In addition to building the dummies he uses in his act , Dunham also restores antique ones as a hobby , such as The Umpire , a mechanized dummy built in 1941 to work the plate at a girl 's softball game , which went unused and packed away for 50 years before Dunham acquired it in early 2008 .
In addition to building the dummies he uses in his act , Dunham also restores antique ones as a hobby , such as The Umpire , a 6 ft mechanized dummy built in 1941 to work the plate at a girl 's softball game , but which went unused and packed away for 50 years , before Dunham acquired it in early 2008 .