Ventriloquist Central - A Tribute To Ventriloquism

Wow how the time just flies by. Here we are at Thanksgiving and last week it was the fourth of July. I don’t understand it but as you get older the time goes into hyper speed. Just blink and another month is gone, Turn around and a year has past.

Well here we are again at Thanksgiving and I just want to say to everyone from both Steve Hurst and myself we wish you and your families and all of your friends a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving. Just remember to keep some Tums nearby because you know you are going to eat too much!!

Happy Thanksgiving,

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2008 by Dan Willinger

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I’ve heard comments from ventriloquists who think that of all the figures the McElroy brothers created, the so called “Troll” is their least favorite.

I have to say I really like this little guy. Check out this video:

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Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2008 by Dan Willinger

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Plagiarism is one thing that really urks me. I have often wondered how people can take someone else’s words and pass them off as their own. We have seen this repeatedly in ventriloquism with stealing of jokes and routines. Johnny Main, rest his soul, performed at the Vent Haven convention and the next year others were doing his schtik so he never performed on stage there again.

I myself was pleasantly surprised to find I had been plagiarized today buy someone selling a figure on ebay. He actually took my add copy for a ventriloquist figure I am selling and used it to describe his own figure. I did in fact email to let him know it upset me but I am sure he will leave it up.

I just found this interesting and thought I would share my thoughts with everyone.

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2008 by Dan Willinger

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Back in 2006, when Steve and I decided to put together this website, we never imagined how popular Ventriloquist Central would become. Sure, we wanted to supply everyone with information dealing with ventriloquists and ventriloquism, but didn’t think it would take off the way it has. In fact, below is proof:

This is a screen shot of just one of the tools Steve uses to see how the site is doing. It’s a tool called Google Insights and as you can see for the past two years, Ventriloquist Central is “breaking out” in the rising searches category.

We just want to say a big ‘THANK YOU” to all of you who support and visit this website. We’re glad you are enjoying Ventriloquist Central.

Also, you may have noticed that we are starting to accept sponsorship (or advertising) on this site. Even though we started Ventriloquist Central as a “labor of love” the popularity of the site has started to create extra costs for us to keep it going.

If you want to get on board with our popularity and advertise your goods or services, please take time to check out this page:

Sponsorship Opportunities

Once again, thanks so much for all your support.

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2008 by Dan Willinger

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Here is a comment we received from one of our faithful readers, Bill Smith:

The very first thing I did on your site was to listen to the Ray Guyll interview where in he said what a great thing you are doing with your site for vent. All I can say is, that was a TREMENDOUS understatement! WOW!! I’ll NEVER have enough time in my whole LIFE to savor all the WONDERFUL items!! God bless you for all your hard work & dedication to this BEAUTIFUL art form! Hope to meet you at the ConVENTion next year. This was my first in 18 years!! I was like a kid at Christmas! Met SO many wonderful folks! EVEN met a man & his wife from here in Syracuse N.Y.!! Ya’ never know! Keep up the great work!
Bill Smith

Bill was also kind enough to share some of his memorabilia collection of Senor Wences items. First up are pictures of 45 rpm records and sleeves of Senor Wences:

Plus, he sent along the audio of both sides of this record for you to enjoy:

Click here for “Deefeecult for you - Easy for me”

Click here for “’S - all right- — ‘S - all right!”

Last but certainly not least, Bill sent a picture of him and his little friend, “Wally”, plus as he states, “Last but by NO means least, is my FAVORITE photo! Senor Wences & I at the testimonial that Al Getler organized & held at the Ramada Inn in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, on April 2nd, 1989.”

Bill, thanks for the wonderful comments about Ventriloquist Central. We (Steve and I) never tire of getting these comments. We work hard to provide as much information as we can for ventriloquists and those that love the art of ventriloquism.

AND, thanks so much for sharing your Senor Wences memorabilia with everyone.

Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com

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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. His collection of ventriloquist figures now numbers over 100 figures of which there are over 50 Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com

Copyright 2008 by Dan Willinger

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