"one child. Harris had his spleen removed and chemotherapy after a cancer diagnosis in 2013. He subsequently returned to work. The cancer returned in 2014 and he died on 28 April 2015, at the age of 67 at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Keith Harris (ventriloquist) Keith Shenton Harris (21 September 1947 – 28 April 2015) was an English ventriloquist, best known for his television show ""The Keith Harris Show"" (1982–90), audio recordings, and club appearances with his puppets Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey. He had a UK Top 10 hit single in 1982 with ""Orville's Song"" which reached number"
"a ""dummy"". Harris was severely dyslexic at school and began creating ventriloquism characters as a teenager. After appearing in summer seasons at holiday resorts, he had spots on the television series ""Let's Laugh"" (1965). Harris became a popular act on television variety shows, and following a spell as the host of ""The Black and White Minstrel Show"", was given his own show called ""Cuddles and Company"". He appeared several times on BBC TV's long-running show ""The Good Old Days"". Harris' best known creation, Orville the duck, came about after he saw some green fur lying around backstage at a performance"
"Donald Duck talk Donald Duck talk, formally called buccal speech, is an alaryngeal form of vocalization which uses the inner cheek to produce sound rather than the larynx. The speech is most closely associated with the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck whose voice was created by Clarence Nash, who performed it from 1934 to 1984. Nash discovered buccal speech while trying to mimic his pet goat Mary. In his days before Disney, Nash performed in vaudeville shows where he often spoke in his ""nervous baby goat"" voice. Later when he auditioned at Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney interpreted Nash's voice"
"in Jamaica, NY. Jimmy Nelson (ventriloquist) Jimmy Nelson (born December 15, 1928) is an American ventriloquist who appeared on television in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for commercials for Nestlé chocolate featuring Farfel the Dog. He also hosted a children's show sponsored by Nestlé. Jimmy Nelson was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 15, 1928. When he was ten years old, his aunt won a toy ventriloquist's dummy named ""Dummy Dan"" in a Bingo game and gave it to her nephew for Christmas. He learned ventriloquism, and a year later, his father upgraded the dummy's mouth control"
"Jimmy Nelson (ventriloquist) Jimmy Nelson (born December 15, 1928) is an American ventriloquist who appeared on television in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for commercials for Nestlé chocolate featuring Farfel the Dog. He also hosted a children's show sponsored by Nestlé. Jimmy Nelson was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 15, 1928. When he was ten years old, his aunt won a toy ventriloquist's dummy named ""Dummy Dan"" in a Bingo game and gave it to her nephew for Christmas. He learned ventriloquism, and a year later, his father upgraded the dummy's mouth control from a simple"
"Farfel the Dog Farfel the Dog is a hound dog ventriloquist's dummy created by Jimmy Nelson. The Farfel character is best known for television commercials for Nestlé's Quik which ran from 1953 to 1965.An original talking Farfel can be seen at the Chocolate Experience Museum, located at 113 E. Chestnut Street in Burlington, Wisconsin. In 1950, while working a late show in a Wichita, Kansas nightclub with his human dummy Danny O'Day, ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson picked up a stuffed dog left by a patron on the piano, and improvised a low-pitched voice to make it talk. This gave him the"
"The Monkey's Uncle The Monkey's Uncle is a 1965 Walt Disney production starring Tommy Kirk as genius college student Merlin Jones and Annette Funicello (former Mouseketeer from The Mickey Mouse Club) as his girlfriend, Jennifer. The title plays on the idiom ""monkey's uncle"" and refers to a chimpanzee named Stanley, Merlin's legal ""nephew"" (a legal arrangement resulting from an experiment to raise Stanley as a human); Stanley otherwise has little relevance to the plot. Jones invents a man-powered airplane and a sleep-learning system. The film is a sequel to the 1964 film ""The Misadventures of Merlin Jones."" Midvale College is"
"Arthur Worsley Arthur Wilkinson Worsley (16 October 1920 – 14 July 2001) was a ventriloquist who appeared regularly on British television from the 1950s to the 1970s. His act with dummy Charlie Brown had Charlie do all the talking, while Worsley himself remained ""silent"". He was born at Failsworth, near Manchester, Lancashire. At the age of eight he saw a ventriloquist for the first time which gave him the ambition to become a ventriloquist himself. Worsley made his first stage appearance aged 11 at the Casino, Rusholme, Manchester, billed as the """"World's Youngest Ventriloquist"""". His London debut took place four"
"a lineal descendant of Disney's ""Absent Minded Professor"" but it can hardly miss with the young set."" The Monkey's Uncle The Monkey's Uncle is a 1965 Walt Disney production starring Tommy Kirk as genius college student Merlin Jones and Annette Funicello (former Mouseketeer from The Mickey Mouse Club) as his girlfriend, Jennifer. The title plays on the idiom ""monkey's uncle"" and refers to a chimpanzee named Stanley, Merlin's legal ""nephew"" (a legal arrangement resulting from an experiment to raise Stanley as a human); Stanley otherwise has little relevance to the plot. Jones invents a man-powered airplane and a sleep-learning system."
"Ain't That Ducky Ain't That Ducky is a 1945 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Daffy Duck. Daffy has to outwit a hunter after him — and find out what's in the briefcase another duck is carrying around. While Mel Blanc did the voices for the ducks in this cartoon, the hunter was voiced by Victor Moore, a departure from either Blanc or Arthur Q. Bryan. Daffy is taking a bubble bath in a pond when he hears the sobbing of a yellow duckling carrying a satchel. When Daffy politely asks the duckling what is"
"Melissa Duck Melissa Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons and the animated television series ""Baby Looney Tunes"". She is featured as main character Daffy Duck's blonde girlfriend in several cartoon shorts but is only referred to as Melissa in one, ""The Scarlet Pumpernickel"", where she is voiced by Bea Benaderet. In the 1945 cartoon ""Nasty Quacks"", Daffy's owner, a young girl, also becomes the besotted owner of a small, yellow duckling. When a jealous Daffy feeds the duckling growth pills, he is surprised to see it age into"
"the lower half of an audience participant's face and can be manipulated by a hand-piece held by Conti to make it look like the participant is talking. Conti often uses this to put the participant in awkward and funny situations, such as making them say that they want nothing more than to dance in front of the audience, while their body language suggests the opposite. Conti was in a relationship with the comedian and actor Ken Campbell; from him she inherited his collection of ventriloquist dummies. She was married to Andrew ""Stan"" Stanley with whom she has had two children."
"Volus Jones Volus Carson Jones (November 17, 1913 – May 3, 2004) was an American animator. He was best known for his work at the Disney cartoon studio, but amassed credits at numerous other studios including Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation, Harman-Ising Productions, Walter Lantz Productions, Format Films, Hanna-Barbera, Famous Studios and UPA. Jones started his career at Disney, first as an in-between artist before graduating to full animator status in the late 1930s. During his time at the studio he became something of a specialist in animating Donald Duck, earning him the nickname ""The Duck Man"" from his colleagues. He"
"as that of a duck, at which point the idea for Donald Duck came about. Buccal speech was also used by voice actor Red Coffey for the character Quacker in MGM cartoons, and by Jimmy Weldon for the character Yakky Doodle in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Buccal speech is created with one of the buccal or cheek sides of the vocal tract. Both the air chamber and the replacement glottis are formed between the cheek and upper jaw. Buccal speech is produced when a person creates an airbubble between the cheek and the jaw on one side and then uses muscular action"
"Deduce, You Say! Deduce, You Say! is a 1956 Warner Bros. cartoon short of the ""Looney Tunes"" series, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese, with musical arrangements by Milt Franklyn. The title is a play on the exclamation, ""The deuce you say!"" The cartoon features Daffy Duck as the dim-witted detective Dorlock Homes (a parody of Sherlock Holmes) and Porky Pig as his sidekick Watkins (based on Dr. Watson), as they attempt to locate and apprehend the dangerous ""Shropshire Slasher"". Mr. Watkins narrates throughout the cartoon. Dorlock Holmes lives on Beeker Street in London. Inside of their"
"Ralph James Ralph James Torrez (November 29, 1924 – March 14, 1992) was an American voice and character actor who lived in Los Angeles County, California. Although he did voices for the ""Looney Tunes"", James might be remembered best for performing the voice of Mr. Turtle in the classic commercials for Tootsie Pops which ran throughout the 1970s. From 1978 to 1982, he could be heard as Orson, Mork’s (Robin Williams) boss on the Planet Ork, in the live-action TV series ""Mork & Mindy"" (a Happy Days spin-off). In addition, he provided character voice overs in the Pink Panther cartoon"
"finished, his finger slipped off the control, causing the mouth to audibly snap shut, a mistake no ventriloquist should make. Nelson left the audition thinking he had blown it, but was surprised to learn he was hired; in fact, the executives actually liked the mouth-snapping effect and asked that he keep it. This became his trademark as the commercials ran for ten years. When advertising Nestlé's Quik, Danny O'Day would say it ""makes milk taste...like a ""million"""" (dollars), again slowly and pausing for effect. In 2009 Nelson was featured in the ventriloquist comedy documentary ""I'm No Dummy"", directed by Bryan"
"Jules Vernon Jules Vernon (2 April 1867 – 17 May 1937) was an American ventriloquist. He achieved fame through becoming a famed vaudeville performer, specializing in ventriloquism. Vernon was born Walter Lester Pope Knyvette, in East India, as the son of an English officer in the army. He educated at the University of Oxford. Vernon’s act consisted of seven puppet characters who would engage in humorous dialogue with each other as well as Vernon. Although the dialogue undoubtedly provided a major element of the entertainment value in Vernon’s act, further entertainment was derived from his sheer ability to jump from"
"Mel Blanc Melvin Jerome Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor, comedian, singer, and radio personality. After beginning his over 60-year career performing in radio, he became known for his work in animation as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, the Tasmanian Devil and many of the other characters from the ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" theatrical cartoons during the golden age of American animation. He voiced all of"
"of Colorado, and performed his first ""real"" show with his grandfather. Nearly 10 years later, in 1991, Kevin was introduced to Matilda the Cockatoo. After adding Matilda to Clyde he performed as a trio. Johnson is married and lives in nearby Temecula with his wife Cherie and their five children. Including the fabulous Cameron Johnson. Kevin Johnson (ventriloquist) Kevin Johnson (born June 7, 1970) is a professional ventriloquist, comedian, and magician. Born in Colorado, Kevin has been a ventriloquist nearly all his life. Kevin started ventriloquism when he was 9 years old, after his parents gave him a pull-string dummy"
"one skeptical of Big Bird's supposed sadness. Hoots the Owl Hoots the Owl is a fictional character on the children's television program, ""Sesame Street"", performed by Kevin Clash. He was an owl that plays a saxophone. His voice sounds similar to Louis Armstrong. Perhaps his most famous song was ""Put Down the Duckie"" in 1988, a song inspired to help Ernie not squeak while playing his saxophone (to play without holding his rubber duck). Hoots debuted on Sesame Street for the 12th season (1980), but was retired from the show in the 32nd season (2001). Hoots has a saxophone solo"
"are noted for their identical appearances and personalities. A running joke involves the three sometimes even finishing each other's sentences. In the theatrical shorts, Huey, Dewey, and Louie often behave in a rambunctious and mischievous manner, and they sometimes commit retaliation or revenge on their uncle Donald Duck. In the comics, however, as developed by Al Taliaferro and Carl Barks, the young ducks are more usually portrayed as well-behaved, preferring to assist their uncle Donald Duck and great-uncle Scrooge McDuck in the adventure at hand. In the early Barks comics, the ducklings were still wild and unruly, but their character"
"on 9 September 2015 to mark the 30th anniversary of CBBC. Otis the Aardvark Otis the Aardvark was a puppet presenter on Children's BBC. Otis mainly presented the afternoon links on BBC One alongside the main CBBC presenters. Otis was thought to be inspired by the 1992 Children's BBC idents which ended with a voice proclaiming ""Tell that aardvark it's a wrap"". These idents led to much speculation as to what the phrase meant. However, these idents were dropped just before the character of Otis appeared in late 1994. Otis is said to have obtained his name from the OTIS"
"his death. Nash's Donald Duck voice was achieved by what is called buccal speech: an alaryngeal form of vocalization which uses the inner cheek to produce sound rather than the larynx. He first discovered it while trying to mimic his pet goat Mary. In his days before Disney, Nash performed in vaudeville shows where he often spoke in a ""nervous baby goat"" voice. Donald Duck went on to become one of the most famous cartoon characters in the world, a great part of this due to Nash's voice. The voice is distinctive both for its ducklike quality and the fact"
"with guitar (and occasionally, piano) by McTell, would follow based around either the week's story or simply the visiting character. The three of them would also read aloud jokes from the 'Tickle Post', which were usually credited to have been submitted by children from various schools. Pet-shop proprietor Bunny was played by Nerys Hughes, McTell's co-presenter on Alphabet Zoo and several songs from the earlier series were reused in Tickle on the Tum, including ""Kenny the Kangaroo"" and ""Ollie the Otter"". Favourite characters amongst children were bumbling odd-job man Barney Bodger, Mike the Milkman and G.P. Dr Dimple, played by"
"Dr. Quacken (voiced by Jamie Watson) - A tall green duck who wears glasses and a white jacket. He is Ed and Buddy's family doctor. Whenever he gives Buddy the bill, he uses ""duck bill humor"". He loves playing golf, and does not know what club to use on the ninth hole. Eugene Tuttle - A short, green and brown turtle. Eugene is frequently picked on by Mr. Thursty. He lives in a house shaped liked a shell, surrounded by a moat. He is the only reptile in the neighbourhood. He appears infrequently compared to everybody else in the neighborhood,"
"Chuckles the Clown Chuckles the Clown is a fictional character on ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"" (CBS, 1970–1977). His character is best known for his off-camera death in the episode ""Chuckles Bites the Dust"". Chuckles was known for his popular philosophy in verse: ""A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"". His real name was George Bowerchuck (although Lou Grant refers to him as ""Chuck"" in the episode ""Who's In Charge Here?""). He had a wife named Louise, and a daughter, Betty, who was briefly romantically involved with Ted Baxter. Chuckles The Clown was the popular"
"""ALF"" (the episode ""I'm Your Puppet""), and ""Doctor Who"" in different episodes. Literary examples of frightening ventriloquist dummies include Gerald Kersh's ""The Horrible Dummy"" and the story ""The Glass Eye"" by John Keir Cross. Ventriloquism Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) changes his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop, known as a ""dummy"". The act of ventriloquism is ventriloquizing, and the ability to do so is commonly called in English the ability to ""throw"" one's voice. Originally, ventriloquism was a"
"Otis the Aardvark Otis the Aardvark was a puppet presenter on Children's BBC. Otis mainly presented the afternoon links on BBC One alongside the main CBBC presenters. Otis was thought to be inspired by the 1992 Children's BBC idents which ended with a voice proclaiming ""Tell that aardvark it's a wrap"". These idents led to much speculation as to what the phrase meant. However, these idents were dropped just before the character of Otis appeared in late 1994. Otis is said to have obtained his name from the OTIS Elevator in the CBBC building at BBC Television Centre. Dave Chapman"
"article for ""The Hollywood Reporter"". During his suspension, Avery was hired by MGM. A similar line had been allowed in ""Daffy Duck and Egghead"" (1938, coincidentally also directed by Avery). Just before launching into his own take on ""The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"", Daffy Duck tells the audience, ""Hold your seats, folks, here we go again!"" Daffy also says ""Here we go again!"" at the end of ""Along Came Daffy"" (1947). The Heckling Hare The Heckling Hare is a Merrie Melodies cartoon, released on July 5, 1941 and featuring Bugs Bunny and a dopey dog named Willoughby. The cartoon was directed"
"Birthday"". There was an adaptation story to the cartoon called ""Mrs. Cackles's Corn"" from . There are a couple of differences like instead of Donald Duck and Peter Pig, they use Daniel Duck and Podgo Pig in the story, the hen is called Mrs. Cackle, and Clara Cluck is telling the story. The Wise Little Hen The Wise Little Hen is a Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies cartoon, based on the fairy tale ""The Little Red Hen"". This cartoon marked the debut of Donald Duck, dancing to the Sailor's Hornpipe. Donald and his friend Peter Pig try to avoid work by"
"Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck and Other Children's Favorites Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck and Other Children’s Favorites is a 12-inch LP album of folk songs for children recorded by Burl Ives (vocal and guitar) for Columbia Records between 1949 and 1951. The label, in 1950, crafted a ""shared"" 10-inch children's LP. On side one, Hollywood actor Victor Jory narrated ""Tubby the Tuba"", while side two featured Burl Ives performing seven tunes under the title ""."" The catalog number was JL 8103. One year earlier, ""Animal Fair: Songs for Children"" had been presented separately on a two-disc 78-rpm"
"Mock Turtle The Mock Turtle is a fictional character devised by Lewis Carroll from his popular book ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". Its name is taken from a dish that was popular in the Victorian period, mock turtle soup. Carroll enjoyed such puns on Victorian fashions and etiquette, and showed this frequently. The description and drawing by John Tenniel gives comedic value to the Mock Turtle, as he is clearly an assemblage of creatures, therefore not a real turtle as his name rightly suggests. Alice encounters the Mock Turtle with the Gryphon. The Mock Turtle is a very melancholic character, because"