Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for November 14, 2024

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!

Did this ever happen to Jeff Dunham?

Can anyone in the audience read that sign?

You might find the Line in the warp or weave of the sock. If the Sock puppet drops a stitch, will it leave the audience laughing?

Mental health breakdown?

Okay, I’m beginning to seriously worry about Corky now.

Perhaps ventriloquists have the same reputation as Italian folks do…they talk with their hands :0)

Go with ‘NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition.’ Always a promising start.

See? YOU didn’t anticipate that, now did you?

Must be during the writers strike

Just wing it!

Can fondly recollect once knowing an awesome Librarian named Mary S. which some times had summer time paper projects and puppet shows for kids in grade school. Those water color days were much simpler and fun.

Lamb Chop

This reminds me of a true story that is somewhat related. Remember Farfel, the puppet dog on the “N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle’s makes the very best – choc’late.” commercials from 1955-1965? Remember how he snaps his wooden jaws after saying “choc’late”? Well, that snap was a big no-no among puppeteers. What happened was that ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson was nervous during his audition before Nestle executives and his sweaty finger slipped off the mouth control. The Nestle executives liked that, so he kept it in the commercials and the rest is history.

I saw a ventriloquist once, he was lousy, but the dummy was great