They may not have the creepy, vaguely human faces of ventriloquist dummies, but sock puppets are capable of plenty of mayhem in Patrick Smith‘s short film Puppet. Just don’t let them get their soft, ...

At the end of the new Netflix documentary Being Eddie, Eddie Murphy receives a package he’s visibly excited to open. “Oh, I know what this is. Those are ventriloquist dummies,” he says, before ...

ERLANGER, Ky. — For years, ventriloquism has held a reputation as being dorky at best, sinister at worst. Even now it summons up horror movies about a homicidal dummy, or a homicidal ventriloquist, or ...

Hundreds of eyes stare at me. Unblinking lifeless eyes. A bit unsettling. But, of course, what gave life to these unmoving creatures were the talented ventriloquists behind them. “This is the only ...

YORK, Maine — Austin Phillips said he was known as “the puppet kid” growing up in York. In his yearbook photos, he typically was holding a ventriloquist dummy. Now, Phillips, 29, is a growing talent ...

ERLANGER, Ky. — For years, ventriloquism has held a reputation as being dorky at best, sinister at worst. Even now it summons up horror movies about a homicidal dummy, or a homicidal ventriloquist, or ...

You expect to laugh during a show about a guy who makes a tennis ball speak – and a monkey curse. But you don’t anticipate to well up. You’ll do both during “Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! ” – an ...

Nelson Gichen aka Baba Johnte as he is popularly known within his locality in Westlands, Nairobi is a ventriloquist. According to Merriam Webster dictionary, a ventroloquist is someone who undertakes ...

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Your company has announced drastic cutbacks and scheduled a staff meeting to talk about the consequences. On the podium, seated ne to a vice president, is the guest speaker, a midget-sized stranger ...