Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 26, 2023

No wonder, those puppets smell like dirty socks.

Bob sacrificed a good pair of shoes to make those foot puppets.

Phideaux is not impressed. That €¥₩¥¿☆ flea is a hungry little bug. I wonder what the inner working of the theater look like backstage.

He should have used Hush puppies.

I see that Bob uses own dogs as the star performers.

And that his hands give his each of his dogs a hand in speaking.

[All the while, Bob is laying on his back.]

Any rare instance where somebody’s thinking, This is weird, even for Ballard Street"

Bob got his wife a Clapper for Christmas.

Living in the dog-house now (permanently) takes its toll.

I just want to know how Bob manages to turn his legs and feet around like that. Looks painful.

What play are they acting out?

I like how well-thought-out and drawn these little inventions are. It usually looks they would work if they were actually built.

“Woof!” [“Who are you?”]

“Bark!” [“I’m your Arch!”]

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Bob’s discovered novel muscular training techniques required by his new recumbent bike.

Even Phideaux has better things to do than watch a puppy matinee.

Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!

OH BOY, shoe puppets!!!

Bob likes to perform sole-o.

Who Let The Dogs Out who who who?

I love it!!!!!!! I hope they do Shakespeare again! :)

Everyone’s heard of sock puppets. But shoe puppets? Not so much.