[ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im in rolling meadows, illinois. Its a suburb of chicago. Some weather, huh . Im here to meet two brothers whose strange inheritance had some serious strings attached. My name is justin snyder. And in 2006, our friend and mentor bill fosser passed away, leaving my brother and me a sort of Chicago Institution his puppet opera. Hi, justin. Im jamie. Jamie, nice to meet you. Im told that you have something that i may never see again. Here, follow me. I will. Justin leads me behind the scenes of a most unusual opera house. All these boxes here contain costumes for various, different productions. Wow this is my kind of wardrobe. If only it came in my size. The costumes are so small because the players taking the stage arent the supersized tenors and sopranos you expect to see at the opera. Theyre 16inch puppets. The maestro behind this pintsize production, justins boss, the late bill fosser. Who was bill fosser . Bill fosser taught
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im in rolling meadows, illinois. Its a suburb of chicago. Some weather, huh . Im here to meet two brothers whose strange inheritance had some serious strings attached. My name is justin snyder. And in 2006, our friend and mentor bill fosser passed away, leaving my brother and me a sort of Chicago Institution his puppet opera. Hi, justin. Im jamie. Jamie, nice to meet you. Im told that you have something that i may never see again. Here, follow me. I will. Justin leads me behind the scenes of a most unusual opera house. All these boxes here contain costumes for various, different productions. Wow this is my kind of wardrobe. If only it came in my size. The costumes are so small because the players taking the stage arent the supersized tenors and sopranos you expect to see at the opera. Theyre 16inch puppets. The maestro behind this pintsize production, justins boss, the late bill fosser. Who was bill fosser . Bill fosser taught me everything i kno
Yes. Im jamie colby, and today im strolling along the swanky streets of the Upper East Side of manhattan. The heir in this story reached out to us just a short time after her husband died. She wanted to talk about her strange inheritance, which she tells me takes up an entire room in her home. My name is carole postal, and less than one year ago, i lost my beloved husband, bob. He left me nearly 10,000 toy soldiers, which he called the guys. A whole room on the Upper East Side im hoping its shoes. Uh, not quite. No way. Its not shoes. Its soldiers . Across glass shelves, the tiny troops stand shoulder to shoulder, ready for battle. Lets see. Theres george washington. Generals robert e. Lee and ulysses s. Grant. Not to mention ancient and medieval warriors. A history of world combat in one jampacked man cave. Your husband mustve spent a lot of time putting this together. Lovingly, over 40 years. Its really magnificent. I really did need to see this. You were right to get in touch with u
Im jamie colby, and today im strolling along the swanky streets of the Upper East Side of manhattan. The heir in this story reached out to us just a short time after her husband died. She wanted to talk about her strange inheritance, which she tells me takes up an entire room in her home. My name is carole postal, and less than one year ago, i lost my beloved husband, bob. He left me nearly 10,000 toy soldiers, which he called the guys. A whole room on the Upper East Side im hoping its shoes. Uh, not quite. No way. Its not shoes. Its soldiers . Across glass shelves, the tiny troops stand shoulder to shoulder, ready for battle. Lets see. Theres george washington. Generals robert e. Lee and ulysses s. Grant. Not to mention ancient and medieval warriors. A history of world combat in one jampacked man cave. Your husband mustve spent a lot of time putting this together. Lovingly, over 40 years. Its really magnificent. I really did need to see this. You were right to get in touch with us. Oh
Im jamie colby, and today im strolling along the swanky streets of the Upper East Side of manhattan. The heir in this story reached out to us just a short time after her husband died. She wanted to talk about her strange inheritance, which she tells me takes up an entire room in her home. My name is carole postal, and less than one year ago, i lost my beloved husband, bob. He left me nearly 10,000 toy soldiers, which he called the guys. A whole room on the Upper East Side im hoping its shoes. Uh, not quite. No way. Its not shoes. Its soldiers . Across glass shelves, the tiny troops stand shoulder to shoulder, ready for battle. Lets see. Theres george washington. Generals robert e. Lee and ulysses s. Grant. Not to mention ancient and medieval warriors. A history of world combat in one jampacked man cave. Your husband mustve spent a lot of time putting this together. Lovingly, over 40 years. Its really magnificent. I really did need to see this. You were right to get in touch with us. Oh