ventriloquist
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And to consider her as existing separate from her creators is like imagining that the ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy could have a career, and an agent, separate from the real performer Edgar Bergen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Being a magician in a movie is a bit like being a ventriloquist on the radio: What’s the point?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
So when their sons initially insisted on trying to become actors, both Rick and his wife, Jeanine — who was an amateur ventriloquist — reacted positively.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
Over the past four years it is alleged that she manipulated the mayor in person and by phone with remarkable ventriloquist skills.
From BBC ● May 26, 2024
About fifteen minutes into the show, popular ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wooden dummy Charlie McCarthy finished their comedy skit.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
At Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, visitors could see America’s first aquarium, a menagerie of exotic animals, performances by magicians and ventriloquists, and waxworks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
They went to ogle dioramas and marvel at ventriloquists, glass blowers and a troupe of 200 “educated” white rats.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
“Representation is what got me into puppetry,” said Piphus Peace, explaining that watching performances by Judy Buch and Liz VonSeggen, both female ventriloquists, motivated her.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
The show was host to many imaginative puppeteers and ventriloquists, including Señor Wences, the Bill Baird Puppets and the pre-“Sesame Street” Muppets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2021
I turned my head and talked sideways out of my mouth like one of those ventriloquists.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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