]> >