Fifties years later I found a site for nice quality dummies.
I wanted something unusual, something out of the norm. No, not Charlie McCarthy, no Howdy Doody, no Mortimer Snerd. Okay here is a blue eyed Emmett Kelly?!
Most people wouldn't know him.
In a flash I heard the name D'Emmitt R. Kelly. I still don't know how to work that in without seeming a pig?
He was packed well. It took a good five minutes to unpack. Poor guy, his legs were folded up to his shoulders. That musta hurt.
Arrived quickly as well, if shipping time is important to you.
On the control stick there are three triggers. With this layout I have an issue. Your thumb will move his eyes left and right. The next trigger which your first finger will occupy is his eyebrows, so the most important trigger, his mouth is left to your middle finger. It is more than awkward.
I hope with practice I will learn the muscle memory. But I do take issue with the trigger layout.
Other than that, he's a blast. Clothing, hands hat and hair are well done, You will be able to change the dummies clothes or props. Emmett has a shirt, pants, a vest a tie and shoes. His hat is molded and a tuft of hair is glued on top to simulate a hole. His wig is stiff and not removable since the hat is molded as part of the head.
As a small gripe, the ad shows a blue eyed doll and mine has brown eyes. Throwthings has many broken links embedded in their site so I am not surprised. A tiny disappointment.
These are far from professional pieces but in competent hands they could be very, very good. All in all I am stoked to re-read for the umpteenth time Paul Winchell's tome, "Ventriloquism for Fun & Profit."
Everyone needs a pal, it might as well be your other self.
"You hockeypuck, izzat the wife? Ohhh gawd...."
