Our good friends Steve and JET at The Dummy Shoppe are at it again. Soon they will be introducing a new line of puppets called “Little Happy Monsters”.
Even though I’m a “hard” ventriloquist figure kind of guy, I love the puppets the JET is creating. To find out more about this, check out their blog from yesterday that explains this more in detail:
http://thedummyshoppe.com/blog/something-new-coming-soon-to-the-dummy-shoppe/
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Our good friend and regular contributor ventriloquist/puppeteer, Bob Abdou aka Mr. Puppet will from time to time send us these videos he calls “Tidbit in a Minute.” The idea behind these videos is to help you in becoming a better ventriloquist entertainer.
Today’s video is on “Better Puppet Position”. Enjoy.
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My Idol in ventriloquism is W.S. Berger. I give him credit for having the fore sight to see the value of ventriloquist figures before they were a collectible item in any sense of the word collectible. They were used props which to anyone other than he were valueless.
He was able to purchase figures directly from the great makers of the early 20th century for the asking prices they sold to any one else that was buying a figure. He purchased Jacko from the McElroy Brothers for $125.00 and was able to actually make monthly payments to them for the purchase. How great was that??
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This is a truly one of a kind figure which was made and used by our good friend Bob Isaacson. I did say made by Bob but there were other hands involved.
The head casting with unfinished face was done by John Arvites , the mechanics were done by Alan Semok and then the finish carving of this great face ,the painting, wigging and body was done by Mr Isaacson.
Here is a video of Bob Isaacson’s “Mr Crabbe”…
Here is a very nice video that Matt Kimbro sent in to me. After I watched it I knew I had to share it with everyone.
