Category Archives: Ventriloquism/Ventriloquist

Here’s a video of Austin Phillips presenting me with a ventriloquist figure he built.

Last week I showed you some great looking ventriloquist figures that were used by ventriloquist Bill Podgorny (click if you missed that blog). Along with the figures, was the “story” about the figures and how Bill became a ventriloquist. I … Continue reading →

Last week I did a blog about Austin Phillips’ visit to see the Ventriloquist Central Collection (click here if you missed that blog). Here’s a video of Austin showing his Insull figure he restored.

A while ago I was contacted by the heirs of Bill Podgorny who started ventriloquism while a young man and had figures built for him in 1939. These figures remained in his possession until he did his last performance in … Continue reading →

We received this email and photos from Bob Abdou about his visit with Peter Rich: Hey Dan & Steve I had a wonderful visit with (almost soon) 93 year old Peter Rich. I was also able to capture some video … Continue reading →