Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Juro Novelty Company was a toy company headed by Sam Jupiter, and later by his daughter Vivian. The company manufactured plastic ventriloquist figures from the 1950s through 1977, at which time they were acquired by the Goldberger Doll Co. Some of the figures included Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, Danny O'Day, Ricky Lane, and Emmett Kelly. They also made a Dick Clark doll at one time. Goldberger continued to offer the Charlie McCarthy and Danny O'Day dolls after their acquisition of Juro, as well as adding other celebrity dolls to the range.The ventriloquist figures usually had a string coming from the back of the neck that would cause their mouths to open and close. During its heyday, however, it also sold a Jerry Mahoney ventriloquist dummy with a turning head (mounted on a post, in the manner of professional ventriloquist dummies) and for a short time also offered a deluxe Jerry Mahoney model which also had moving eyes.. }
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- Juro_Novelty_Company abstract "Juro Novelty Company was a toy company headed by Sam Jupiter, and later by his daughter Vivian. The company manufactured plastic ventriloquist figures from the 1950s through 1977, at which time they were acquired by the Goldberger Doll Co. Some of the figures included Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, Danny O'Day, Ricky Lane, and Emmett Kelly. They also made a Dick Clark doll at one time. Goldberger continued to offer the Charlie McCarthy and Danny O'Day dolls after their acquisition of Juro, as well as adding other celebrity dolls to the range.The ventriloquist figures usually had a string coming from the back of the neck that would cause their mouths to open and close. During its heyday, however, it also sold a Jerry Mahoney ventriloquist dummy with a turning head (mounted on a post, in the manner of professional ventriloquist dummies) and for a short time also offered a deluxe Jerry Mahoney model which also had moving eyes.".