A big thanks to Luke Brown and his staff at Theatre Aquarius for making this such a fun festival. It was great to hang out and see some shows and meet some fans too.

Here is a review of the show from THE VIEW Magazine in Hamilton:

BEYOND PUPPETS WHO KILL
I absolutely loved this show, and intend to go back for a second viewing. From “Fraggle Rock,” John Pattison shows off fantastic puppetry skills, plus his ventriloquism and characterizations are superb. Also, it was a warm fuzzy treat to hear a first–hand account of who Jim Henson really was. Pattison’s personal stories work perfectly as space between his hilarious, top–rate puppet sequences. Bravo. A joy.

Beyond Puppets Who Kill is a show that encompasses Puppetry, Spoken Word and the odd violent death.

Venue: Aquarius Studio

Show Times
Friday July 15th – 6:30pm

Saturday July 16th – 3:00pm

Sunday July 17th – 10:00pm

Tuesday July 19th – 6:30pm

Wednesday July 20th – 10:00pm

Thursday July 21st – 4:30pm

Friday July 22nd – 8:00pm

Check out the Hamilton Fringe Festival’s website for more details.

Here’s a review from the recent London, Ont. Fringe Festival:

BEST PUPPET SHOW EVER

Beyond Puppets Who Kill
Written and performed by John Pattison

As a fan of the Comedy Network show “Puppets Who Kill,” this performance was everything I had hoped it would be. With the same biting, twisted humour of the aforementioned show, Pattison’s performance is based around telling stories of his time becoming a puppeteer, working with Jim Henson and eventually developing the show this piece is named after. A good mix of story and back and forth puppet banter, similar to the style of Jeff Dunham but way, way better, it was interesting to learn more about the television industry while also having some good laughs from some sick jokes.

As the humour is quite dark, this show may not be for everyone. Do not be fooled by the fact that there are puppets in this show–it is NOT for children. A major part of the show revolves around breaking the stereotypical “cute and cuddly” image that most puppets have, hence the title referring to puppets who are murderers. If you loved the Muppets or Fraggle Rock as a kid, check this show out and see what a puppet show for adults is like.

4 out of 5 stars.

John Pattison and PWK Productions are proud and happy to welcome Union Pictures of Toronto onboard to act as distributor for Puppets Who Kill – the feature film. We’re excited to be working with them.

Union Pictures is an exciting company made up of experienced hands who have a long history of solid experience in Canadian feature film making: Cam Haynes, Robin Cass, Sandra Cunningham and Anna Stratton.

We look forward to our association on this project.

Here it is:

PUPPETS WHO KILL: THE BEST OF SEASON 3 AND 4 ($19.95; VSC) –  A halfway house for criminally insane puppets? Either you’re in or you’re out after that description. And if you like The League Of Gentlemen and Kids In The Hall (but darker), you should give it a whirl.

- Michael Glitz

Puppets Who Kill TV is now up on You Tube.

We will be posting a number of clips of the series up here to give you
some highlights from various seasons of Puppets Who Kill.

Over the next few weeks there will be more clips on the way so stay
tuned. We’ve got some great clips picked out from classic Puppets
Who Kill episodes.

Over time we will also post some hard to get items and rarities.

Click on the ad below to view it full size. Or download the  Puppets Who Kill PDF ad.

A scene from Buttons The Dresser from the Best of  Season 3 and 4.

Coming Sept 21st, 2010 – a new Puppets Who Kill DVD release.

It’s The Best of Season 3 and 4 - a special 2 CD set.

All our Puppets Who Kill DVDs are available on Laffstock.

Season 4 Disc -

Joyride
Dan and the Garden Shears
Mr. Big
Dan is Dead
Buttons and the Make a Wish Foundation
Bill and the Berkowitzs
The Rival House

Season 3 Disc -

Buttons on a Hot Tin Roof
Cuddles the Manchurian Candidate
Buttons the Dresser
The Lovely Fred
Dan and the New Neighbour
The CBC is Killing again

While it’s always a shaky proposition to declare that anything is your best – these episodes certainly have among them some of the finest we ever made. And they are certainly some of the most expansive and varied shows we ever did. A number of them were singled out for Gemini award nominations [and winning them on occasion], and several were very favorably reviewed in the press.

No doubt some favorites were left out….but for those of you who are already fans, we think you’ll enjoy re-acquainting yourself with these episodes. For those of you not as familiar with Puppets Who Kill, these episodes are a great place to dive in.

John Pattison – Puppets Who Kill