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Actor Kukla, Fran and Ollie

Kukla / Ollie (puppeteer)

Burr Tillstrom

Burr Tillstrom is known to TV Flash readers as Kukla / Ollie (puppeteer) — a defining face of the catalog era.

Networks & studios

  • NBC — via catalog credits
  • ABC — via catalog credits

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NBC/ABC · 1947–1957

Kukla, Fran and Ollie

Ad-lib puppets and Fran Allison — gentle absurdity that adults watched without irony.

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