Vent Haven: The Ventriloquist Dummy Museum

[The New Nonsense]

Wow. Did anyone know about this place? A ventriloquist dummy museum....talk about creepy. I especially like the rumor,

"it was in an old theater, where visitors stood on stage and looked out at rows of seats filled with nothing but hundreds of staring dummies."

What a great image! If anyone is interested, here is a link about it:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attra...venthaven.html

[Dr. Locrian]

Um... wow. Wow.

What a find. It's like the inside of a nightmare. Nothing's scarier (and more mesmerizing) to this professional ventriloquist than a room full of the little darlings. Thanks a ton for that link, Kevin.

[Dr. Locrian]

Additionally, the curator of the museum, Lisa Sweasy (who hates the supposed bad rap vent figures have received in movies like Magic), might be interested to know that my interest in ventriloquism came solely from one source: my obsessive fear of them. And, even after all these years, I'm still doing the occasional vent show (and, no, I still will not sleep in the room with my "pal", Reggie McRascal).

[bendk]

I never knew such a place existed. Thanks for sharing this info, New Nonsense.

The closest I got to something like that was when me and my girlfriend went to a sock monkey exhibit at the Akron Art Museum; but that was more pathos than the creeps.

I especially like the Slappy the Zombie dummy. What a great schtick!

They shouldn't tell you about a 'grinning red monkey dummy' that would fetch $30,000 on ebay and not show him to you.

Did I detect a Michael Jackson dummy? It almost looks life-like, just like him.

I have the opposite opinion of the curator of the museum about the dummy movies. I liked 'Magic' with Anthony Hopkins and I thought 'Dummy' with Adrien Brody stunk.

I heard Shari Lewis and Lamb Chops have an autobiography coming out this year. I think it is called 'I Have a Special Sock for My Hand' - but I could be wrong.

[barrywood]

Hi Kevin:

Yes, the site is exciting, elegant, and spooky. Even on the website, a presence hovers.

How'd ever think there'd be such a place.

My sister have me a two-foot dummy several years ago and I used to keep it in the closet of my building. Now I keep it in a wooden cabinet.

The website is interesting and thanks for sharing, Kevin.

Barry