POSITIONS of the ventriloquist.

To me it doesn’t matter if you are the greatest ventriloquist in the world once I see your arm sticking out the back working the doll dummy, that’s wright DOLL DUMMY because now that’s what it is to me, I am out! I seen Edgar Bergen lips moving but he still kept me hooked in to the world of make believe, he provided an escape from the real world into the world of imagination, Charlie McCarthy was a character created by Edgar Bergen that I still watch today, when a ventriloquist turn the ventriloquist figure head in a complete circle I am done with the ventriloquist act but when Edgar Bergen did it with Charlie McCarthy just a couple times I stayed hooked in to the world of imagination,me believing Charlie McCarthy was not being hurt in the world of imagination,I think when Bergen did it he warned the audience beforehand and made it fun, this is what happened.. a actress asked Charlie if he could do this,then the actress turns in a full circle and Charlie McCarthy head turn in a full circle after her, when other ventriloquists do this bit or skit, it’s used as a punchline,this punchline might get you laughs but it takes all the magic away and remember this… ventriloquists are magicians also…..the notes on this subject of the ventriloquist positions are stand shoulder to shoulder with your little ventriloquist partner so the audience doesn’t see your arm moving in the back, I must say that I am not the only ventriloquist don’t think that the ventriloquist figure head should be turned backwards or in a full circle,I have seen a few professional ventriloquists in teaching say the same but my thing is the arm,I don’t know what it is, when I see the ventriloquist arm moving in the back of the figure it takes all the fun out, it’s like a couple years back a mid evil time show had a Pepsi or cola can sitting on a table in the film, people were very vocal about that, I think the name of the movie was “Thor” not quite sure but my point is your audience is your audience for a reason.please note Watch your ventriloquist positions on the stage, maybe sit or stand but what ever you choose remember you are a magician, don’t let your audience see your secret.. ln this part I want to share a true story about being a ventriloquist and studying the art of a magician, when I was a very young boy Sammy and I would do storytime at preschools theses preschool shows lead to shows for birthday parties,one-day I did a birthday party where the mother was so,so, I don’t know, okay, here is what happened… so I am packing up after the show has ended and the birthday child mother and father approach me as I’m packing up,Sammy is sitting on top of his ventriloquist trunk,the father is saying to me your really good, I really enjoy the show, the mother is looking at Sammy as if, I don’t know,she touched Sammy hand,the mother asked me is he real? then she asked me do he talk to me by himself, I looked at the mother and father and the father carried his wife away. I will never forget that day, DAMN I’M GOOD! ps: you ventriloquists nowadays talk too much.