If you will take the time to watch several videos of Vents, you will see that there are two basic types of Ventriloquists. One type (and maybe the most common) is the basic “jokester”. That is a Vent/puppet who just use a series of jokes back to back with one of them being the straight man and the other the wise guy.…
Something for all of us to think about are props for our puppets. If you think back to the Charlie Brown Cartoon series, the comic characters had props. Linus had his soft and cuddly blanket.
Schroeder had his little grand piano with the bust of Beethoven.…
It is early January 2018 and it suddenly dawned on us that it was already time to get signed up for Vent Haven ConVENTion for 2018. Got a new hotel to get used to this year. It is only the third Hotel in the history of Vent Haven.…
Every year seems to go by faster then the year before.
I remember when I was young that a year was a long time. Now a year is about what 3 months used to seem like.
I guess the lesson to be learned is that life is short and none of us can afford to squander our time.…
We received several notes from some of you this week about last’s week blog and the importance of manipulation. That said, lets keep it light and just sit back and enjoy one of the old masters, the late, great, Mr. Bill DeMar.…
Just a reminder that one MAJOR item that will either make you look good or really BAD is the way you manipulate your puppet.
Failure to properly manipulate your puppet can put you in the category of someone just using a sock puppet.…