Last week’s leaderboard winners are: 🥇Kristina Michel 🥈Regina Hochenegger 🥉Tommy Manzie Thank you all so much for making The Ventriloquists’ Guild a wonderful place to be. You’re all winners!

Hi, everyone! I was wondering if the Vent Slams that started this month will have themes we have to follow? Like one month, a certain holiday, the next to be determined

Two Minutes. One Figure. Your Moment. The first Vent-Slam™ is happening Saturday, September 12, 2026, at 9:00 AM Pacific / 4:00 PM GMT! Join your fellow Ventriloquists’ Guild members for our monthly live video open mic! Bring your favorite figure and share your best two-minute routine with the Guild. 🔥 All Guild members are welcome! ⏱️ Two minutes per performer 🙋 First come, first served! To participate: Go to the Calendar tab and click on the September 12 Vent-Slam™ event link to join the live video session. Come ready to perform, laugh, learn, and support fellow ventriloquists! Vent-Slam™ — Two Minutes. One Figure. Your Moment.

Today is the birthday of Willie Tyler of “Laugh In” fame. Willie and Lester were the first series of regulars of color on a network show, and have been blazing trails and making audiences laugh ever since. Have a good day, Willie.

Hi, everyone! You know, before becoming a ventriloquist, I was very interested in the worlds of cartoons and animation. In this one cartooning guidebook I’d OFTEN check out from the library, it would often say costume doesn’t define the character. Is that true for ventriloquist characters, as well? I only ask because I want to update my characters’ wardrobes, but don’t know how or what?