Travel with Al from his childhood when he discovered ventriloquists on television in its own infancy, through his development as a child performer and his rediscovery of the engrossing art when he retired after forty years as a computer programmer, writer and musician.Follow Al's workshop skills, as he builds and repairs ventriloquist dummies and renovates the time-worn works of the old masters.And stay with him in a lifelong search for the one dummy that will define his role as a performer in such an unusual and distinct performance art.
Travel with Al from his childhood when he discovered ventriloquists on television in its own infancy, through his development as a child performer and his rediscovery of the engrossing art when he retired after forty years as a computer programmer, writer and musician.Follow Al's workshop skills, as he builds and repairs ventriloquist dummies and renovates the time-worn works of the old masters.And stay with him in a lifelong search for the one dummy that will define his role as a performer in such an unusual and distinct performance art.
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