HAPPY NEW YEAR! We begin a full year of daily blog posts, and hopefully lots about puppets and ventriloquism. Goody’s creator is THE DUMMY DOCTOR, Alan Semok. I looked at a huge number of figure makers online, starting with the amazing list of makers found on Cybervent, a website that I have found useful. I read the comments, reviews, and studied the websites of the dummy builders. Nothing really clicked with me until I ran across the comedy, DUMMY, staring Adrien Brody. I liked the dummy in the movie, and scanned the credits to find out who made it. Along … Continue reading
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THE best time of my life–EVER! I attended my first Vent Haven International Ventriloquist ConVENTion. I was privileged to meet several famous ventriloquists. Here is one of the photos of me with a famous ventriloquist–Darci Lynne Farmer this kid is fabulously good and won America’s Got Talent. She performed at the conVENTion and was on a panel with several other ventriloquists. I also got to meet Jimmy Nelson. My toy ventriloquist figure was a Danny O’Day. I was totally in awe! We had a huge group picture, and that link broke so I am unsure how I can show it … Continue reading