ventriloquist

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

A 1978 portrait of the star by the artist Richard Stone went for £15,000, while his ventriloquist dummy Charlie achieved £6,200, twice its highest estimate, during the two-day event.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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

On Tuesday’s episode of “America’s Got Talent,” in which Mandel judges alongside Vergara, the panelists were watching an act from ventriloquist Brynn Cummings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

The Mercury’s radio dramas weren’t as popular as the programs featuring comedian Jack Benny, ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy, or Major Bowes and his Amateur Hour performers.

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

At first, she did not take puppeteer classes or workshops, but instead learned how to mimic the ventriloquists she watched on VHS tapes at home.

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