Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are 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 2010 by Dan Willinger
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Sammy King and POPPA, a soft figure (latex) created by Sammy King and made by Rey Ortega. These heads are for sale in raw stages for those interested in customizing an Old Man character of their own.
Sammy sent this picture to us at Ventriloquist Central to share with you. If you’d like more information about this Old Man character, you can contact Sammy via his website: http://www.sammyking.com
Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are 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 2010 by Dan Willinger
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My webmaster, Steve Hurst, has done it again. Not only does he keep VentriloquistCentral.com up and running as well as many other websites, but he just finished a new one (actually he’s finished two, but more about that in a few days).
Our friends Steve & JET, makers of fine soft puppets from the Dummy Shoppe, hired Steve to build their website and it’s quite impressive.
Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are 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 2010 by Dan Willinger
NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to:webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com
For quite some time now there have been a deluge of Muppet puppets listed on eBay by a maker from the United States and then there are other soft figures with the listing of Ventriloquist in the title made in England and they list them by the hundreds. I have no problem with these being labeled as Muppets and or puppets but why do they use the word ventriloquist when in fact that is not what they are.
The Muppets in no way were ever used as a ventriloquist figure. The puppeteers were never visible and no one was ever seen throwing their voice. The characters all moved by way of a puppeteer and voices were all their own. Jim Henson was a wonderful puppeteer and he never ever used the words ventriloquist or ventriloquism when talking about his creations.
I really hate it to see so many listing which flood the ventriloquism pages of eBay when in fact they are not ventriloquist puppets. Just an observation by a ventriloquist figure collector!!
Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are 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 2010 by Dan Willinger
NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to:webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com
Here is some wonderful information that was sent into by Rey Ortega. I met Rey on Facebook after I had seen his video. I was blown away.
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Rey is a very talented ventriloquist and build his owns puppets and figures. He also has other talents as well. Here’s what Rey sent us:
I started ventriloquism at the age of five, Paul Winchell was my hero. I began performing professionally at 13 and was the first ventriloquist to appear on Chuck Barris’ The Gong Show.
I was hired at age 15 to do the TV pilot. Currently I perform with my wife Kiyomi in The Wisdom Tree Native American Storytelling Program which we began 11 years ago. We perform at Elementary schools throughout CA.
Kiyomi is the storyteller, I play Native American Flutes, Dance the Pueblo Hoop Dance, and perform with six different Vent figures, five of which I built myself. My oldest figure is JC, custom built for me by Jack Coates in 1973. He still looks great!
I build re-creations of Mayan and Aztec ceremonial clay flutes and perform along the Mayan Caribbean during the summer. I make and play the bamboo flute and have 3 self produced CDS of my music.
Last, I’ve recently began performing my Vent act for corporate events and aiming toward cruise ships. My new website is up, but still under construction. It should be complete by the end of the week,www.reyortegaentertainment.com
Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are 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 2010 by Dan Willinger
NOTE: You may use this blog article provided you run it with the bio box intact. Please email a copy of your publication with the blog article in it to: webmaster@ventriloquistcentral.com
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