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Shari Lewis with puppet Lamb Chop - 3x2 inch Fridge Magnet - large magnetic button - Magnet
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Rectangular wrap-around refrigerator magnet and a glossy mylar cover.Large 2x3 inch rectangle fridge magnet or 'buttons' as they are sometimes known in the USA.Crop shown is automated for display purposes only. All magnets are hand finished and the best most appropriate crop will always be selected to best show the full image. Therefore, actual product may vary slightly from crop shown - this can include borders or slight cropping in order to best place the image within the fixed size.
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Controlled Chaos
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Sale Price: $8.15
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The top-grossing comedian's highly-anticipated premiere on Comedy Central was the 3rd most-watched program in the channel's history! All of your favorite characters are here (Peanut, Walter, Achmed, Jose Jalapeño) plus two never-before-seen characters certain to unleash their own unique havoc on stage. Parental advisory; contains adult material. CD: 75 minutes.
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Fun with Ventriloquism
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Liz VonSeggen will take you from A to Z without moving your lips! Liz and Taffy the duck focus on the basics of
learning ventriloquism in this hour-long video. You'll get step-by-step training in lip control, figure manipulation, and the ventriloquist's alphabet. With practice, you can perfect the hard letters: F, V, M, W, B, and P. Whether you are a beginner or advanced student, the many sub-chapters and bonus features on this video make it easy to focus on specific areas for improvement. Pause and practice time is given after each important step so you can stop the
tape and practice while the sights and sounds are still fresh in your mind.
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Fun with Character Voices (Interactive Video Workshop Teaching Voice Characterization)
List Price: $55.00
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Includes 1 VHS video. Learn to create character voices. An hour long interactive video workshop with one of the country's top teachers of voice characterization. Put pizazz in your performance. Join Liz VonSeggen, Vent Haven's 1991 Ventriloquist of the Year, as she teaches her friend Taffy how to create different voices. A veteran performer, Liz's specialty is voices. Here she gives all the essentials you need to create character voices. Unique voices you can do! Practice along with Liz as she teaches you six different voice types and the techniques behind them. You'll learn to develop an "ear" for voices, and to sustain the voices you create. The "Pause and Practice" screens will help you perfect your voice skills. Create new voices! With the step by step instruction provided here, you'll be equipped to create new and different voices. Liz shares her own unique voice characterizations with you in an entertaining mix of puppets, performance, and practice.
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Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
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Sale Price: $6.25
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Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's second live-performance DVD, Spark of Insanity, is much funnier than his first, Arguing With Myself, perhaps because his new puppets allow him to cover more controversial territory beyond skits about family beefs and office humor. Though some puppets reappear, like the beloved Peanut, a purple monkey who loves wordplay, new characters emerge as the stars of this hour-long stand-up show. A tense laughter ripples through the audience, for example, when Dunham announces his wish to talk with a terrorist as he brings out Achmed the Dead Terrorist, a turban-sporting skeleton who's refrain is "I will kill you!" Previous show star, Jose Jalapeño, a Mexican chili pepper on a stick, returns for a discussion about whether the puppet has a green card. If his racial jokes rode a line slightly too Caucasian to clarify his point of view before, Dunham has achieved real satire in Spark of Insanity, showing his audience how ridiculous it is to create stereotypes of any sort. Additionally, Dunham mocks his own culture with Walter, a grumpy old white man whose parental chiding rings true for many. Moreover, Dunham impresses with his ventriloquism skills, and shows off some new vocalization techniques that will stun anyone interested in this fascinating art. --Trinie Dalton
Jeff Dunham and his socially reckless "suitcase posse" are back in this highly anticipated follow-up to Arguing with Myself, his breakthrough television special and multi-platinum selling DVD release! What's next?
An ALL NEW show that is Bigger... Better... and Funnier than ever!
This time, Dunham welcomes two never-before-seen partners "Achmed the Dead Terrorist," and "Melvin the Superhero." Long-time favorites "Peanut," "Walter" and Jose Jalapeno...On a STEEK! are back in an entirely original show for everyone!
Taped at the historic Warner Theater in Washington D.C., this sold out concert is twice the length of the Comedy Central broadcast, with exclusive extras, featuring "The Making of Melvin," "What Would You Put on a Stick?" and a surprise political announcement from Walter!
"Spark of Insanity" is the ultimate event special from one of comedy's most inventive minds.
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Jeff Dunham - Arguing With Myself
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Sale Price: $5.42
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Arguing With Myself, a recorded live performance of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, portrays a comedian whose revival of an old-fashioned art has made ventriloquism more relevant to modern societal concerns. Starring his six main characters, from Bubba Jay, a Nascar-obsessed hick, to Peanut, a flamboyant gay monkey, Dunham's puppets have dirty but relatively inoffensive senses of humor that mock the American Dream. One can easily see why Jay Leno champions Dunham, as his skits contain a similar sly sarcasm disguised as wholesome teasing aimed at men indebted to their ugly wives, for example, or people who live their lives working in cubicles. At times, though, Dunham's humor seems to lose its ironic distance, especially as he interacts with puppets like Jose Jalapeño, a Cuban chile pepper, or Sweet Daddy D, a Black pimp, both reliant on the antiquated humor once popularized in cartoons by racial caricature. Since the entire audience in the film is white, it is difficult to assess whether or not African-Americans or Latinos would find Dunham funny. In other words, Dunham's humor isn't overtly offensive enough to make fun of ethnic heritage. However, his skills as a ventriloquist alone make him a fascinating entertainer, and anyone interested in how puppetry and ventriloquism has progressed over the decades would benefit from watching Dunham bring life to his wooden friends. --Trinie Dalton
As straight man to some of the most hilarious pint-sized partners in show business Jeff Dunham has become one of the most successful touring comics ever and has amassed legions of loyal fans! At the American Comedy Awards Dunham was voted Male Stand-Up Comic of the Year an honor shared with the likes of Jerry Seinfeld Jeff Foxworthy and Robin Williams. Thousands of sold-out theater and comedy club performances his own top-rated special on Comedy Central and countless TV guest spots - including numerous Tonight Show appearances (with both Leno and Carson) - have won him accolades and success. The reason why is very simple: he and his buddies are funny as hell. Oh and by the way... Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist.Now see for yourself on a DVD that will set the new standard for how truly awesome a comedy DVD can be. Join Jeff and his outspoken-often-edgy characters: Walter Peanut Jose Jalapeno (...on a steeek!) Bubba J and Sweet Daddy Dee for a live show that will have you on the floor laughing!Contains both BLEEPED and NON-BLEEPED soundtracks on the same disc.
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Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special
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Have you ever wondered how Peanut the Woozle spends his holidays? You can find out in this fun-filled Christmas special from comedian/puppeteer Jeff Dunham. Along with appearances from Dunham's best-loved characters, this release includes a variety of Yuletide-themed laughs certain to brighten up your holidays! Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; behind-the-scenes footage; featurettes; music video; outtakes.
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1. What is one thing every Ventriloquist must do?
"A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men." Proverbs 18:16. Practice! In the room where you spend the most time, place your puppet on a stand as well as a mirror. Pretend you're talking to a friend every time you pass by your puppet. Move your puppet in silly ways. New ideas develop every day as you grow to know your puppet. Their personality emerges. Even if you don't have talent and want to be a good ventriloquist, just pick up a puppet and play with it OFTEN. Practice your lip control when you are in the car.
This is my new thing I do - Sing and talk as you walk down the street without moving your lips and ACT NORMAL. This is great practice to act normal as well as a great use of your time. Sometimes get rid of the mirror. Instead, practice in front of a video camera. Acting normal will be impossible if you always use a mirror; you become co-dependent on it.
2. What is one thing every Ventriloquist must avoid?
Avoid staying in your comfort zone. Think outside the box. Instead of doing what everyone else does, take a common thing and go one step farther. Just DO IT.
I recommend:
1) Step out of your comfort zone by using new material often. Perform for free; perform for neighbors and nursing homes; and take your puppet with you when you go shopping. Although, don't expect to get any shopping done. I take my puppet with me to local stores. This forces me to be in new situations, teaches me how to move my puppet, as well as what to say in new ways. This has greatly improved my puppet manipulation.
2) Avoid the lecture look and sound. Watch people; move your puppet the same way people move. Move your body like you would if your puppet was a person. Dan Horn is excellent on this technique. He has his tongue sticking out the side of his mouth, brushes his hair off his face, gets a drink, and offers it to his puppet. BE NATURAL. Get comfortable. If you enjoy it, the audience will too.
3. Is this Ventriloquist stuff something that is here to stay?
I think so. It's like watching a cartoon come alive before your eyes. That never gets old.
4. Can a Ventriloquist be successful if they are in a crowded niche?
Yes! Just be yourself, find your unique style of dress, puppet and presentation. PRACTICE!
5. What has Ventriloquism done for you?
It has opened the door for me to share everywhere God is a good God and a loving Father. I can share this creatively and not in the conventional way of other ventriloquists. I want people to hear the message and not even be aware they heard it because they are engaged in the show. I'd rather demonstrate than preach.
I am a professional clown/ventriloquist and adding the ventriloquist part has opened the door to "clown" for adults. I never perform ventriloquism without being dressed as a clown. I am Ribbons the Clown/ventriloquist which is my unique way of using ventriloquism.
6. What trends to you currently see in Ventriloquism?
I see too many hard figures. Personally I think they are limiting. They have eyes, ears, nose, and hair that wiggle. How often can you use that in one show? Soft puppets move, bend and twist to portray different reactions which can be funny or realistic.
7. What was your first job?
I have been clowning for 15 years and have always used some type of Niki monkey. About four months ago I bought my first professional puppet, an Axtell orangutan. It was love at first sight. She looked so good I decided to get serious about ventriloquism, so I signed up for ConVENTion 2007 and decided to perform on stage for my first major show. I used her for performances at three other nursing homes and at my home church. I did okay but felt I did not practice enough because the audience consisted of seasoned ventriloquists and I forgot part of my show. So, PRACTICE!
I am my worst critic. The worst thing for me is the battle in my head, knowing I am much better than what I just performed.
A. H. Scott
© July 31, 2007
Angela Scott, http://www.thatstorylady.com, encourages, inspires and motivates non-readers and those who live and work with them to discover hope.
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How Old Time Radio Became the Medium of Choice for a Ventriloquist
It may seem hard to believe that a ventriloquist could make a successful career out of a radio show, but incredibly the Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show was a massive hit due to the comedic timing and talent of Edgar Bergen.
Bergen was born in 1903 and learned the art of ventriloquism at a young age. Edgar commissioned the creation of a dummy from a local craftsman and gave him the name Charlie McCarthy and the cheeky personality of a boy and womanizer who was able to get away with double entendre.
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy first became a duo when they appeared on talent shows in the Midwest while Bergen was still at college in Northwestern. Eventually he left school and began to perform his act full-time.
In the 1930s he performed in New York and even toured Europe and South America with his show, but slowly vaudeville lost popularity due to new forms of media such as film and radio.
Radio wasn't the obvious choice for a ventriloquist, but Bergen didn't let that put him off. In the mid 1930s Bergen and his dummy made an appearance on the Royal Gelatin Hour on NBC. As odd as it seemed to have a ventriloquist on the radio, his humor and wit made him a fan favorite instantly.
In 1937 he was rewarded with his own spot, The Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show, on NBC, which became an overnight success. The show was so popular that it ran on various networks until 1956.
In the first year of the show, Bergen was involved in a controversy while performing the Mae West 'Adam and Eve' skit. He made remarks that were considered inappropriate, which brought unwanted attention from the Federal Communications Commission in 1938. However, the controversy passed and the show gained even more popularity.
Over the years, Edgar added more characters to his act. The most famous of these were the man-eating Effie Klinkerthe and the slow-witted but loveable Mortimer Snerd. While one would normally consider a ventriloquist act dependent on visualization, the show continued to be popular on the radio and although it would seem a natural progression he did very few television performances.
In the late 1970s, Bergen decided to retire and he donated Charlie to the Smithsonian Institute. A week later he passed away after performing in a show with Andy Williams.
Today, Charlie and two other puppets, Mortimer Snerd and Effie Klinker, are on display at the Radio Hall of Fame and Museum in Chicago and in 1990 The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.
About the Author
Ned Norris is the webmaster of www.rusc.com, one of the most highly regarded old time radio web sites on the Internet. On RUSC you can relive the golden days of radio, download or listen online to 1000s of classic shows, and enjoy regularly updated editorial and reviews on old time radio and related topics.
looking for a ventriloquist named mike and his puppet named grover who had a donald duck voice,can anyone help?
had a tape in early 90's,lost it but would like to find some more,can't find any
I asked this question on the worldvents e-mail group and nobody seemed to know him, but this person asked the same question a while ago:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071022175029AA36GTp
You might want to check with that user and see if he ever figured out the answer.
Pinocchio is not the only puppet for Asean youth
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