Paul Winchell — American Entertainer born on December 21, 1922, died on June 24, 2005

Paul Winchell was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice actor, humanitarian and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950–1954, he hosted The Paul Winchell Show, which also used two other titles during its prime time run on NBC, The Speidel Show, and What's My Name?. From 1965–1968, Winchell hosted the children's television series, Winchell-Mahoney Time... (wikipedia)

Children are so used to seeing puppets that when they see a real ventriloquist they don't understand it.
On television, everyone talks and they don't care about the mechanics.
Walt gave me a VIP tour of the studio. I remember people doing voices.
I think television defeats ventriloquism.
I first met Walt Disney 25 or 30 years ago.