Ventriloquist Central Blog

I’m sure everyone who reads this blog knows about ventriloquist Taylor Mason. According to his website and Facebook, he is a very busy performer.

A couple of years ago, Taylor had a book published, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Ventriloquism.” Since I’m only an enthusiast of ventriloquism and love the art, my partner Steve (who is a ventriloquist) thought he would do a review of Taylor’s book.

Now you may be asking yourself, why are you doing a review of his book two years later? Stay tuned for tomorrow’s blog for the answer to that question.

Here’s Steve’s review:

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Everyone thinks I have all the answers to anything ventriloquial and I do try to answer everyone who asks me a question no matter what the question happens to be.

How a ventriloquist figure sits is something I am asked all the time because of the size of my collection.

So thinking about the Ventriloquist Central Collection I have to say that the bodies that were made by Madeline Maher sit better than all the other figures. I think it is because when these bodies were made, on the front of the body the lower board extended forward where the legs are, about 2 1/2″ on to which each leg the stuffed muslin, is attached. With this method it becomes almost impossible for the figure to fall forward.

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We wanted to take a moment and welcome a new sponsor to Ventriloquist Central, the Puppeteer to the Stars, Scott Land.

Scott Land is a puppeteer at the top of his game. His seasoned performing skills are on display in nearly every scene of Paramount Pictures’ Team America: World Police. During the making of the movie-the most expensive puppet-driven feature film ever produced-Scott did more than pull the strings on dozens of lead characters.

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