An unidentified man (possibly John Logie Baird) holds Stooky Bill (left) and another ventriloquist’s dummy used in Baird’s first TV transmissions. John Logie Baird made history by transmitting the ...
With their empty stares, denture-like teeth, exaggerated human features, and odd proportions, ventriloquist dummies are the very embodiment of the uncanny valley phenomenon. These lap-based ...