Inspiration

Last Saturday my wife an I attended Jay Johnson's show at the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg, PA. Jay is best known for his starring role on "SOAP". He also won a Tony Award for his Broadway show "The Two And Only". Last year in Pittsburgh, we got the chance to see the "The Two and Only", this year Jay was traveling solo with a scaled down version that was just as entertaining.

If you haven't seen Jay work, you need to correct that. The man's mastery is inspiring. Some people still think of ventriloquists as a hack act or poor comedian. Jay raises the bar and anyone who sees his show realizes there is so much more. Ventriloquism really is an art.

There is so much more to this than keeping your lips still. You'd swear, watching Jay's "Box Trick" that he has thrown his voice, and he proves it using a microphone. There is no doubt! When he and Bob go back and forth the exchange is so fast, there has to be two people on the stage. Bob is real. And Darwin? Let's just say - "I WANT THAT ELF!". (See the show, get the reference.)

Thank you Jay, for inspiring me again. I continue to practice and never plan to stop!