Shaun ventriloquist dummy used by Todd Stockman
date: label: Date made
content: 1972
name: label: user
content: Stockman, Todd W.
label: maker
content: Stockman, Todd W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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 <i>Caboose</i>, 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: general subject association
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Puppets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Todd W. Stockman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0401.01
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0401.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0401
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ventriloquist dummy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 15 in x 9 in; 88.9 cm x 38.1 cm x 22.86 cm