Ventriloquism found its early origins in ancient times, somewhere around the sixth century BC. Originally it is believed, when it was first known, it was used to supposedly communicate with the dead. The earliest known ventriloquist of this type was Louis Brabant.…
It is this time of year when we realize how quickly July is sneaking up. Its almost time for our annual vacation of fun, learning and total silliness.
It is time for the Venthaven ConVENTion. I know many of you, like us, are regulars at the vent family reunion, but some of you have not yet managed to put in an appearance.…
This is the fourth and final week for now that we have added 10 new puppets to The Dummy Shoppe website. We hope that you have enjoyed each of the new selections and gotten some good chuckles in the process. After all, having fun is a big part of what this is all about.…
This is the third of four weeks that we are adding 10 new puppets to the website. If you have not been enjoying this, then you only have one more week to endure before we get back to the usual type of article.…
For those of you who don’t receive The Dummy Shoppe newsletter, we are running the blog somewhat in tandem with the newsletter again this week.
Last week we added 10 new characters to the site. Since the long hours did not kill our webmaster Steve Hurst, we thought we would try again (Its a joke Steve).…
Time out from the serious side of the business this week. After much heckling from several of our good friends, we are adding several new puppets to the web site over the next few weeks.
The goal is about 10 per week and if we don’t work Steve Hurst our webmaster to death, the first ten are now up.…