sketches inspired by a New York Times article on a Ventriloquist Dummy Museum and visuals from the book "Dummy Days"
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a selection of visuals, new & old...
- Vince M
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- All original art and editorial copy is TM & © by Vince Musacchia
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- Cartoon Brew
- Comix & Cartoonz
- Mr. Bhob Stewart
- Mr. Brian Postman
- Mr. Craig Mackay
- Mr. Dan Beltran
- Mr. Eric Hutchison
- Mr. Eric Tan
- Mr. Harvey Kurtzman
- Mr. Jeff Shelly
- Mr. Jim Hopkins
- Mr. John Kricfalusi
- Mr. Kelvin Nguyen
- Mr. Luis Vega
- Mr. Mark Evanier
- Mr. Matt Cruickshank
- Mr. Matt Jones
- Mr. Max Calo
- Mr. Mort Drucker
- Mr. Oscar Grillo
- Mr. Patrick Owsley
- Mr. Pedro Astudillo
- Mr. Peter Emmerich
- Mr. Robert Dress
- Mr. Robert Griggs
- Mr. Ron Velasco
- Mr. Ryan Astamendi
- Mr. Thomas Fluharty
- Ms. Dorota Kotarba Mendes
- Ms. Elizabeth Eadie
- Ms. Jennifer Long
- Ms. Kimberly Zamlich
- Ms. Nicolette Davenport
- Ms. Olga Mosqueda
- Ms. Stacey Aoyama
- Ms. Whitney Pollett
- The Drawing Club
4 comments:
Hey fun. I knew the first one is Mortimer Snerd without the ident, but the other two I'm not sure. Is that Charlie with a hat and in a disguise? Actually the bottom one could be Jerry Mahoney.
You're right about Edgar Bergen's "Mortimer Snerd" at the top, Jim.
The middle one is a Senor Wences character named "Pedro", who was a head in a box. Pedro was originally a normal vent dummy, body and all, but an off-stage shipping accident left only the head in working condition. So Senor Wences stuck the head in a box and a new act was born. Wences was a regular on the Ed Sullivan show, appearing 28 times.
The bottom dummy is named "Velvel". And even though he appeared on TV a lot I never warmed up to him. He didn't have half of the personality of Jerry Mahoney.
Ah. I never got a good look at Pedro so that explains it. He usually came out for 3 seconds and then "Close de door". I now see the telltale hinges in your drawing. You might be interested in this -still a fun act:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJiYZ6QIAtY
I don't know Velvel at all. I'm guessing he's a TV act from the 50s?
I'm guessing he began his career in the Catskills, hence the yiddish sounding name.
"S'allright!!"
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