Madame...Remember Her?

WTS likes our women raunchy, even if they're puppets. The late great Madame was definitely that. She was known for being quick witted and sharp tongued with quotes like

“Wayland is no ventriloquist and I’m no fucking dummy.”

"Everything gives you cancer these days, doesn't it?  I mean, every time a f*ckin' rat dies in a laboratory we lose somethin' else good to eat!"

Madame's very first incarnation was for a dirty puppet play called Kumquats. She played a foul mouthed Mother Goose character that would introduce the other stories. One of the bits was a singing vagina puppet would sing Hello Dolly.  Madame would chime in with "Is that cunt still singin'?"

Wayland Flowers created Madame in the mid-1960s. He made sure she was always decked in fabulous evening wear and "summer diamonds" ("Some are diamonds; some are not").

The TV appearances that made Madame's most famous were her long run on the game show Hollywood Squares, and a 4 year spot on Solid Gold. In 1982, she was the first puppet to get a sitcom. Madame's Place only lasted a year. A child-acting Corey Feldman had a starring role.


Madame ceased to be when Wayland died in 1988 of AIDS-related cancer. She is currently on display in the permanent collection at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta.

Although foul-mouthed, vulgar and down-right dirty, Madame was always a lady. She would curse you out, talk shit like a sailor and let you know how the cow ate the cabbage, all while keeping her cool and couth.


We leave you with her first and only movie appearance in Redd Foxx's 'Norman Is That You?'





Sources:
http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/F/Wayland_Flowers_and_Madame/wayland_flowers.htm
http://backinthegays.com/wayland-flowers-madames-puppetmaster-1984/,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_Flowers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=---tyXiY1fE