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Our good friend ventriloquist Pete Michaels had his video with “The Little Tenor” selected as on of the top 20 videos by America’s Got Talent.
If he can get enough votes he gets to appear on the show in Las Vegas. So let’s do our part and support one of our own.
Here are more photos and information from James Manalli on the progress of his ventriloquist figure:

I have been asked over and over again about restoration of antique ventriloquist figures. I have spoken about this many times on previous blogs. For me, any ventriloquist figure that it is in original condition and still looks pretty decent is worth keeping as is.
Sometimes when a ventriloquist figure is in very very poor condition such as paint is and chipped all over the place, or you have strings that are broken, or you have other factors like the leather under a neck is ripped and torn well then the figure has to be restored.