Competition: Like it or Not – by Bob Abdou/Mr.Puppet

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L to R: Ian Verella, Pam & Albert Ramirez, David Pitts, Rik Gern, Bob Abdou

One of your regular contributors, Bob Abdou/Mr. Puppet, is leaving the Austin area and moving to Columbus, OH, with his lovely wife June.

Bob, sent this in for us to share with you:

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Ventriloquist, Magician & Comedian Johnny Carson

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Everyone knows Johnny Carson as a comedian and also a magician but many may not know that he was a ventriloquist as well.

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Ray Guyll and Paul Dorset, A Gwillville Audio Interview

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Here is a great audio interview with master ventriloquist figure builder, Ray Guyll and author Paul Dorset. Instead of me writing about this interview here it is in Ray’s own words:

When I first got into ventriloquism I was bothered to learn that there were many misconceptions about ventriloquist dummies. Some folks were afraid of them and some thought of them as evil due to the way they were represented in movies, television, etc. To me this was a sacrilege! I absolutely loved ventriloquial figures so why shouldn’t everyone?

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Fabulous Find Within The Fred Maher Brochure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was checking out an original 1940’s Fred Maher brochure (that I happened to get in a lot of paper on ventriloquism) and what a surprise to see one of the Marshall figures pictured in the brochure that is now a member of the Ventriloquist Central Collection.

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My Ventriloquist Christmas Wish

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Here is the ad that most of us baby boomers drooled over as kids in the 1950’s.

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