"They had a special package deal where you can get married by a woman named Soaring… The ceremony was pretty hippie, spacey and non-denominational. (It was) just us, Soaring, a photographer and Tanya’s stuffed animals. She has a bunch of stuffed animals that she gives voice to.

"All her animals and characters were there - Quacker, Imaginary Bear, Pee, Richard, Harold - and they were the witnesses."

And when the newlyweds returned to Los Angeles, they staged a party for family and friends during which Haden put on a puppet show. Black recalls,

"(It was) all about Quacker, the duck, who was a little bit p**sed off because he was best friends with Tanya. A slide show that he narrated told the story of how we came together and fell in love, and how he was crushed by loneliness."

Ok, after reading this a few dozen times, I don't know how I thought for one second he was telling the truth. 

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