1. By: Abhishek Shah 7.3

2.  Ventriloquism is the art of "throwing" one's voice in
such a way that the sound seems to come from a
source other than the speaker. A dummy or doll is
commonly used to assist in the deception, with the
ventriloquist moving the dummy's mouth while
speaking through closed lips.

3.  Ventriloquism got its start in the ancient times, around the sixth
century BC. It was supposedly believed to be a way to
communicate with the dead.
 The first known ventriloquist of this type was Louis Brabant.
 He was in the court of the French King Francis the First.
 It became a widespread belief that the spirits of the dead went
to the stomachs of the prophets and continued to exist there.
 This belief helped the prophets to foretell the future, and made
the people believe that the spirits were speaking from his or her
belly.
 The spirit would make its replies from the priest's belly while the
priest's facial expression and lips remained fixed, to show the
illusion.

4.  Theorigin of the word "ventriloquism," is a
blend of two Latin words: "Ventre" (the belly)
Ventre
and "Loqui" (to speak). Thus ventriloquists
Loqui
were originally known as "belly speakers."

5.  Substitution of some specific sounds (or combinations thereof) by others that
sound similar, but need no lip or chin movement.
 Avoidance of those sounds which cannot easily be substituted. This is feasible
because the text to be spoken is known to the artist in advance, and he therefore
can choose synonyms for difficult words.
 Keeping one's mouth almost closed (with the lips frozen in a 'keep smiling'
position), which serves to hide movements of the tongue.
 Hiding the movements of the chest while breathing;
 Distraction of the audience, which in itself consists of two elements:
 Gesturing with some fancy puppet, which the audience is made to believe to be
the originator;
 Significant changes in the pitch of the speaker's voice, seemingly to better fit
together with the puppet and to distinguish between a multitude of them, but
mainly to cover the sounds that have been replaced. People will more easily
forgive a puppet for using a somewhat weird pronunciation.

6. Sound Replacement
b soft 'd' or 'g'
very soft 'th', with the tongue Sound Example Treatment
f retracted a little back from 'th' to the pp supper avoid, or try a soft 'dd'
'h' position
mp ampersand avoid
m 'ng' like in 'singing'
avoid, sometimes 'kl' will
pl replace
do
'kh' or a sound halfway between 'd'
and 't', spoken with the tongue ps lips avoid, or try 'ts' or 'ks'
p
touching not the teeth, but the upper avoid, sometimes 'sk'
sp speak
gums. Difficult at word beginnings might work
qu quantity one more 'th' derivative
v another form of 'th' gh laughing same as 'f', replaced by 'th'
yet another 'th' variation, even softer
w
than the 'f' substitute
'ng', ie: same as 'm' alone, forget
mb
about the 'b' in there

7.  Cindy Robinson  Keith Harris
 Edgar Bergen  Jay Johnson
 Charlie McCarthy  Kevin Johnson
 Mortimer Snerd  The Great Lester
 Effie Klinker  Ronn Lucas
 Shari Lewis  Sandy Powell
 Lamb Chop  Carla Rhodes
 Jeff Dunham  David Strassman
 Terry Fator  Jez Rose
 Ray Alan  Fred Russell
 Peter Brough  Saveen
 Nina Conti  Ian Saville
 Otto & George  David Strassman
 Tom Crowl  Max Terhune
 Roger De Courcey  Willie L. Brown
 Shirley Dinsdale  Willie Tyler
 Jim Barber  Meghan Miller
 Wayne Federman  Jules Vernon
 Wayland Flowers  Señor Wences
 Ramdas Padhye  Paul Winchell
 Terry Hall  Arthur Worsle
 Paul Zerdin  Satyajit Padhye
 Dan Horn  Karl Jeffery

8.  1939: You Can't Cheat an Honest Man - W.C. Fields comedy with Bergen &
McCarthy
 1964: Devil Doll - Horror (British); Bryant Haliday plays an evil
ventriloquist/hypnotist
 1978: Magic - "A Terrifying Love Story" starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-
Margret
 1988: Pin: A Plastic Nightmare - Canadian "low-budget descendant of
Psycho" (IMDb)
 1988: Child's Play - Horror; first in the Chucky series
 1990: Child's Play 2
 1991: Child's Play 3
 1995: The Dummy - Horror; director Dante Falconi
 1998: Bride of Chucky
 1999: Cradle Will Rock - true drama of politics and art in the 1930's; Bill
Murray is a vent
 2000: The Dummy - Horror; writer/director Steve Singleton
 2002: Dummy - Adrien Brody plays a ventriloquist; writer/director Greg
Pritikin
 2004: Seed of Chucky
 2005: Dummy - Low-budget horror; writer/director Matthew Graves

10.  1949: Studio One (The Rival Dummy)
 1950: The Edgar Bergen Show Featuring Charlie McCarthy
 1956: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (And So Died Riabouchinska)
 1957: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (The Glass Eye)
 1962: Twilight Zone (The Dummy)
 1964: Twilight Zone (Caesar and Me)
 1977-1981: Soap
 1990: Tales from the Crypt (The Ventriloquist's Dummy)
 1990-1991: What a Dummy

11.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=_TDAuSLqnpA&feature=related
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3NB4hUUoGDw&feature=related

12. Reference Date
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31-08-09
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31-08-09
http://www.leapfrog-entertainment.com/Artists/Big/GeneC/Gene.jpg
1-09-09
http://www.alstevens.com/ventriloquism/pics/fred/00jayjay1.jpg
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3-09-09
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http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/e2c4d58f/arts_feature-36601.jpeg
3-09-09

13.  Thank You Ms. Antra for your help, guidance,
inspiration and cooperation.

14. I Ibet you have
bet you have
enjoyed my belly
enjoyed my belly
What
What talk presentation!
talk presentation!
presentation?
presentation?
I Ithought you were
thought you were
talking about me?
talking about me?
No, I Iwas
No, was
talking about
talking about
my skills!
my skills!
No, mine !!
No, mine !!