Category Archives: Fred Maher

Fabulous Find Within The Fred Maher Brochure

              I was checking out an original 1940’s Fred Maher brochure (that I happened to get in a lot of paper on ventriloquism) and what a surprise to see one of the Marshall figures … Continue reading

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Ventriloquism and Marketing

Before I get started with today’s blog, I wanted to let you know that my webmaster and partner, Steve Hurst will be on TalkShoe (an Internet Talk Show format) on Sunday, May 16th at 8pm Eastern time. The program is … Continue reading

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Oh Skinny Dugan We Love You

When it comes to ventriloquism and its promotion there was none better than Fred Maher. He was a for real marketing genius. Back in the early days you could look in any periodical from Boy’s Life to Look to Popular … Continue reading

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