tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032258502517519125.post756822929205760364..comments2023-12-02T13:18:29.455-07:00Comments on Mr. D's Daily Ventriloquist Journal: Thought to ponderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032258502517519125.post-56684946059132274452012-01-22T08:28:58.313-07:002012-01-22T08:28:58.313-07:00Amen and Amen. How profound and very true!Amen and Amen. How profound and very true!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7032258502517519125.post-70023659006352126572012-01-22T06:27:23.213-07:002012-01-22T06:27:23.213-07:00I've always wondered why anyone bothered comin...I've always wondered why anyone bothered coming up with that feature. How many times do we humans cross our eyes? Not many, that's for sure. But the main use i've seen of it, is used just before a figure "passes out" & "falls" backwards or sideways. Jimmy Nelson's Humphrey Higsby had crossing eyes. If used in that context, i can see {no pun intended} it's validity in expressing "wooziness". But that's about the only time i can see using it. Not worth the extra expense, or the worry about malfunction in my mind. I don't know how that operates, but if it's by using a separate lever, that just makes the eyes cross, then the simplest way to disable it would be to just remove that lever or disconnect, at the lever, the string or rod that goes from the lever into the head. Other non realistic movements that come to mind, that some seem to need, are wiggling ears, noses that light up, hair that raises & lowers, & an upper lip that moves upward. Not a fan of lowering eyebrows movement either. Too many mechanisms to malfunction, & un-needed extra expense for the sake of movements that we as humans rarely, if ever, use ourselves. MY dream figure, would be a good looking one who's only movements are a turning head & moving mouth. Edgar Bergen, The Great Lester, & many others did just fine by sticking to the "k.i.s.s" ideaology. Just my 1 & 1/10ths cents. :) Bill SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com