Ventriloquist brings ‘talking dog’ to Pepsi-Cola Theatre
BRANSON MO NEWS: The interactive show allows audiences to submit questions to ask Irving. Oliver describes the show has high-energy, all original and family-friendly.”Little kids, teenagers and grandparents can all laugh at the same time, without being vulgar or off-color,” Oliver said.Irving hasn’t always been a part of the show, Oliver said. Oliver has been in the comedy/ventriloquist business since the 1970s, but it wasn’t until late 1996 that Irving became a permanent part of the show.Encouraged by a friend and television producer, Oliver decided to bring his own dog into his act to offer something new for his audiences. He worked with a mechanical engineer to create a contraption to make it appear as if Irving’s mouth is moving.And the first night that Oliver introduced Irving into his show, the crowd went crazy, he said.”I said, ‘Speak,’ and he started singing, ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ ” Irving said in a recent interview with The Daily Republic. “Now you haven’t lived until you have heard a dog sing ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco.’ And the place went berserk. And I knew right then that this was going to be a …
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