I don' think 28 is identified
And the puppet on 31 is definitely not the one on the photos of Russ Lewis...

Thanx for a great thread of one of their best albums.

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List of women executed in the electric chair:
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the puppet on 31 is definitely not the one on the photos of Russ Lewis...

Apparently he had a different puppet back in those days...


He talks about it in an interview

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Were you performing with the Jerry Mahoney doll at the time you were working 12 shows a day at the 42nd street flea circus in New York?

No. The Jerry Mahoney doll had been set aside when I first met Professor Heckler at Hubert’s Museum... A fella named Eddie Marino, a ventriloquist and ticket taker at Hubert’s, had placed a professional figure on consignment in Al Flosso’s magic shop on 34th Street. [Martinka and Co.] They told me if I had a professional looking puppet they would give me a job. I went down to the magic shop and there was the puppet on consignment in the display case. Mr. Flosso gave it to me on time payments. I really got lucky with that.


Is this the puppet that eventually became Brooklyn Birch?

Yes. Eventually I ended up in Los Angeles. Went to work doing club dates, worked for the USO, came back to the States and a Mortgage Company saw me at a night club that was on the west coast in Santa Barbara and wanted me to do a television show. (The Russ Lewis Show KTTV) Well, I had come up through burlesque and strip houses as well as circus and sideshows. I knew I was going to have to set aside all of the material that I was doing at that point. So along with a change of material, I had to remake Brooklyn Birch. Rene’ Zendejas (1927-2014) a wonderful puppeteer and puppet maker in California was going to do the puppets on the Television show. He remade the features of the doll. Gave him a pointy nose, large eyes, brand new skin and hair. And so, that is how Brooklyn Birch came about.


To be clear, who originally made Brooklyn Birch?

Here is the best answer I can give you. Eddie Marino (Hubert’s Museum) came from England with the puppet. I think it was made somewhere in Great Britain. It had been in use about 70 years before I got it in my hands.


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(See HERE)

Not to get sidetracked, but I always associated the Jerry Mahoney doll with Paul Winchell- in fact I still have the head of a '60's toy replica version on display at my studio that used to belong to my older brother in the mid '60s. I found it in a storage box after he passed away, and it immediately brought back lots of memories. The rest of the body must have fallen apart, but the head survives!

From the Smithsonian: Jerry Mahoney Ventriloquist Puppet

Ventriloquist dummy Jerry Mahoney, created by Paul Winchell around 1938. This is the first of many "Jerrys" which the puppeteer used over the course of his decades-long career as a performer on stage and screen.
Ventriloquist Dr. Paul Winchell and his puppets, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, were popular acts from 1938 through the 1980s, appearing on stage in variety acts, in their own television show, "The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show," and in guest appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show and other variety programs. Jerry’s wise-cracking, outspoken persona would exasperate straight man partner Winchell in comical songs, skits, and quiz segments on these programs. In addition to his ventriloquist skills, Winchell was an inventor and holds a patent on an early version of the artificial heart. He was also a well known voice over for children's movies and television shows. One of his most memorable characters included acting as the voice of Tigger in the Disney movies, "Winnie the Pooh" for which he received a Grammy award.

Found via google search, this is the version I have:



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That's a fantastic story, and congrats to Yvette and Yvonne McCarther for their accomplishments.
Sad ending...

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Great work... this thread gets better and better.

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