Although this Ventriloquist was born in Chicago, Illinois (1903), at the age of 4 his parents who were originally immigrants from Sweden moved with their five children back to Sweden. Edgar learned the Swedish language and then taught himself the art of ventriloquism from a small booklet entitled “The Wizards Manual” when he was just 11 years old. …
Something New
There was a young Jewish girl named Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz. Born to parents Abraham Hurwitz and mother Ann Ritz. Abraham was an education professor at Yeshiva University. Her parents encouraged Phyllis to perform. Her father had been named New York City’s “official magician” by Mayor La Guardia during the Great Depression. …
Something New
Did you know that there was once a Ventriloquist who had a TV show for several years? This might not come as a surprise to you. He was a very good Ventriloquist, but there was another aspect to his life that most folks do not know about.…
Something New
We think that we are going to do a series of Blogs that will help fill in some gaps in the minds of the younger generation. All of us owe a debt of gratitude to the older generation of folks that were (at least for part of their lives) Ventriloquists. …
Something New
One of the first things to shut down back in March was school classes. We all know too well that since then, the world has been pretty weird. Well now in most States schools are opening back up and life is somewhat beginning to take on the form of what we have known. …
One of the things that we have frequently noticed is that we have often found that a Vent can talk and then when he/she has their puppet(s) talk there is little to no difference in the voice of the Vent and the Voice of the Vent’s puppets.…