Paul Zerdin
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Past ‘America’s Got Talent’ Winners Return to Show Off Their Skills
'America’s Got Talent' fans got to see some familiar faces during the live results show Wednesday night, including Terry Fator, Mat Franco, and Paul Zerdin.
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Jeff Dunham 'Unhinged' And 'I'm No Dummy' DVD: Ventriloquism Rules
Comedy Central will air Jeff Dunham’s latest special Unhinged in Hollywood on Sunday night, which is excuse enough for me to review the new, two-disc, super-sized DVD release of I’m No Dummy, one of the best documentaries ever made about ventriloquism, featuring Dunham, Jay Johnson, Terry Fator, and other significant practitioners of this wonderful art. Dummy works as both a history of ventriloquism as told by its practitioners and as full-scale profiles of Dunham, Johnson, and Lynn Trefzger. If
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Jeff Dunham And Paul Zerdin: Ventriloquists Triumphant!
Last night, Paul Zerdin became the second ventriloquist ever to win the top prize of $1 million on America’s Got Talent. Yay: It’s a mini-renaissance in ventriloquism! And like most such high-profile bursts into the mainstream for this ancient art, the renaissance will probably last another 48 hours and disappear again. I was rooting for Zerdin despite the fact that, contra what judge Howard Stern said on Tuesday, the British ventriloquist has not “brought ventriloquism to new heights.” (Ster
- NewsKen Tucker
'America’s Got Talent' Ventriloquist Continues To Fool Judges
Now in its semi-final rounds, America’s Got Talent featured ventriloquist Paul Zerdin again last night, and he continues to sail through the judging rounds with raves from the panel. On Monday night, he applied a mechanical device to Howie Mandel’s jaw, enabling Zerdin to control the artificial mouth and speak for Mandel. Indeed, given the slew of mediocre singers and novelty acts (like The Professional Regurgitator and the magician-with-a-costume Piff The Magic Dragon) that dominate this seas
