The puppet speaks. I listen. (Soundbite of music) (Soundbite from background noise) DAVEY: This is Science Friday. I’m Dave Tyree. CORNISH: I’m Tovia Smith. TAYLOR: Hi, it’s Tovia Smith. CORNISH: It’s a pleasure to haveRead More

If you get the letters wrong, you have nothing to say. “You don’t say the letter M, and you definitely don’t say ‘M’s,’ because those are the words you think ‘M’s’ are to be pronounced.Read More

Ventriloquism is also referred to as French speaking voodoo, English bough-mocking and ventriloquism. Did the first recorded ventriloquist perform a ventriloquist act? No. In 1905, John W. Flesher patented his ventriloquist act, and on AprilRead More

I would love to hear it. I don’t even want to know if it’s fake. You’re more than welcome to post about it, and if I think it’s fake, I won’t be sorry! If you’veRead More

The answer is yes! If you practice a little bit, you will master it. It’s just a matter of time. Here are some tips to help you out: Look in the mirror and do yourRead More

The show hasn’t shown up on Netflix since June 20th, but it’s on the way back. And if you’ve found any of our stories by now to be of particular interest, it appears they areRead More

She’s the girl next door. She’s a neighbor in the middle of nowhere, or the only female you know. What’s on her ventriloquist’s dummy is that she’s living just like you and me. In someRead More

The only way you would do that would be to create one yourself. You would put the puppet in a place to be puppeted, and then you could make puppets of it. With all theRead More

There are two things I do. First, I do a very quick one hand curl up a barbell. With the barbell I do it really fast. Usually I can hit a 60kg weight at 5-6Read More

“How do you talk with a puppet?” is an important question in a puppet show. We want to establish our character. Our character is a puppet. We want to establish our backstory. We want toRead More