This early work is a fascinating read for entertainment enthusiasts. Thoroughly recommended for the bookshelf of the amateur or professional ventriloquist it contains a wealth of information that is still useful and practical today. Contents Include: So You Want To Be a Ventriloquist, From Witchcraft to Music Halls, The Voice-The Beginning of Ventriloquism, How To Build a Dummy-Part 1, How To Build a Dummy-Part 2, Mechanism for Realism-Part 1, Moving Mouth, Mechanism for Realism-Part 2, Moving Eyes, Painting the Dummy and Building the Body, Synchronization and Manipulation, Additional Manipulation, Character, Costume and Conversation, Routines and Sketches, Just for Fun, For Profit, and A Few Conclusions. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The complete first season of the popular 1960s children's television show. Join the Banana Splits Club with Fleegle the beagle, Bingo the gorilla, Drooper the lion and Snorky the elephant at the Banana Pad where they meet up to play their instruments, tell jokes and have fun. This season sees the Splits receive notes from a rival club, The Sour Grapes Bunch, and also contains a mixture of live action sections and cartoons, including: 'Arabian Knights', 'The Three Musketeers' and 'Danger Island'.

Eight episodes from the original animated series. These episodes feature four primary characters, Smurfette (voice of Lucille Bliss), Hefty (Frank Welker), Brainy (Danny Goldman) and Clumsy (William Callaway), as they take part in all sorts of adventures and foil the schemes of the wicked Gargamel (Paul Winchell).

Four episodes from the original animated series. Each episode focuses on one of four primary characters, Smurfette (voice of Lucille Bliss), Hefty (Frank Welker), Brainy (Danny Goldman) and Clumsy (William Callaway), as they take part in all sorts of adventures and foil the schemes of the wicked Gargamel (Paul Winchell).

This early work is a fascinating read for entertainment enthusiasts. Thoroughly recommended for the bookshelf of the amateur or professional ventriloquist it contains a wealth of information that is still useful and practical today. Contents Include: So You Want To Be a Ventriloquist, From Witchcraft to Music Halls, The Voice-The Beginning of Ventriloquism, How To Build a Dummy-Part 1, How To Build a Dummy-Part 2, Mechanism for Realism-Part 1, Moving Mouth, Mechanism for Realism-Part 2, Moving Eyes, Painting the Dummy and Building the Body, Synchronization and Manipulation, Additional Manipulation, Character, Costume and Conversation, Routines and Sketches, Just for Fun, For Profit, and A Few Conclusions. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Animated Disney feature about the relationship between Tod, an orphaned fox cub, and Copper, a puppy hound. As they play in the forest, looked after by Big Mama Owl, they remain unaware that adulthood will cast them as arch-enemies, putting the bonds of their childhood friendship to the test.