Bryanw Simon News Today

Some people might joke about being old enough to belong in a museum, but rarely do they have the opportunity to donate their possessions to one.

Standing in his living room, Harold Crocker was eager to exhibit his ventriloquist dolls—which he refers to as “figures” instead of “dummies”—and converse in different characters’ voices, wielding them almost as an extension of his arm. A ventriloquist for close to 70 years, he, along with other popular performers, was recently included in Bryan W. Simon’s new book of ventriloquy trivia, “I’m No Dummy Every Day: 365 Days of Ventriloquial Odditie...