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He has studied the art of
puppetry for over 20 years. He began with hand puppets or "Muppet Type
Puppets" and moved gradually into ventriloquism. He now is an accomplished
ventriloquist with many varied comical routines, but is also proficient at
ad-libbing. |
Mike learned his art by checking books out of the library on ventriloquism
and then spending thousands of hours practicing. He has always been
fascinated by ventriloquists who weave comedy into routines while
conversing with their different figures. The technique is to become two
different actors. Then while changing the voice to sound unlike your own,
controlling the movements of the puppet. Memorizing lines takes lots of
rehearsal while ad-libbing is the icing on the cake in a performance. Many
times the ventriloquist can tease audience members, the company president,
or CEO for extra laughs. Mike uses Grandma Sady, a seasoned citizen
character, in many different (clean) adult routines, along with Billy, a
teenage boy puppet, and Hector, a very unusual ostich. For younger
audiences he uses Gertrude the hound dog and Calipo the baby gorilla.
MIKE'S INFLUENCES are
Ron Lucas, Jeff Dunham, Todd
Oliver, Willie Tyler, and Jay Johnson.
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