The Story of Lil' Brad: Finding the Right Dummy
Our CEO was an All-American looking blonde-hair-going-gray, blue-eyed, very fit man in his middle years. (Note: I am only referring to the CEO in the past tense to indicate Lil' Brad's past - Brad the real-life CEO is very much alive as of this writing.) As I looked at dummies on the various websites, I didn't see any that had the right look. The entry level (<$100) pull-string dummies were generally dark-haired with dark eyes (e.g., Charlie McCarthy, Danny O'Day, Jerry Mahoney [w hy are they all Irish? another topic perhaps] ). Even at the higher price point of semi-pro dummies that had a control stick for the mouth and head movements, I did not see any blonde dummies. [I believe the tendency toward dummies with dark hair and eyes is due to the most popular and enduring characters from the Golden Era 1930s, 40s and 50s having those kind of features. Light-colored hair and eyes would probably would not have shown up very well under the bright...