Supporting Cast
I used a variety of puppets, robots, and animatronic toys to make this movie. Here they are in no particular order:
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Tickle Me Elmo
This little robot toy is a riot and appears in the video along with my Astrotech R2D2 robot. Kevin Clash is the voice of Elmo and his laugh is the most contagious funny sound you will ever hear. When Tickle Me Elmo TMX goes into one of his laughing fits when you touch him, it is impossible to stay sad. As you saw in the video, he slaps his hand, rolls around the floor, and begs for you to “do it again”.
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R2D2
R2D2 is played by himself. Well actually the little star wars guy is the Astrotech R2D2 droid. It is a voice controlled playmate that can play tag, act as a room sentry, and perform little star wars skits with you too. A terrific toy that makes a great cast member.
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Chester the Chimp
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Chester is my WowWee Alive animatronic chimp head. He is an amazingly life like robotic chimpanzee head that has infrared and touch sensors and a host of programmable behaviors. Great for scaring the hell out of roommates and family members he also make the perfect video star.
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Puppet (Muppets): Elmo, Grover, and Cookie Monster
The Sesame Stree muppet characters are all puppets that I got from PlushFriends. Some are full body puppets like Grover and Elmo and the others are small hand puppets. I also have Elmo and Grover in the small hand puppet versions.
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The Furby Supremes
What’s funnier than a Chimpanzee in a pair of boat shoes? Singing backup for Elmo and Grover are the Furby Supremes. The Furby was the massive blockbuster selling toy of the late 1990’s. Once an expensive popular toy which sold over 40 million units, you can now get them for as little as $5 USD on eBay. In most cases the shipping will cost more than the Furby! Look for units that say NIB which means “new in box” if you are getting someone fussy a fift. They are funny, have a ton of interactive personality, come complete with sound and touch sensors with movable ears and mouths. There are robot toys selling for far more today that can’t do a fraction of what the Furby can do. Because of this they are now my favorite gift to give at holidays and birthdays.
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Mini Robosapien V2
Unlike his programmable sensor rich older brother the Robosapien V2, the Mini Robosapien V2 pretty much walks and doesn’t do much of anything else. Heck of an extra for videos though!
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Mini Roboraptor
The mini Roboraptor does not have any sensors or the tri-modal personality like his older brother the Roboraptor. He just walks and looks cute doing so. Another great gift and background extra character for videos like this one.
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Terry the T-Rex
I love dinosaurs and I love dinosaur robots even more. Terry the T-Rex is an older animatronic dinosaur that actually was the father to the Roboraptor and the great grandfather to the wily and aggressive Roboreptile robot.
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