Dummies, puppets, inanimate objects and unsuspecting bystanders become part of the wild world Trefzger and her comical partners create.

Young performers have been using TikTok to show off their ventriloquism, but are using inanimate objects or imaginary characters instead of the traditional dummies ...

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Their collection holds about 1,000 dummies and puppets along with a massive library, written archive, photograph collection, and magazines, publications, all the kinds of things that go along with ...

Many of the ventriloquists whose dummies and puppets are among the almost 1,000 on display are no longer around. But the pint-sized partners still sit, as though waiting for someone to make them ...

Witchcraft While many people believe that making dummies and puppets talk requires magic and witchcraft, Gichen says this is not so. Instead, it's an art and science that requires passion and talent.

Witchcraft While many people believe that making dummies and puppets talk requires magic and witchcraft, Gichen says this is not so. Instead, it's an art and science that requires passion and talent.