Shaun ventriloquist dummy used by Todd Stockman: Museum Object and Cultural History
Shaun ventriloquist dummy used by Todd Stockman: Date made: 1972. user: Stockman, Todd W.. maker: Stockman, Todd W..
The object in the museum catalogue
This dummy used by ventriloquist Todd Stockman to perform his character Shaun in performances in the late 1970s. The dummy is a repurposed Juro Novelty Co. Charlie McCarthy toy dummy. Stockman painted and altered the figure to create the character of Shaun for the children's television series Caboose, which aired on WMAR-TV in Baltimore in 1978. Shaun is made of plastic and has a detachable wooden head with moving eyes and mouth.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1972
- user: Stockman, Todd W.
- maker: Stockman, Todd W.
- Object Name: ventriloquist dummy
- Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
- Physical Description: fabric (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 35 in x 15 in x 9 in; 88.9 cm x 38.1 cm x 22.86 cm
- general subject association: Puppetry
- Subject: Radio and television broadcasting
- Subject: Television broadcasts
- Subject: Children's television programs
- general subject association: Television
- ID Number: 1980.0401.01
- catalog number: 1980.0401.01
- accession number: 1980.0401
- Credit Line: Todd W. Stockman
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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