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Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show featuring Mr. Punch and his wife Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically the anarchic Mr. Punch and one other character who usually falls victim to the intentional violence of Punch's slapstick .
Punch believes he has killed Judy, hides her body, reports the crime to the local constable, and implicates their two elderly servants, Scaramouche and Maude, who had raised Judy since she was a child. Maude and Scaramouche are arrested and Punch tells the whole town of their guilt of murder and subsequent cannibalism of his daughter.
As of 10 November 2024, 136 episodes have aired on ITV over 23 series in the UK, whilst a total of 140 episodes have been released (e.g., via streaming in some countries) over 24 series. Air dates may vary from region to region. IMDb lists differing dates, but they may not be UK premiere dates, despite the series being of UK origin. [4]
"Destroying Angel" is the second episode of the fourth series of Midsomer Murders and the fifteenth episode overall. It stars John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and Daniel Casey as Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy.
The device is used to produce the distinctive harsh, rasping voice of Punch in a Punch and Judy show, and is held in the mouth by the professor (performer). The design of the swazzle was once a secret guarded by the professors and only taught to those with a genuine respect for and interest in learning the performance of Punch and Judy puppetry.
The following is a list of all The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius episodes. The series is based on the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Series overview Season Episodes Originally released First released Last released Pilot September 7, 1998 (1998-09-07) Film December 21, 2001 (2001-12-21) 1 19 July 20, 2002 (2002-07-20) September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) 2 17 September 19, 2003 (2003 ...
The story of Mr. Punch is that he kills his baby, then his wife Judy, and the police officer who comes to arrest him. He outwits a ghost , a crocodile , and a doctor, convinces the hangman to be hanged in his place, and, at the play's end, even defeats the devil himself.
Max Jacob (born 10 August 1888 in Bad Ems; died 8 December 1967 in Hamburg) was a German puppeteer and the developer of the Hohnsteiner Kasper Theatre in the 1920s.. Kasper Theatre, or Kasperle, is the German equivalent of Punch and Judy, a traditional form of puppetry which has its origins in the Italian commedia dell'arte.