Bob Baker's puppets have performed for hundreds of film, television and commercial clients, working with stars like Elvis Presley, Judy Garland and the Three Stooges. For the Bubblegum Awards show, Bob Baker dug deep into his massive collection of rare record albums to find the perfect soundtrack to express the horrors of Halloween and the giddy, silly pleasures of bubblegum.

Every Bob Baker puppet show has a show-stopping number, often using black light to startling effect. For the Bubblegum Awards show, Bob is creating a program that's nothing but show-stoppers, calibrated to keep the audience gasping from start to finish. Among vignettes featured are a bubblegum-powered dance of the gumdrops, an

This special edition Bob Baker show has never been seen before, and is being exclusively created to accompany the 2005 Bubblegum Achievement Awards, on October 7 at Bob Baker's Marionette Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Other featured events include the premiere of Kier-La Janisse's documentary based on the book "Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth," the presentation of dozens of valuable raffle prizes, free cake and Bazooka bubblegum, and live appearances by Canned Hamm, the Bubblegum Queen, Abram the Safety Ape and the Archies' Ron Dante.

See Bob Baker's stellar credits at http://bobbakermarionettes.com/Credits.html

For more info on the Bubblegum Awards, visit http://www.bubblegum-music.com For photo or interview requests, contact Kim Cooper, amscray@gmail.com, 323-223-2767

The Bubblegum Achievement Awards are sponsored by Art of Bleeding, Bazooka, Bubblegum Society, CD Baby, Chicago Review Press, Continuum, Feral House, Gum Blondes, KRTH, Routledge, Thunder Bay Press, Topps, Twink and Y-Que.
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