For more than a decade, one of Milwaukee's best-loved celebrities was a cat puppet that did the weather on TV. What, or who, was Albert the Alley Cat? How did a cat puppet become a fixture on ...

But in this context the puppets, operated by black-clad puppeteers, worked brilliantly. The cat strutted, slunk and cavorted, evolving from a mere house cat to a regal puss in boots. His ...