without Paul Winchell, we'd not have the artificial heart. He had patented a control device that was used for the valves.

Paul Winchell, was one of the best of the modern ventriloquists as well as in the history of the art form. Paul as an artist utilized his art as metaphor for man's God given gift of invention. Each of us in our own way understands the plurality of the self. As we did as children with our toys we learned as we grew to partition parts of our consciousness to create distances in our minds with which to build our castles and from these imagined sanctuaries to reflect upon our spiritual journey. Through his puppetry, with Jerry Mahoney, Paul Winchell brought humor to a staged speech act, a theatrical amusement. Ventriloquism, with its multiple 'personalities,'actually a form of self intervention, has a rich cultural history that denotes a 'complex logic' of its own. JFK said; "In life, there are but three things that are real...God, human folly and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension and so we are left with the third." As an artist inventor Paul generated ideas and shared his phenomenon of illusion as a way to illuminate hope by way of fun and by igniting the smile factor in the hearts of others.

Paul Winchell was the greatest ventriloquist of all time! The funniest, most creative, and technically brilliant! No one since has even come close!

Paul Winchell was the voice of Gargamel in the Smurfs.

Adored these three, very happy memories. I am a child of the sixties, watched them every afternoon.

Jim Cornette anyone?

No modern vents even come close.

Man that’s pretty cool! Paul winchell was truly gifted indeed

Winchell had to be the best ventriloquist of all time. This bit is pretty "clean' but I've seen others (I think maybe off Ed Sullivan or another variety show) where he used Jerry to inject some of most suggestive, risque material allowed on TV in the 50s. The way he could use Jerry's eyes and head movements were amazing. I miss this kind of talent as it's all been plowed under by the most un-subtle, overtly crude junk. See Bob Newhart for a later example of humor that managed to be funny without being crude and degrading. This stuff is demoralizing our youth.

Paul Winchell came up with different characters not just knucklehead Smith and Jerry Mahoney. Who remembers his characters "Mr. Tortilla" or Mr. Willuberry, who used to award prices and then cheat to win them back? or the adlibs like when you hear brakes loudly squealing and the driver shows up to speak before the big crash sound , he said: " I just couldn't wait until the car stopped!!!" lol

Paul got me into vent in the 50s.I started with the Jerry doll with only a string in the back then upted to the one with the headstock with the moving eyes. Later I got a more professional one made,which I still have, but these days I just make them.Hope to perform again sometime in the future but I am a little rusty now.

Loved him. I was always watching Paul Winchell’s Clubhouse as a child.

He was my friend and mentor!

GENIUS. HILARIOUS too.

A great routine. I miss dese guys.

I know Paul Winchell best as the original voice of Tigger, but his ventriloquist act is hilarious! I hope to see more videos of it

Paul's laugh was in canned laughter on so many sit coms

What an amazing performance: arms in the sleeves technique of course. I haven't seen anything from him since the sixties, except Homer Winch.

Damn this dude's incredible.

From their appearance on "THE PERRY COMO SHOW" [February 18, 1956].