How Many Charlie McCarthy Figures

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Webmaster

I was contacted with a good question asking me if I knew how many Charlie McCarthy figures were made for Edgar Bergen. I am sure that there were many but I was only able to give the questionnaire a definitive total of three.

Those three figures are:

1) The Charlie in the Smithsonian
2) The Charlie in the Radio and Broadcast Museum
3) The Charlie in the David Copperfield Collection.

David Copperfield also owns the original Frowning Charlie

I thought it was a very good subject to throw out to all of you and if you know of any other originals and where they may be please let us know.

 

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

 

P.S. Don’t forget to vote in the “Name The Collection” at the top right.

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 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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Time To Vote – No April Fools Here

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Webmaster

The time has come to cast your votes and name the collection. We have debated all the suggestions back and forth and have come up with our three finalists.

Here they are:

 

Dummy Central

The Ventriloquist Central Collection

Vent Ville

 

Make your selection for the name you like the best at the right under “Vote Now”.

We will run the voting till Friday, April 10th, to give everyone a chance to vote.

Thanks to all for your cooperation.

 

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. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 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 Wanlu Takes Top Prize

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Webmaster

Our friend Wanlu has been competeing in the Phillipines version of America’s Got Talent called ” Talentadong Pinoy” Wanlu had to compete in five episodes and in each episode he had to use a different figure.

He won each episode as he went along and last night he won the fifth and final to take the grand prize. This feat has only been done by one other act, an acrobatic team, and it is only the second time anyone has done this in the three years that the show has been on TV.

Wanlu has said that he has become somewhat of a celebrity because now when he goes shopping with his family he is surrounded by folks asking for autographs .

I think this is stupendous for him and want to wish him all the best and hope you get to perform and let the rest of the world see your talents.

Here is a link to his fourth win and as soon as his winning performance is available I will try to post it for you all to see!

Click here to see Wanlu’s fourth win

Way to go Wanlu!!

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. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 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 Figure Video Collecting Series – Bob Neller’s Original Marshall/McElroy, Part 2

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Webmaster

Here is another video of Bob Neller’s original Dizzy Dugan.

 

[flashvideo filename=http://ventriloquistcentral.com/dan-collecting-marshall-mcelroy-022/dan-collecting-marshall-mcelroy-022.flv /]

 

If you missed the first video, click here to see it

 

Let me know what you think about this wonderful ventriloquist figure.

 

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. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 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, Frank Marshall Figure (Dummy), McElroy Brothers, Personal, Ventriloquism/Ventriloquist, Ventriloquist Central, Ventriloquist Figure (Dummy) Makers, Ventriloquist Figure Building, Ventriloquist Figures, Ventriloquist Videos, Video Collecting Series | Leave a comment

Steve Axtell in England

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Webmaster

Some of you may know that Steve Axtell was in England recently and he posted this information on the Ventriloquist Central Forum:

 

“I just put up a 20 min video of my kid show in
England at the convention. The first half I’m
doing vent with my Toucan Puppet and the second
half is the Hands-Free Animatronic Toucan using
pre-recorded MagicTrax and the Drawing Board. I
could have done vent all the way but wanted to
demonstrate the MagicTrax concept to the Magicians at the convention.

There is also a review of Martin Duffy’s interview with me.

Enjoy!”

http://www.axtell.com/new.html

Ax

 

Thanks, Steve for sharing this with everyone. I highly recommend you watch this…it’s very good!

 

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. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 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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