Dumbstruck: A Cultural History of Ventriloquism, by Steven Connor. Oxford, $35. How to Become a Ventriloquist, by Edgar Bergen. Dover Press, $4. In the pantheon of childhood nightmare fodder, ...
Pioneering ventriloquist-comedian Willie Tyler and his dummy Lester have appeared in numerous shows since the 1960s. Adam Sandler's new Netflix comedy special makes it hard to tell what's real and ...
An unidentified man (possibly John Logie Baird) holds Stooky Bill (left) and another ventriloquist’s dummy used in Baird’s first TV transmissions. John Logie Baird made history by transmitting the ...
Lizzie has been tucked in a wooden trunk bearing her name and stowed inside Linda Mae Glader’s closet for more than 40 years. But the dummy — a handcrafted ventriloquist doll with striking blue eyes, ...
In New York nightclubs, Sophie Becker is reviving a lost art form, one wisecrack at a time. In New York nightclubs, Sophie Becker is reviving a lost art form, one wisecrack at a time. Credit ...
Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham knows how to please a crowd, and he also brings a crowd along with him. His gaggle of dummies includes Achmed, Peanut, Walter, José, Bubba J. and a new character, Url. Dunham ...
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