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Have you ever heard a doll talk or a wall answer you back, then you probably know the work of a ventriloquist, (or you're delusional, maybe both). Either way, hearing voices from strange sources can be a somewhat rather entertaining experience, lets talk about that.
Ventriloquism is the act, as referred to in English, of throwing your voice to make it sound like it is coming from a different place; usually a puppet or doll of some sort. Ventriloquism was first a religious practice. The noises produced by our stomachs were once believed to be the voices of the undead and the ventriloquist would then interpret it as they were able to speak with the dead, as well as foretell the future (whooo spooky).
The following paragraph is made up and should not be taken seriously.
In the beginning, as people started to do ventriloquism for entertainment, there was a man. He practiced day after day, until he could throw his voice so well, you would say the person across the room uttered them. He started to go to the park and make the peoples pets talk to their owners as practice; after a while he was so confident in his skill that he went to a bank and shouted through another person's mouth, "everyone on the ground this is a heist!!" The poor person was arrested but this ventriloquist found it rather amusing. So the next day he went to a stripper club... and well... you know what he did there. No one ever found this man, but if they did ... they would hire him to do stand up comedy. But wait! They did find this man and his name is Jeff Dunham. (Jefafa... Dun Ham... Dot Com).
Jeff Dunham is a very well known ventriloquist and stand-up comedian who does various shows with his famous puppets, (Peanut, Walter, Achmed, José Jalapeño on a Stick and others), but the most well know of the lot is Peanut. This overactive, purple skinned puppet, who only has one shoe, is hilarious. He often makes fun of Jeff and torments another puppet, José Jalapeño on a Stick. Jeff often has to argue with Peanut to do the stuff Jeff wants, (remember he is a puppet). When people call José Jalapeño, on the other hand, he will often have to say "on a stick" meaning that it is his name not just an attribute. The fights that Peanut and José have are really quite comical.
Nina Conti is another ventriloquist that has done many shows, where she gets a "volunteer" from the audience and puts a fake mouth on them, which she controls. She makes them say they want to dance, which is really funny since no one ever does. There is another skit that she does with a monkey, where it possesses her, considering it is a puppet, it makes things somewhat strange.
(warning: strong language)
Ronn Lucas has been on The Late Show With David Letterman, his show was with Scorch the dragon. He makes fun of the audience, the host (David Letterman), and the city they are in and the people that live there. He also pretends that the puppet isn't a puppet and gets him to throw his voice. He was also on the British Royal Variety show and sang a few songs with Scorch which was spectacular.
Ronn Lucas at the British Royal Variety show
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