Charlie Mccarthy The Most Famous Ventriloquist Figure

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Webmaster

Charlie McCarthy for more than 60 years was without question the most famous ventriloquist figure known. Of course with the popularity of Jeff Dunham over the past decade Charlie’s reign may be coming or has come to an end.

We do have to bow to the popularity of Walter, Jose, Bubba, Sweet Daddy, Melvin and Peanut because their names are the names we hear everyone talking about today but will they eclipse that of Charlie Mccarthy?? I doubt it but would like to hear your thoughts on it.

In talking about Charlie McCarthy I thought it would be nice to share this picture, which I believe is the first picture of the original Charlie McCarthy.

You can see that the Theodore Mack influence is certainly evident in this figure. I just thought it was such a good early picture of Charlie that everyone would love to see him as he was when first made.

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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

Copyright 2009 by Dan Willinger

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Mystery Ventriloquist from 1939

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Webmaster

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We’re having fun with the “mystery ventriloquist” so I thought we’d try another one. This picture is from 1939, can you guess the ventriloquist and the maker or makers of his ventriloquist figures?

 

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

Copyright 2009 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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Ventriloquist Central Videos-Figure Collection Series-Cartoony Pinxy

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Webmaster

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve done a video about the figures in the Ventriloquist Central Collections, but here’s one I think you’ll enjoy.

This is a “cartoony” looking Pinxy.

 

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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

Copyright 2009 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

Posted in Dummy Collecting, Ventriloquism/Ventriloquist, Ventriloquist Central, Ventriloquist Figure (Dummy) Makers, Ventriloquist Figure Building, Ventriloquist Figures, Ventriloquist Videos, Video Collecting Series | 1 Comment

Ventriloquist Stanley Burns, Frank Marshall and Charlie McCarthy

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Webmaster

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I love to sometimes stir up the pot and see what we get. Just mentioning Frank Marshall and Edgar Bergen’s, “Charlie McCarthy” does this. We of course all know he didn’t create Charlie (or do we???), but he did in fact make Figures using the Charlie McCarthy head design.

I was looking through some pictures that I have and found this wonderful picture of Stanley Burns, writer of Other Voices, and his figure made by Frank Marshall named “Willie.”

I think you can see clearly that this head is Charlie McCarthy with some additions like lowering eyebrows and crossing eyes. This is just a wonderful creation and proves Frank did in fact sell figures to others using the Charlie head.

 

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

Copyright 2009 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

Posted in Edgar Bergen, Frank Marshall Figure (Dummy), Ventriloquism/Ventriloquist, Ventriloquist Central, Ventriloquist Figure (Dummy) Makers, Ventriloquist Figure Building, Ventriloquist Figures | 3 Comments

Ventriloquist Chris Cross & Louie

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Webmaster

When I decided yesterday to put up the mystery picture of the ventriloquist and his dummy and asked for both the name of the ventriloquist and his figure, I thought I may get everyone stumped.

However, Steve the webmaster bet me $100.00 that Bob Isaacson would give the correct answer right away and he was absolutely right. Bob is the person who knew exactly that this was Chris Cross and Louie.

I thought I would give you a little more information about this great past ventriloquist. Chris Cross was a clever performer using a dummy dressed as a cowboy, Louie, with a very expressive face and a find character (as you can tell by the photo).

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I’ve read where he also used two black figures that attained a very unusual effect with the use of a black light (this is something I wish I could have seen and would love to know where those black figures are now).

By all accounts, he was very fine performer.

Thanks to all who guessed here on the blog and on the Facebook Fan page. If you’re on Facebook, please join the Ventriloquist Central Fan Page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ventriloquist-Central/70239076357

 

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

Copyright 2009 by Dan Willinger

NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com

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