Oooh, interesting. There's an episode of the TV show Black Mirror called "The Waldo Moment", which features an arrogant animated puppet that's entirely control

Oooh, interesting. There's an episode of the TV show Black Mirror called "The Waldo Moment", which features an arrogant animated puppet that's entirely controlled by the motions of the operator's hand and fingers. I reckon this bit was clearly a reference to the Heinlein short story.