''Let My Puppets Come'' (also called ''Let My Puppets Go'') is a 1976

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written and directed by

Gerard Damiano Gerardo Rocco "Gerard" Damiano (August 4, 1928 – October 25, 2008 ) was an American director of adult films. He wrote and directed the 1972 cult classic '' Deep Throat,'' which starred Linda Susan Boreman ''aka'' Linda Lovelace. He also dir ...

, and starring Al Goldstein, Lynette Sheldon, Penny Nichols and Damiano. All the sex scenes are between puppets or puppets on human.

Background

While Damiano may have been more noted for the Caballero studios' project '' Deep Throat'', he created ''Let My Puppets Come'' using both human and puppet actors, and was perhaps the first of its kind in the United States. The title was intended as a parody of the 1976

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'' Let My People Come'' and the film was released the same year as the first airing of the

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'', being referred to as "a sexy muppet movie".

Plot

Owing a mob boss half a million dollars which must be paid in 24 hours, a group of executives comes up with ideas for, and films, a pornographic movie.

Cast

* Luis De Jesus as Mr. Big (as Little Louis) *

* Al Goldstein * Viju Krem * Penny Nicholls * Lynette Sheldon

Reception

Robert Firsching of Allmovie called the film "light-hearted", noting that the director "uses the novelty of a cast consisting mostly of Muppet-style marionettes". While remarking that the plot is a standard one of producers trying to create a film that will bring attention to their studio, he concludes that "Damiano keeps the style breezy and charming enough that the film is unlikely to offend many potential viewers".

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