Childhood Fears
Automatonophobia
When I was eight, I had a ventriloquist's dummy named Willie Talk. I don't know if Willie was a popular toy or not, but I liked him well enough. He came with his own suitcase, where he slept in my closet when I wasn't playing with him. I tried to learn how to throw my voice without making my lips move, but I wasn't very good. Still, I had dreams of one day being like Jay Johnson, the 70's comedian who was featured with his dummy, Bob, on the TV comedy, Soap.
When I was eight, I had a ventriloquist's dummy named Willie Talk. I don't know if Willie was a popular toy or not, but I liked him well enough. He came with his own suitcase, where he slept in my closet when I wasn't playing with him. I tried to learn how to throw my voice without making my lips move, but I wasn't very good. Still, I had dreams of one day being like Jay Johnson, the 70's comedian who was featured with his dummy, Bob, on the TV comedy, Soap.
But in 1978, a movie starring Anthony Hopkins called Magic was released. Magic was based on William Goldman's novel of the same name. In it, Hopkins played a failed magician whose career received new life when he added Fats, his ventriloquist's dummy, to the act.
But Fats wasn't a funny dummy.
This was the TV spot they ran for Magic.
I never played with Willie Talk again.
Mua-ha-haaaaa!!
Enjoy!!
and…
Happy Halloween!!
Mua-ha-haaaaa!!
Enjoy!!
and…
Happy Halloween!!
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