Jerry Mahoney Toy Ventriloquist Dummy
date: label: date made
content: 1950s
name: label: user
content: Rollins, Hazelle H.
label: manufacturer
content: Juro
label: Associated Name
content: Winchell, Paul
label: maker
content: Juro
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a child's toy puppet that was popular in the 1950s and is based on Paul Winchell's character, Jerry Mahoney. Dressed in a green cloth suit, Jerry has a removable plastic head that is mounted on a wooden shaft with a moveable mouth and eyes, along with plastic hands and feet and a soft body. The puppet came in its own cardboard suitcase box, and included a special record and booklet explaining the art of ventriloquism. This is just one example of merchandising to children acting on the popularity of the Jerry Mahoney character.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The original carved marionette of Jerry Mahoney, used by Paul Winchell, was created by the famous ventriloquist figure maker Frank Marshall who also created Edgar Bergen's Charlie McCarthy.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Ventriloquist Dr. Paul Winchell and his puppets, Jerry Mahoney (1981.0385.01) and Knucklehead Smiff (1982.0424.01), were popular acts from 1938 through the 1980s, appearing on stage and on popular variety shows, like Ed Sullivan. Jerry Mahoney also starred in the popular television show, <i>The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show</i> which premiered in 1950 and ran until syndicated in 1965.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: general subject association
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: Subject
content: Consumerism
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Puppets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gene and Nancy R. Krupa
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.1085.08
label: accession number
content: 1981.1085
label: catalog number
content: 1981.1085.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 in x 12 in x 6 in; 83.82 cm x 30.48 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: cardboard case: 15 in x 20 in x 7 in; 38.1 cm x 50.8 cm x 17.78 cm