Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2017. New Year's Eve is a time for looking back and celebrating the possibilities of the future. I hope you had a safe and joyful celebration surrounded by people you love. Now we've reached the new year. It is just another day. But...
STEPPING DOWN FROM MAHER STUDIOS
I am reporting this morning that I will be stepping down from Maher Studios as of January 1, 2017. Tom, Ken Gorves, and myself are great friends and we had no personal strife between us, it's just that our situations have changed. I am...
Maher Forum Update
Did you know MaherStudios.com has a forum? We've had a user's forum since we started the website over three years ago. It was pretty basic, you could go in, post a topic or reply to a comment. Some people post videos and pictures too. Nothing...
VHC News
VENT HAVEN ConVENTion 2017 (July 12-15, 2017) HAS SOME BIG SURPRISES IN STORE FOR YOU!! We are proud to announce that our buddy JEFF DUNHAM will be lecturing on "Your Act- Improving on What You Think Is Right!". This will be a never-seen-before lecture you can only...
WHEN IN DOUBT…
I like to use the rule “when in doubt..leave it out!” when it comes to possible comedy material that could embarrass or might be interpreted in a suggestive manner. I know many say “the kids won’t get the suggestive material aimed at the...
RECYCLING OR CANNIBALIZING A PREVIOUS SHOW
I am a firm believer in reusing material or taking parts (cannibalizing)from an old show to make it fit into a new show. The only caveat is to make sure that the show you are dissecting isn’t one you did recently for the same group. If it is...
WHEN IN DOUBT…
To tell you the truth I shouldn’t even have to write this column. It’s about interjecting some adult humor into a children’s or family show, under the guise that the young people in the audience won’t get it. Some claim the jokes are over the...
ARE YOU A “NICHE” VENTRILOQUIST ?
Many of you reading this are probably scratching your collective heads wondering what the heck I am talking about. It’s really simple, do you have a favorite market or a market that you feel you relate to especially well. One that satisfies you...
DO YOU HAVE THE KEY?
Before you start thinking I’m writing a column about Houdini, let me explain that this is an article about marketing. Each and every market has it’s own unique set of locks that you have to unlock to make the market work for you. Because you...
Maher Ventriloquist Radio – The International Ventriloquist Society
Today Mark, Ken & I talk about the International Ventriloquist Society. Are you a member? Should you be? Why? What do you get out of it? How will it benefit you? Find out some history on ventriloquist organizations and the IVS, the only current international...
