http://ventriloquistcentral.com/blog/ventriloquist-paul-winchell-and-jerry-mahoney/ A Tribute To Ventriloquism Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:36:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://ventriloquistcentral.com/blog/ventriloquist-paul-winchell-and-jerry-mahoney/#comment-563 Lee Dean Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:34:05 +0000 http://ventriloquistcentral.com/blog/ventriloquist-paul-winchell-and-jerry-mahoney/#comment-563 Great Lester had a great sense of humor and comedy. See, "Stepfather to Charlie McCarthy" article in Coronet magazine on Tribute site. At age 20 en route to Germany, Lester stopped an ocean liner by man overboard call for help on a $100 bet. Edgar Bergen acknowledged on one of his early broadcasts with Rudy Vallee that Lester was greatest ventriloquist he had ever known. It is also pointed out in the article that Charlie McCarthy came from the same workshop that produced all of Lester's figures, which would include Frank Byron, Jr., genius being Frank Marshall who fathered these articulate personalties. Coronet for March 1945 issue, pp 116-117. Great Lester had a great sense of humor and comedy. See, “Stepfather to Charlie McCarthy” article in Coronet magazine on Tribute site. At age 20 en route to Germany, Lester stopped an ocean liner by man overboard call for help on a $100 bet. Edgar Bergen acknowledged on one of his early broadcasts with Rudy Vallee that Lester was greatest ventriloquist he had ever known. It is also pointed out in the article that Charlie McCarthy came from the same workshop that produced all of Lester’s figures, which would include Frank Byron, Jr., genius being Frank Marshall who fathered these articulate personalties. Coronet for March 1945 issue, pp 116-117.

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