The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Ventriloquism

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Ventriloquism teaches everyone to speak from their bellies, create and substitute sounds, use all the registers of their voice, and create diversions to attract the listener’s ear-whether they invest in a fancy puppet or create their own figure out of a sweat sock.

• Includes tips for making, manipulating, and talking with your puppet
• Advice for getting an act together and taking it on the road-getting gigs, getting paid, and how to improve performances
• How to write dialogue and jokes and rehearsal techniques

How to Become a Ventriloquist

This easy-to-follow manual, designed especially for aspiring amateur ventriloquists, offers expert advice from an internationally renowned performer.

Edgar Bergen reveals the secrets of his trade, sharing helpful tips on “near” ventriloquism, the doll-dummy, hand puppets, shadowgraphs and cardboard dummies.

48 illustrations enhance this definitive guide from a master of the art.

Ventriloquism Made Easy

Learn how to throw your voice. Make your hand talk, your shoe sing, and your mother-in-law shut-up!

Everyone will be tongue-tied when you start talking to the lamp shade and it talks back! Ventriloquism, as taught in this book, is easy to learn if you follow a few simple rules. Anybody can do it! And it’s so fun that once you start, you’ll be talking to yourself for hours. This book explains how to use standard puppets as well as novelty figures such as balloon animals and gym socks.

Includes 22 complete comedy dialogs to get you started. All outrageously funny.

Ventriloquism – Magic with Your Voice

One of the world’s most famous magicomedians and ventriloquists discusses every aspect of his art, revealing a wealth of insider’s tricks on how to throw your voice.

George Schindler shows how to cultivate a variety of voices and offers helpful suggestions for putting an act together, developing comedy material and scripts, and handling bookings and publicity.

Includes 38 figures and photos.

Talk to the Hand

The teacher doesn’t believe you even have a dog. Your parents know there is no other sibling to blame it on. And your best friend suddenly isn’t.

Now kids have the perfect answer for anything they don’t want to deal with: In “Talk to the Hand!” the authors provide all the various uses for the hand puppet as well as sample scenarios kids will encounter – dealing with parents, teachers, friends, siblings, homework, TV, video games, getting more pocket money etc.

They even included eyeballs to furnish your creation.

Jeff Dunham – All by My Selves

His YouTube videos have been viewed more than 400 million times by fans all over the world. He has played to sold-out venues across North America, Europe, South Africa and Australia. He has sold more than six million DVDs, Forbes has ranked him in their Celebrity 100 list of most powerful entertainers for two years running, and he has been the top touring comedian in the United States for the last two years.

All by My Selves is the story of one pretty ordinary guy, one interesting hobby, one very understanding set of parents, and a long and winding road to becoming America’s favourite comedian. With wit, honesty, and lots of great show business detail, Jeff shares all the major moments in his journey. From the toy dummy he spotted at a toy store when he was 8 years old to playing to arenas filled with screaming fans, Jeff takes readers behind the curtain to explain how he turned an old fashioned art form into something truly modern and hip.

Best of all, Jeff’s story is accompanied by asides and interruptions from his characters-who share all the hilarious details Jeff himself is too embarrassed to include.

Terry Fator – Who’s the Dummy Now?

Terry Fator overcame many odds – an abusive father, a peripatetic and isolated childhood, and decades of struggles – before winning America’s Got Talent.

In one year, he went from being a struggling entertainer to appearing on Oprah, Letterman and Ellen to sold-out shows in Las Vegas and signed as the major headliner on the Strip in Las Vegas at The Mirage.

This is the story of the man with the million-dollar voice.

Naveen Sridhar – A Complete Guide To Ventriloquism

Yes, you can!

With the help of this book, you can learn the right way to become a ventriloquist.

You also learn to attend to the reality of stage and performance conditions. You get highly relevant information, which will contribute to a large extent, to your success. This book is one of its kind in being a course book and a source book at the same time.

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