Category Archives: Personal

Ventriloquists or Puppeteers – WANTED!

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Webmaster

We received this email from an ABC TV casting producer looking for ventriloquists or puppeteers. Read the email below:   My name is Amanda Gershkowitz and I am a Casting Associate Producer for ABC families hit reality show ‘Wife Swap.’ … Continue reading →

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Ventriloquist Figure Video Collecting Series – McElroy Brothers, Happy Hazard – Part 3

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Webmaster

This is the third of four videos in the video series about the McElroy’s Happy Hazard. Today’s video, I show you the inside of Happy’s head. It’s interesting to see all that goes into making Happy work.   [flashvideo filename=http://ventriloquistcentral.com/dan-collecting-mcelroy-happy-018/dan-collecting-mcelroy-happy-018.flv … Continue reading →

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Charlie McCarthy Times Two

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Webmaster

To those who believe that the Charlie McCarthy in the Smithsonian Institute… is the original… and that Bergen took the original Charlie head… and had it modified by installing moving eyes: Please take note of the following very early photo. … Continue reading →

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Tattoos ??

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Webmaster

I don’t know why this came through my mind but I thought I would throw it out there and ask. Today the art of tattooing is so prevalent that they say one in every four of us has a tattoo. … Continue reading →

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Charlie McCarthy Dolls from the 1930's

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Webmaster

Interestingly some questions were asked about the Charlie McCarthy figures that were sold back in the 1930’s and asking how to tell the difference. First of all there was only one officially licensed company which sold Charlie Mccarthy toy figures … Continue reading →

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