Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

All like to help people.

Born in 1922 in New York City, he'd hoped to become a doctor, but the times were changing,

and so was his trajectory.

For one, the Great Depression wiped out any money his family had saved up for tuition.

Then when he was 13, Paul was diagnosed with polio.

He spent a lot of time in bed recovering, and while he rested, he had his nose buried

in magazines and comic books.

One of those books had an advertisement on the back for a ventriloquism kit, since his

parents had no money for him to buy one, Paul asked his art teacher if he could receive

extra credit from making a dummy himself once he'd returned to school.

His teacher agreed, and Paul discovered a new passion.

He finished his dummy and started writing down jokes that he found in his magazines.

Then he took the routine he put together and entered an amateur radio competition,

which he won.

Ventriloquism shows aren't the hottest tickets today, but back in 1938, a talented performer

with a funny act could get their own radio show.

And in the 1950s, they might even end up with their own television program.

Paul hit it big in the 1950s with TV shows for both kids and adults.

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