Winchell, Paul: Ventriloquism for Fun and Profit ©1954 Paul Winchell, Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc. Softcover, perfect-bound, 190 pages Was also printed in Hardcover

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Comments: inspired by Jerry Mahoney

Contents (source - book ToC, Chapters only)

7 Foreword (Ted Mack)
11 Chapter 1 So You Want to be a Ventriloquist
23 Chapter 2 From Witchcraft to Music Halls
29 Chapter 3 The Voice - the Beginning of Ventriloquism
45 Chapter 4 How to Build a Dummy - Part 1
63 Chapter 5 How to Build a Dummy - Part 2
75 Chapter 6 Mechanism for Realism - Part 1, Moving Mouth
92 Chapter 7 Mechanism for Realism - Part 2, Moving Eyes
107 Chapter 8 Painting the Dummy and Building the Body
119 Chapter 9 Synchronization and Manipulation
131 Chapter 10 Additional Manipulation
139 Chapter 11 Character, Costume and Conversation
147 Chapter 12 Routines and Sketches
165 Chapter 13 Just for Fun
175 Chapter 14 For Profit
181 Chapter 15 A Few Conclusions