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At the annual Vent Haven Convention in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, ventriloquism capital of the world, director Mark Goffman | dG1fWXhoQkFqQ0tjVXc
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00:00Mic check, check, check, check, check, hey, check.
00:16Pull the strain and I'll wink at you, I'm your puppet.
00:23In 30 minutes, this place is going to be crazy with ventiloquist.
00:30I came to my first convention and I just fell in love with the people.
00:32Everybody is like me, talk to themselves and play with dolls for a living.
00:36She really loved it. I thought it would kind of end as she got older.
00:42If a duck were to get sick, who would he go to?
00:45A duckter.
00:47I did 482 shows last year.
00:50You might settle down and get married.
00:52Yeah, have kids instead of her puppet children.
01:00I'm a ventriloquist. Get out of here.
01:08We were really, really struggling.
01:11We went from playing Ferris Festivals to playing the Las Vegas Hilton all within one year.
01:17Now we're getting offers from just about every major hotel.
01:21Well, today I'm here to announce the signing of Terry Fader.
01:23I'm overwhelmed and so incredibly happy.
01:25For somebody like me, it's truly mind-boggling.
01:28You know, I'm 42 years old and I've lived a completely normal existence up to now.
01:32And now all of a sudden I'm staying in this suite.
01:34Here's 13-year-old Dylan Burdette.
01:40I thought that's funny. It's not a fault.
01:42Reggie, I think, I guess he considers himself a pimp.
01:45I don't quite understand why Dylan picked a black figure to use, but it's his choice.
01:54I can't walk very fast. I don't want to lay an egg.
01:59Pretty much the rest of the family wants nothing to do with it.
02:03I'm going down to get drunk.
02:04I can say things through the characters.
02:06If I said it myself, I'd be fired. I'd be slapped in the face.
02:11I think to myself...
02:15You'll finish it.
02:16Okay.
02:17What a wonderful whale.
02:20I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I think to myself, I
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