SPEECHLESS

on this workshop notes I will share a private party trick that I call “speechless”. I hope you will do a study on this Ventriloquist trick and learn to perform it in your act. Let me begin by saying my way of performing this trick was very gruesome and scary for the birthday party audience, it was so realistic I could not sell it in my Ventriloquist act, meaning I had to stop performing it completely for live audiences, because in the show agreement contract you lay your cards down on the table and show your playing cards,this means the person booking you knows what to expect such as animal tricks or swallowing a flaming broom stick act, and when they seen in the show agreement contract the cutting my tongue off bit they said cut that bit out. What is the speechless bit? it’s a trick I perform with my sidekick Sammy, it’s where I tell the audience that there are rumors that I do all the talking, I take out my scissors and cut my tongue off, I grab a white handkerchief to stop the bleeding from my mouth, as the blood cover my hand and white handkerchief Sammy begin to sing, the bloody handkerchief becomes filled with more blood as I am trying to stop the bleeding from my mouth and Sammy and I exit the stage. I like doing this bit but as a closer because it leaves the audience puzzled and it is a mystery. what these workshop notes are on is you the artist creating out of the ordinary, something never seen before by a Ventriloquist, something fresh, something new or create something done by a Ventriloquist in ancient history. as a ventriloquist you are a artist and Ventriloquism is a art. The speechless bit was short lived because it was done too quick and too real where some audience members ran out side the room. let me explain how I did the introduction..” ladies and gentlemen,boys and girls there are rumors that I am doing all the talking, well that rumor is not true”..I quickly take scissors from my pocket and quickly cut my tongue off, I quickly grab a white handkerchief from my top pocket to cover my mouth and remove the white bloody handkerchief with a expression of pain then my sidekick Sammy begin to sing, while I look and show the audience my cut off tongue laying on the bloody handkerchief, gently touching around my mouth with the bloody handkerchief as more and more blood is around my mouth, Sammy end his song and we exit quickly with the ventriloquist in pain and speechless. When I did this bit I was a young Ventriloquist and I was really pushing the envelope in those days, I was a hungry Ventriloquist in creativity, I always had something new in the lab, always working on new bits and skits and jokes and characters and tricks. I no longer use the “speechless” bit so if you can find the secret ingredients of how I created it,it is yours, I no longer need the speechless bit, it’s no longer my material, I am retired from live on stage performances…if you find the secret ingredients you can keep the bit for your very own Ventriloquist bit, you may say if I had to take this bit out of my act why should you want it, I will tell you why, because this bit is a shocker and a attention getter if done correctly, the looks on the faces of the audience when they thought I cut my tongue off and Sammy was singing. I will give you a hint, in the introduction of the speechless bit be quick and use slight of hand, the rest is a simple singing Ventriloquist act and this bit should be no longer than a minute and a half and I suggest that you use it as a closer, because you’re “speechless”…. I will share what you need to put the bit together. #.1. a white handkerchief…#.2.the magician tongue…#.3. plastic silver color scissors..#.4. a package of red Kool aid…#5. a small pocket flat sponge…#..6.prictice slight of hand… when you finally put the pieces together, rehearsals and rehearsal the speechless bit then test it on a friend, make sure your friend stand about ten feet away because I forgot to mention this bit is not for close up and if done correctly your friend is going to be shocked 😲!.