Back in the early 1950s, a ventriloquist named Paul Winchell had a TV show that featured his dummy named Jerry Mahoney. The program was a hit and is perhaps most notable today for featuring Carol ...

Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger in “Winnie the Pooh” features for more than three decades and a versatile ventriloquist who became a fixture in early children’s television along with his dummies ...

“Dummy Days -- An Evening With Paul Winchell,” featuring an interview with the veteran ventriloquist and a screening of clips from his vintage shows from the 1950s and ‘60s, will be Saturday at 8 p.m.

Rickie Layne, a ventriloquist whose frequent appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” with his Yiddish-accented dummy Velvel boosted the former Borscht Belt comic’s career to a new level in the 1950s, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a child's toy puppet that was ...

When Naples ventriloquist Brenda Stelzer was about 9 she asked for a dummy — or puppet — for Christmas. Santa gave her one, along with a record album on how to become a ventriloquist, by the legendary ...