Mr. BAKER: Oh, I saw a puppet show when I was about five...

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Chia Steiner(ph), who came to the mall with her two young children to see a puppet show, agreed.

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Do: Thang Long Water Puppet Show, Hanoi Water Park.

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Three to five masters manipulate the ropes controlling a single puppet as musicians provide accompaniment to the elaborate show.

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Last year, the highly popular "Wicked" was bested by "Avenue Q, " a plucky little puppet show that moved from off-Broadway.

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"He's just trying to show that he is not a puppet, " he said.

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The Smithsonian already had a Kermit puppet from the "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" era.

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Faizaan Peerzada, COO of Rafi Peer Theater Workshop in Lehore, the local puppet group that developed the show with Sesame Workshop, denied the corruption allegations.

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The Sooty puppet used by Matthew Corbett in his last stage show is to be sold for charity in Dorset.

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