1. Stage acts include acrobats, musicians and puppeteers.

2. That's the type of people puppeteers are.

3. The most prominent was a rod puppet, controlled by puppeteers Dave Chapman and Brian Herring.

4. Like many of the new generation of puppeteers, Tiplady grew interested in his trade through object animation rather than traditional marionettes.

5. Bindlestiffs Open Stage Variety Show is a non-stop variety show experience that may include world famous magicians, gender bending jugglers, circus legends, trained rats, novelty musicians, aerial artists, wire walkers, sideshow performers, puppeteers, living cartoons, physical comedy, contortionists, performance artists, and more.

6. They identified: 8 actors, singers, dancers, choreographers, puppeteers, models, stuntmen, masters of ceremonies, hosts; and script writers, drama writers, adaptation writers, documentary writers, commentary writers, story writers, novelists, short story writers, poets, researchers, musicians, conductors, vocalists, orchestra musicians, soloists, composers, accompanists, arrangers; all of which are required to make the CBC (and any broadcasting network) work.