I am very pleased to show you an extremely rare ventriloquist figure. He is called Lolly Frog and is the creation of Cecil Parkee. I know you are saying who is Cecil Parkee. Well he was a Chinese immigrant to Australia in the 1940’s and performed ventriloquism in Australia in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
He built some of his own characters and Lolly Frog is one of them. Lolly stands about 2 feet high and he is made of a combination of items. His head is made from both wood and paper mache, he has wooden eyeballs which have a device inside the head which allows all around movement. His mouth of course moves like a standard puppet and he also can move his tongue.
His body is made of felt with wire inside and his feet are made of paper mache. He still resides in his wooden case which is clearly marked Lolly Frog. He is simply wonderful.
Click here for more pictures of Lolly Frog Made And Used By Cecil Parkee
Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com
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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com
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Hi Dan,
I was searching the contact details for Cecil Parkee, which lead me to your blog!
My aunt is a friend of Cecil but they lost contact 30 years ago. He use to reside at burwood (sydney) but has moved since.
Do you happen to have his contact details? Or perhaps to reach his nephew Daniel, that you mentioned in your post? Thanks.