- Ventriloquism is my passion.
Ventriloquism is one of the greatest things that I know of on this planet.
It's a pure art.
It makes people laugh.
You know, you see a little puppet come on, you have to laugh.
- Well, well, well, well, they're all here.
- Look who it is, boys and girls, it's Dizzy, the dodo.
- Yep.
- Today we're at Far West Kidz Fest.
So I first developed my ventriloquist interest back in middle school.
I saw Jeff Dunham's "Spark of insanity" DVD.
That's basically what got me into the art.
It taught me, "Hey, you can make a living at this."
And ever since then, I started deep diving into the old timey ventriloquists, and adapted my style to be a lot like theirs.
- Not a lot of pressure.
It just means I don't have any band mates to argue with.
(laughing) - [Puppet] You got me.
- Hold on.
So ventriloquism is not a dying art.
It's a variety show, basically, a one-man variety show.
You could introduce magic to it, puppetry to it, and then ventriloquism itself is a form of magic.
- [Narrator] The Slice from PBS North