Finger puppets of Canadian Politicians, Rookie MP trading cards and other silliness. A blog of sorts, updated every so often….
May 10, 2012
Chinatown Remixed opens this Saturday. The Political Circus will be at Ben Ben Restaurant, 697 Somerset Street, venue number 14. Come see portraits of Chinese Canadians in Politics. Don’t forget to pick up an art menu to guide you.
April 26th
Brand new! D’Arcy McGee puppet! You can get one at the Byward Market space. John Diefenbaker, Ruth Ellen Brosseau, Hedy Fry and Naheed Nenshi puppets are also now available. 55 Byward Market square, Ottawa.
Hey, join my Facebook group The Political Circus.
March 28, 2012
Okay Mr. Mulcair, you’re now the leader of the Opposition. Wow me.
March 20, 2012
Hey folks, I will be in Toronto for NDPleadership2012. If you are looking for puppets email me gabe(at)fishonfridays(dot)ca or txt 613.898.4223. I’ll have a backpack full (I couldn’t afford a booth).
Thus far, the Peggy Nash puppet has sold the best, followed closely by Paul Dewar. My puppet poll may be inaccurate since I mainly sell in Toronto and Ottawa.
February 28, 2012
An election fraud scandal! Wow! Watch for a sale on all Fish on Fridays robot products. 
February 15th, 2012
Vic Toews on Bill C-30. This would be funny if I had made the quote up but I didn’t. Sorry for the blurry image. Argh!!!! the limits of WordPress.
February 7th, 2012
Political finger puppets are now at the new space in The Byward Market! 55 Byward Market Square, in the Artisans section. Just look for the little puppet theatre (my kid drew the Parliament building in the background).
I am sharing the space with other women artisans; so we have hats, knitted scarves, purses and hand painted silk designs. Please come by and say hello, one of us will be there to help you find the finger puppet politician of your dreams.
January 23, 2012
The Political Circus! Puppets and Rookie MP trading cards will now be available everyday all the time at my new space in the Artisan section in the Byward Market Square (the building smack in the middle of the market) 55 Byward Market Square, Byward Market, downtown Otttawa. The fun starts February 1st.
I’ll be sharing the space with other women artisans. For February, I’ll be staffing the booth on Sundays. Come by and say hello.
January 16, 2012
Where is this? I’ll give you a hint, it’s Ottawa. I am about to embark on a new venture. Can you guess what it is?
January 13, 2012
Diefenbaker! For the last couple of months, people have been asking me for a Diefenbaker finger puppet. I was curious to know; why the sudden surge in popularity for this former PM? But I’ve figured it out. No, not the Diefenbaby (you know, the guy who claims that the former PM was his biological dad) but a carefully crafted public relations campaign by the Conservative Government. No really, in an effort to have us Canadians think of the Conservatives as the “Natural governing party” they have been promoting Diefenbaker. In the last 6 months, they have named building after him and doing other things to make us think of him as a warm, fuzzy Conservative. I think we are being fooled. I’m gonna do more research on exactly how…… I’ll get back to you.