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Show C-2 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, December 14-17, 2019 The Park Record Parkite puppeteer pops in on open mics ‘Beetlejuice’ and ‘Matilda’ are on Spencer’s resume SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Park City-based puppeteer Freddie Spencer has worked on such films as Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” and as an actor he’s appeared on “The Shield” and will appear in “Yellowstone” next season. Last year, he introduced two of his original marionettes — CashMan, a Johnny Cash tribute, and Jillie, the Grinding Granny — to The Cabin during a Monday open mic night. “I waltzed in there one Monday night and talked about performing with a couple of puppets,” Spencer said. “Shannon (Runyon), who coordinates the open mic schedule, looked at me a little sideways and said, ‘Sure, FOR YOUR INFORMATION Meetings ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES (ACA) www.adultchildren.org Sunday 5:30 pm. 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Sunday School: 9:30 Sunday MOUNTAIN LIFE CHURCH (435)647-5855 | www.mountainlife.org Continued from C-1 PARK CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH (PCCC) (435)649-8131 | www.parkcitycommunitychurch.org PARK CITY INTERFAITH COUNCIL President, Tyler Walton (435)513-0186 | Vice-Pres, Mike Lennon (435)640-1959 ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 2024 Sidewinder Drive | (435)655-7994 | www. stjohnsanglican.org ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | (435)649-4900 | www.stlukespc.org ST.MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH (435)649-9676 | www.stmarysparkcity.com SHEPHERD OF THE MOUNTAINS LUTHERAN CHURCH (435)649-2233 | www.shepherdofthemountains.org TEMPLE HAR SHALOM (PC Jewish Center) (435)649-2276 | www.harshalomparkcity.org UNITY SPIRITUAL CENTER (435)658-0886 | www.unityofparkcity.com Update your info by calling classifieds at 435.776.7725 or email classads@parkrecord.com BUY ONE ENTREE, GET 2ND ONE FREE we’ll give it a shot.’” The performance took the crowd, who were expecting live music, by surprise. “It was still a lot of fun, because I had never done an open mic with my puppets before,” Spencer said. “I thought about going up at open mics because I have seen a few. I thought it would be a good place to hone my act.” The experience at The Cabin started Spencer on a roll, and he regularly hits other open mics at the Royal in Salt Lake City and is gearing up to do another Salt Lake club, the Tequila Lounge. “It’s been an interesting eye opener,” Spencer said. “I’ve never done open mics with puppets. It’s an experience where you never know how it’s going to go.” Spencer also took his puppets to the Birdland Jazz Club in New York earlier this month. “They do open mics on Monday night, and what’s amazing is that this is the place where people like Liza Minelli and other Broadway performers come to do some open mics for fun,” he said. The night Spencer signed up, legendary jazz singer and cabaret performer Marilyn Maye appeared. Maye, whose 1966 recording of “Too Late Now” is included in the Smithsonian Institution’s “110 Best American Compositions of the 20th Century” album, turned 91 in April and still tours the country. That night, Spencer approached the open mic’s emcee, James Caruso and asked if he could give it a shot. “James, who has been hosting the show for 14 years, said he’d fit me in,” Spencer said. “I ended up going third after Marilyn Maye, and it went really well.” Spencer took advantage of his time in New York and also performed during another open mic at Cleopatra’s Needle, a jazz restaurant on the Upper West Side. This performance was different because Spencer performed with a live jazz trio. “There was a piano, bass and drums,” he said. “After getting strange looks from the audience when I unpacked my puppets, I talked with the band and hummed a few chords, and they told me they’d catch up with me and play.” Spencer also took his marionettes to Las Vegas last spring and performed at the Fremont Restaurant celebrates one year item Hearth and Hill sells is donated to EATS Park City, a nonprofit that encourages healthy eating in Park City schools. “We’ve given well over $1,000 to EATS since we’ve opened,” Kirchheimer said. The restaurant also supports the National Ability Center, and has donated gift certificates to various fundraisers presented by other nonprofits around the area, he said. Three weeks ago, Hearth and Hill hosted an evening with COURTESY OF FREDDIE SPENCER Parkite and former Hollywood puppeteer Freddie Spencer, known for his work on the films “Beetlejuice,” “Matilda” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” performs open mic nights with an array of puppets including a Johnny Cash tribute marionette, CashMan. Street Experience, a pedestrian mall that presents live music on three stages in a rotation format. During his act, Spencer got into a tussle with one of the audience members over the presentation of one of his puppets, Trixie the exotic dancer. “Some drunk guy thought she was too risqué, which is funny because showgirls who are dressed the same as my puppet also perform on Fremont Street,” Spencer said with a laugh. “Any this guy comes up and coldcocked me and my puppet. So, I pepper-sprayed the guy and had him arrested.” Of all Spencer’s puppets, Trixie is one of his oldest. “I created her in the late ‘60s, when I worked shows in the Catskill Mountains,” he said. “I’ve done a lot of cruise ship shows with her, too, but I haven’t introduced her at The Cabin, yet.” Spencer’s fascination with puppets came from his father, who was a magician and puppeteer. “I would watch him create illusions of magic, and then he would perform the puppet show, “Two Peas in Their Pod” food blogger Maria Lichty.(twopeasandtheirpod.com) The event featured a book signing of Lichty’s “Two Peas in Their Pod” recipe book signing, as well as a dinner made from some of the recipes. “It’s fun to host different events at the restaurant,” Kirchheimer said. “It gets us away from just doing the same things day-to-day, and we have some other plans to do more events outside when the snow melts.” While Hearth and Hill’s focus is the local community, Kirchheimer said another priority is his staff. “We are one of the few restaurants that offer full health insurance to our full-time employees,” he said. “And while we want to be the best restaurant as we can be, I’d rather be the best restaurant in Utah for being an employer of choice.” For information about puppeteer Freddie Spencer, call 310-7107128 or visit fred@ imagecreators.net ‘Punch and Judy,’” Spencer said. “I would see how he became different people when he took on different roles, and that stuck with me.” In 1964, Spencer, who had begun working with his own puppets, was hired by Sid and Marty Krofft, known for the children’s TV shows, “The Banana Splits,” “H.R. Puffinstuff” and “Sigmond and the Sea Monsters.” “I performed with them at the 1964-1965 World’s Fair in New York on their show ‘Le Poupee de Paris,’” Spencer said. “It was an adult puppet show, which is probably why to this day, even though I’ve done shows for children, I enjoy doing shows for adults.” In the 1980s. Spencer worked for Robert Short Productions, and was hired to create and be the lead puppeteer for Tim Burton’s 1988 film “Beetlejuice,” starring Plesae see Spencer, C-5 Having a happy and welltrained staff also enhances diners’ experiences, Kirchheimer said. “In order to fulfill our guests’ high expectations, we need to make sure the staff and associates are empowered to handle different situations,” he said. “We always look for feedback from the guests. 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