Paying lip-service to the old ways
Alongside Jimmy Tarbuck's enduring appeal, ventriloquism must surely rank among comedy's greatest mysteries. What is funny about shoving your hand up a dummy and making it talk while desperately trying not to move your own lips? True, the genre hasn't always been well represented - ta...
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| Published in | Independent (London, England : 1986) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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London (UK)
Independent Digital News & Media
21.04.1996
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| Summary: | Alongside Jimmy Tarbuck's enduring appeal, ventriloquism must surely rank among comedy's greatest mysteries. What is funny about shoving your hand up a dummy and making it talk while desperately trying not to move your own lips? True, the genre hasn't always been well represented - take the lip-quivering Keith Harris and Orville, Ray Allen and Lord Charles and of course Opportunity Knocks' winner, Roger de Courcy with Nookie the bear. |
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| ISSN: | 0951-9467 |