Woman's Day

In the December 1969 issue of Womans Day Magazine, Jerry Juhl wrote what the magazine called an "original Christmas time puppet play".

The play, entitled The Purple-Necked Black-Bearded Blatch. totaled five pages, with puppet design credited to Jim Henson. Patterns for the puppets were also included in the five page spread.

The charcters included in the story were Zang Zong, a little boy, Zing Zong, Zang's twin Sister, Mr. Figg and The Purple-Necked Black-Bearded Blatch.