it's hard to decide if my fave pupeteer was Ruth who handled Casey and Finnegan ...or the fella who near simulatenously did voice and action of Rusty and Jerome...I'm not sure who did the Bimbo or sock puppet on Uncle Bobby, lol
so no American contributions? how about Captn Kangaroo or Mr Rogers or Commander Tom fans....wrong era? then how about Howdy Doody?
in later year i believe Hilareous House of Frightenstein also contributed to my twisting, lol...it's good to see those Billy Van clips easily found on youtube ....even Chuck the Security guard ...those were the days....speaking of childhood memories , RIP Norm Marshall