Voting Station

Burr Tillstrom

Please vote to return to collections.

Puppeteer

The Resume

    (October 13, 1917-December 6, 1985)
    Born in Chicago, Illinois
    Birth name was Franklin Burr Tillstrom
    Puppeteer/ventriloquist famous as the creator of 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie'
    Won Emmys in 1964 and 1969

Why he might be annoying:

    In his will, he forbade anyone to use any of his puppet creations after his death.
    He received a full scholarship to attend the University of Chicago, but dropped out in his first semester.
    He had little career outside of his puppetry, and even less of a personal life.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He did not allow merchandising of his puppets.
    He usually either improvised 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' on live TV, or wrote it the day of the show.
    He did all the puppets and voices on his shows and most of the writing.
    He collected children's books and fairy tales and re-read the Oz books as an adult.
    He liked the ballet.
    He had a successful Broadway show in the early 80's.
    He made many appearances on talk shows and public events with and without his puppets.
    During his entire career, there was never any type of scandal attached to his name and it is literally impossible to find anyone to say a negative word about him.

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 26.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 122 Votes: 54.92% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying