Punch and Judy with an extending neck (the "Courtier"), and a monkey. A live Dog Toby was once a regular featured novelty routine, sitting on the playboard and performing 'with' the puppets. Glyn Edwards has likened the story of Punch and Judy to the story of Cinderella. He points out that there are parts of the Cinderella story which everyone knows, namely the cruel step sisters, the invitation to the ball, the handsome prince, the fairy godmother, Cinderella's dress turning to rags at midnight, the glass slipper left behind, the prince searching for its owner, and the happy ending. None of these elements
Punch and Jewelee and dangerous. The couple grew up together in Brooklyn and went into business as puppeteers at Coney Island, moonlighting as thieves. One day, they found a small box containing alien weaponry left behind by careless extraterrestrials. They quickly learned how to use the weapons. Since they had always been puppeteers, they decided to adapt the characters of Punch and Judy to themselves. Calling themselves Punch and Jewelee, they began a brief criminal career along the East Coast. In the original stories prior to the "Crisis on Infinite Earths", the duo battled Nightshade and Captain Atom. Following the Crisis, it was