There are many ways in which Dr. Petunia Ashley Ottersby is not like the other MDs at London Children’s Hospital in Ontario.

The moment British ventriloquist and America’s Got Talent winner Paul Zerdin told me about an annual, world-renowned ventriloquism convention in Kentucky, I was intrigued. Were there really enough ...

They may not have the creepy, vaguely human faces of ventriloquist dummies, but sock puppets are capable of plenty of mayhem in Patrick Smith‘s short film Puppet. Just don’t let them get their soft, ...

At the end of the new Netflix documentary Being Eddie, Eddie Murphy receives a package he’s visibly excited to open. “Oh, I know what this is. Those are ventriloquist dummies,” he says, before ...

A ventriloquist brings his puppet onto the subway and uses it to break the ice with strangers. The results? Surprising, funny, and totally unexpected.

Ventriloquist Brenda Stelzer and her puppet George Henry entertain every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mel's Diner in Naples, Florida. Stelzer will be speaking at the Vent Haven International ...

COURTESY TERRY FATOR Ventriloquist Terry Fator got his big break as a contestant on the TV show "America’s Got Talent." Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a ...

We often think of puppets at work, slinging wisecracks (“And they say I’m the dummy!”) and speaking in a high-register chirp. Jay Johnson, whose new Broadway show, The Two and Only!, is playing at the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nancy Berk, Ph.D is a writer and psychologist covering entertainment. But ventriloquism and puppet fever have gone beyond prime ...

Hundreds of eyes stare at me. Unblinking lifeless eyes. A bit unsettling. But, of course, what gave life to these unmoving creatures were the talented ventriloquists behind them. “This is the only ...

A ventriloquist brings his puppet onto the subway and uses it to break the ice with strangers. The results? Surprising, funny ...