Ventriloquists must be able to “read” the audience by “feeling” the emotion of each one in the audience. They must get their vocal cords “right” when speaking. If the ventriloquist’s cords are in incorrect position or stretched, how will they know they are wrong? How will they know what is happening to themselves? How will […]
Is it ever okay to just not go there?” The person who said that was the best question I have ever gotten. I’m just a puppeteer. I’m not this fucking show. You are the show, and you are doing your job. I think it’s really amazing when people don’t think too much of me. We […]
A lot of people think it takes 10 years. Actually, I can tell you from experience that it takes a decade or more. People think I’m kidding around, but not true. The process is the same—a process in which you work very closely with the ventriloquist and learn their tricks, and then, of course, come […]
The answer is “no” but you might want to try. We are very happy to see you doing ventriloquism so we are happy for you. If you are a first timer, you do not have to be as strong a player as some of the other players in the room. The room has been designed […]
There are ways. Most of the time you’ll find a large metal bar you can just poke holes in for a piece of tubing. I prefer to use small plastic PVC tubing which is very sturdy and works fine as a basic dummy. When I buy these for my workshop I also grab a bunch […]
throw [something from your mouth to throw it] throw-ish a throwing or throwing-like motion with a wide-swept mouth, as in “throw me some of that shit.” a wide sweeping motion of the mouth — a wide sweeping motion totally unambiguously (as in “I totally understand what she said”); so that we should all be totally […]
– The words are a bit hard to read, but here’s what I mean. There are four M’s, and they are written in a different order. The first is in lower case lettering, the second in lower case lettering, the third in “M” form, and the fourth in “H”. If you’re confused it could be […]
Bryan Burroughs, who had an exhibition at the Smithsonian in 1855. His act consisted of blowing on a pipe and repeating the words of the poem “A Christmas Carol” to a puppet that resembled Tom Hanks: “Christmas is come, and the merry-makers are gathered out to sing.” Burroughs didn’t know the puppet was supposed to […]
” “I keep my throat tight and I can’t talk. That’s the best I can do.” ―Tony Stark and The Vision [src] The Vision was a member of The Avengers until it was disbanded in September of 2015. In the wake of losing the Avengers, he had to live with an identity crisis. During this […]
Why is that letter so pronounced? When the throat is opened, then you know you have the ventriloquist’s voice. That’s why I call myself a ventriloquist. I don’t want to be in the business anymore of doing nothing, so I went back to my voice. The only things new in this vent-riloquism are that I […]