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From Mr. D: Am I correct to understand you have a ventriloquist doll you are wanting to convert to a rod puppet or marionette? I don't know anyone who has done that, but the newer Goldberger dolls have arms and legs loosely jointed. I would guess they could be strung to be used as a marionette. You would like need to weight the feet in some manner.
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| Dan Horn (year unknown) |
Ventriloquists often fasten an elbow rod to one arm of the figure so the arm next to the ventriloquist can be animated. And I have heard from vents who were going to try to fasten one rod to each wrist of a vent figure so the could try to manipulate both arms together, rod-puppet style. But I have not heard from anyone claiming to have done so successfully. (Other than on a soft style vent puppet such as Dan Horn does so skillfully.) Maybe readers would like to comment on this matter.
Dan Horn has actually done it with a standard vent figure as well. I believe it is a Selber that he lengthened the arms a bit and used rubber hands on, then added the two rod arms. Showed it in his manipulation lecture at Vent Haven a couple years back.
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