When did ventriloquism die?

[Ptah]

[lapfog_1]

1. when it became reality

Cheney had his hand up Shrub's butt. Putin has his whole arm up Drump's huge ass.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. THIS!!!!

[lapfog_1]

6. My other alternative answer was

with the advent of Jeff Dunham.

[Control-Z]

11. I had to Google him.

I'm thinking I would not hate the whole thing near as much if all the puppets looked like his. At least it's not supposed to resemble a live human.

All those other puppets were pure evil disguised as friendly wood people - every last one of them.

ETA: Your first answer makes good sense.

[rickford66]

2. Right after barrel jumping did.

[Brother Buzz]

22. Back when I was a kid, I was gobsmacked to discover barrel jumping was not....

a Winter Olympic event

[FSogol]

4. Edgar Bergen is a ventriloquist on the radio! Doesn't anyone

See the problem with that?

[Ptah]

7. Edgar Bergen came to my hometown to see a steam tractor.

[LeftInTX]

35. LOL

[Ptah]

36. Ok

[yonder]

13. Mr. Bergen's Charlie McCarthy reminds me of Ted Cruz.

I don't know why, but best left unseen anyway.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

30. +1 Heh heh.

Good point.

[bobbieinok]

32. As a kid I thought he was v funny. As an adult I realized it was nonsense

[Thomas Hurt]

5. This kid wants to bring it back.

[justgamma]

16. She's fantastic!!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

21. Here are all four of her AGT performances

She had been doing ventriloquism for two years when she got the Golden Buzzer at 9 years old.

[TexasBushwhacker]

18. A ventriloquist and a heck of a singer!

[democratisphere]

8. When it became boring as hell frozen over.

[Control-Z]

9. Long after its sell by date, imho.

That is some scary shit for kids. Worse than clowns.

My dad used to call me into the TV room and make me watch whenever one (ventriloquist) came on. Somehow he was under the impression I liked them. And for some inexplicable reason I never corrected him.

[mucifer]

10. Last time I remember was that character on the tv show "Soap"

[CatMor]

12. Not soon enough.

[Lotusflower70]

14. Not sure

I was always creeped out by some of the ventriloquist dummies.

[Laffy Kat]

20. OMG, did you ever see "Magic" with Anthony Hopkins?

YIKES!

[Loki Liesmith]

15. Not soon enough

[dweller]

17. I had a friend who could throw his voice ...

his lips never moved, and the voice and words would seem to come from over my shoulder or across the desk or elsewhere... it was magical 😳

he passed away with flu Yrs ago ... I still remember his talent and miss him

😔

[kimbutgar]

19. On the twilight zone marathon this weekend they had the two Ventriloquist stores on

One with Cliff Robertson and the other Jackie Coogan. Both stories creeped me out. And dont’t forrget the movie Magic with Anthony Hopkins. Those dummies freak people out!

[gratuitous]

37. Jackie Cooper

The guy who played Perry White in the Superman movie, not Uncle Fester from the Addams Family.

The only thing that would make the clown in IT scarier/creepier would be if he had a dummy.

[kimbutgar]

38. I confused my child actors who became adult actors.

I liked both Jackie’s.

[quickesst]

23. If I had a young child....

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.... And they became scared or started crying while watching darci Lynne perform, I would seriously have to question my parenting skills. That's what I would call some scary shit.

Darci Lynne is an incredibly talented young lady, and absolutely deserved to win the AGT competition.

[WePurrsevere]

24. IDK... Jeff Dunham & his crew seem to still...

be pretty popular on the comedy circuit and with Darci Lynne winning AGT I'd say it might even be making a bit of a comeback.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. You tell me. NT

[jberryhill]

26. No YOU'RE the dummy

[mahatmakanejeeves]

28. Now you're putting words in my mouth. NT

[jberryhill]

27. About a week after I got married

[LakeSuperiorView]

29. Well, is Putin's hand up Trump's ass?

[TlalocW]

31. Ventriloquism joke I've told before but updated

Trump is depressed. Nothing is going his way, and he's feeling pressure from all side and feels trapped in the White House. He has to get out just for a few hours. Normally, he wouldn't walk anywhere, but he's desperate. So he disguises himself and slips out of the White House and walks around downtown DC and finds a comedy club. He's bushed and decides to go in. The main act is a ventriloquist, and his routine is nothing but insulting Trump and making jokes about how stupid he is. Trump manages to sit through five minutes of this before he jumps to his feet, rips off his disguise, and yells, "I'm the president, okay? And I don't find what you're doing funny, okay? I think I deserve a little bit more respect than this, okay? You have no class, okay?" The room falls silent, and the ventriloquist says, "I'm sorry, Mister President, we were just..." Trump interrupts him saying, "I'm not talking to you, okay? I'm talking to that little bastard on your knee!"

I've actually studied ventriloquism and will be doing some more this year. I don't think it's dead. It just goes through phases of being popular like magic.

TlalocW

[IcyPeas]

33. Nina Conti is very popular

She is very good too. I think she is more popular in the UK and maybe Canada. (she is the daughter of actor Tom Conti)

[sl8]

39. I like her, too.

I first saw her in the movie For Your Consideration.

[Aristus]

34. 'Cause it's kinda lame?

My wife and I go on cruises every once in a while, and they always have the usual earnest, good-hearted onboard entertainment: song and dance groups, piano soloists, cover bands, stand-up comics, etc. It's almost always passable entertainment, with some eye-rolling acts, like a really cheesy lounge singer act. But everyone is always good-natured about it.

Once, though, the emcee introduced a ventriloquist act, and you could see the flop-sweat apology written on his face. The ventriloquist turned out to be so lame, so bad, that I for one was embarrassed for him. It was excruciating, and it was a relief when it was over.

I don't know how this ever got to be a thing. Ventiloquism is just a really lame form of entertainment.