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- Y'all, I have got something wonderful to share with y'all.
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I'm in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee right now,
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and I'm doing lumberjack this afternoon,
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and I'm doing a book signing tomorrow.
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And I met this young man
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in a book signing here in Pigeon Forge.
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He walked in with the cutest puppet I'd ever seen,
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and I said, "Oh my goodness, I would love one of those."
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He said, "Paula, I'll make you one and I'll come to Savannah
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and maybe we can do a little show."
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Well, since I'm here and he's here,
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this made it so much easier for him
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to come join me today for this video.
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His name is Dan Nixon
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and his business is Puppet,
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all right, let me see what it is, Dan.
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Dan, DanPuppetz with a Z
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So I want y'all to meet Dan
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and he's got somebody with him, a new friend of mine.
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- Pauline. - Pauline, yes.
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And well, we got to meet you.
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And we had Harold the Chicken, the big chicken.
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- Yes, oh my gosh, it was so cute, Dan. It was so cute.
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- And you kept wanting to cook him.
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- He said no air fryer.
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He didn't wanna be cooked,
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but we said we would make you one
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that looks like he resembles you just a little bit.
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And her theme is strawberries.
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Her favorite recipe to cook is strawberry cobbler.
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- Oh, honey and listen, strawberries are in season.
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- Pauline and I will get in there
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and we'll stick our big toe in that cobbler.
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- That's right. - And make it delicious.
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(Paula and Dan laugh)
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- And if it's not it'll be your fault, Pauline.
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- So I love making puppets
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and it was a great opportunity just
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to make something special for you.
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And you know who's gonna love her
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even more, probably my grandchildren.
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- Oh yes. Kids love puppets.
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Everybody loves puppets.
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- Everybody loves puppets.
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And so if you're in need of a puppet
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you can go to DanPuppetz, with a Z.
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- Yeah, DanPuppetz.com.
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And we custom build puppets for television,
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for people that need it for their sports team
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or different avenues.
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A lot of performers and ventriloquists.
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We also have stock puppets
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and animal puppets for kids that are on our website as well.
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And if you have an idea for something,
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we can make it for you.
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(Pauline and Dan laugh)
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- I want Pauline's glasses.
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- Right, she had a feeling you may try to steal her glasses.
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And I'm gonna work you and I'm gonna work
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more gray hairs in your head.
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It's not fair that you got more
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- That's awesome. Yes.
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- So you got a Facebook page, you got a website
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- Yeah, so the DanPuppetz.com
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and on Facebook we're DanPuppetz Products and Services.
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And they can follow us and like us on Facebook as well
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and see the different things that we're doing as well.
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- Well, I think you have just done a terrific job
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Will I have to buy her an extra seat on the plane
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- She may need an extra seat.
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- Or will they let her sit in my lap?
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(Dan and Paula laugh)
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And you have to promise
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that you won't do any cackling or pooing on the plane.
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- And she's a laying hen, so not a cooking hen.
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- Yeah. - Can't cook her our fry her.
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Don't even say that F word.
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- But she probably has some relatives
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she wouldn't mind you cooking. - Probably.
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(Dan and Paula laugh)
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Well, if you're looking for a puppet, you know where to go.
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And the three of us send y'all love and besties.
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- Yes, absolutely. - What a fun career.
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- It has been. It definitely has been.
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- Fun career (chuckles).
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- Do you wanna put her on? - Yeah.
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- So your hand goes right in there
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and you're gonna feel a little knob at the top
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and you just squish around that knob
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and your thumb will go under the elastic.
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You'll feel a little elastic strap.
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And then your other arm can just support the body.
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Wait, now wait. Yeah.
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So just hold your arm under here.
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There you go. - Okay.
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- And then in the head you've got that little ball
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that you feel, your hand will go around like that
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so you can grip it underneath.
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There's a piece of elastic,
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and your thumb will just slide under that elastic,
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which gives you a little bit better control.
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So elastic will go right here.
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- I don't feel the elastic.
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- And you may not need that, so,
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but just, it's in there if you need
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a better grip on her mouth right there.
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And she's got butter in her pocket ready to go.
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- Everything's better with butter.
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Strawberry cobbler with butter.
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Have you ever put cream cheese
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in your strawberry cobbler?
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- Are you kidding me? (Dan laughs)
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Name something I hadn't put cream cheese in.
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(Paula and Dan laugh)
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- Cream cheese, strawberry cobbler,
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and a little bit of butter.
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- Yes, yes, yes. - I'm getting hungry already.
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- And you know what I've been hungry for, Pauline,
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that you and I gonna have to make soon.
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thank you for having a-
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Thank you for having a long beak.
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- Ooh, that sounds- - They're out of this world.
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- So we'll make that too, okay?
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(Paula and Dan laugh)
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
