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Bob Baker's historic Marionette Theater up for sale

Puppeteers say working a Bob Baker marionette is like playing a Stradivarius.
Puppeteers say working a Bob Baker marionette is like playing a Stradivarius.
(
Queena Kim
)

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Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Bob Baker's historic Marionette Theater up for sale
Legendary puppeteer Bob Baker takes Queena Kim on a tour of America's longest running Marionette Theater.

UPDATE: In a statement, Bob Baker has announced that ticket sales haven't been enough to cover the overhead of his Marionette Theater in downtown LA, so he's putting the property up for sale. "I will stay in business and the Bob Baker Marionettes will continue to perform to delight the public with the magic of puppetry." Meantime, here's former Off-Ramp Queena Kim's audio and video reports on the venue, America's longest running Marionette Theater.