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''Les Poupées de Paris'' (''The Dolls of Paris'') was a musical puppet show created, produced and directed by Sid and Marty Krofft, that toured the United States throughout the 1960s. ==History== Puppeteers Sid and Marty Krofft had had a successful career on stages in America and Europe throughout the 1950s. One morning, Sid awoke with the idea to create a show with his marionettes for adults only,〔(Sid & Marty Krofft Interview, Part 1 of 5 ) on YouTube. Retrieved January 17, 2009.〕 complete with music, comedy, horror, celebrities and topless puppets. Nat Hart, a maître d' at the Flamingo Hotel, became a fan of the Krofft's work during repeated viewings of their shows at the hotel.〔 Hart approached the Kroffts one day and announced that he was going to open a club, and he asked the Kroffts to put together a puppet show as an attraction for the new club.〔 The resulting show, which came to be known as ''Les Poupées de Paris'', was modeled after the Paris revues Lido and Folies Bergère.〔 The Kroffts opened the show at their newly built theater "The Gilded Rafters" in the San Fernando Valley, California in October 1961,〔''Ogden Standard Examiner'', August 24, 1962 "Guys Make Dough with Their 'Dolls'"〕 though the show was later relocated to "PJ's," a 200-seat dinner theatre in Los Angeles.〔"The Marquee" by Barbara Blayden, ''The Times'', June 18, 1965〕 In addition to original characters, many of the puppets were modeled after celebrities. The Kroffts had previously been the opening act for entertainers like Judy Garland and Sammy Davis Jr., so they were able to get many celebrities to record voices for their puppets. Some of these puppets included Pearl Bailey, Milton Berle, Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly, Liberace, Jayne Mansfield, Tony Martin, Phil Silvers, Loretta Young, and Mae West, whose puppet appeared topless.〔() Les Poupées de Paris Souvenir Program〕 A handful of puppets were unofficially modeled after other celebrities (Pelvis Essley), and several weren't created specifically for the show — their Frankenstein, Dracula and Madame Jenkins Foster puppets all made brief appearances in the 1957 television pilot ''Here's Irving''. The show was a success, and became a key attraction at the Seattle World's Fair in 1962, the New York World's Fair in 1964-1965, and the San Antonio HemisFair '68 in 1968. The lavish production cost $200,000〔("Adults Only" ) ''Time'' magazine,〕 to produce; the elaborate sets took three months to install and included a revolving theatre, elevators, an ice-skating rink and waterfall.〔 The Reverend Billy Graham caught the premiered World's Fair performance of the show and immediately denounced it, complaining that the "women don't wear bras".〔 He failed to mention that the "women" were puppets. This anti-endorsement, coupled with a write-up in ''Time'' magazine,〔 resulted in the show taking in record crowds — the Kroffts claimed that tickets were scalped, and the performances were so packed that they couldn't let in personal friends.〔 "Be sure to mention it's dirty, that will give them the picture," Marty explained.〔 The show traveled around the country for the remainder of the decade and was seen by an estimated nine and a half million people.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Les Poupées de Paris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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