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Why not ‘Muffin the Mule’ because ‘we love Muffin …’: TV was so different then; Received Pronunciation and Puppets on Visible Strings

August 26, 2025

Why not ‘Muffin the Mule‘ because ‘we love Muffin …’: TV was so different then: Received Pronunciation and Puppets on Visible Strings BBC: Annette Mills and Muffin the Mule in For the Children, 1952. Muffin was the first Children’s TV superstar, clopping along to his theme tune ‘Here comes Muffin’! Available: https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/bbc-100/100-faces/muffin-the-mule/ Here comes Muffin, … More Why not ‘Muffin the Mule’ because ‘we love Muffin …’: TV was so different then; Received Pronunciation and Puppets on Visible Strings

Why, oh why did we love Muffin the Mule?

August 29, 2023

What TV shows did you watch as a kid? When Artificial Intelligence (AI) threatens the jobs of actors, special effect stunts persons and extras in TV and film, because of the realism achievable by simulated scenes and unlikely animated characters, I wonder why a string-puppet, with his strings obvious, and his nature as an inanimate … More Why, oh why did we love Muffin the Mule?