Floyd, Yoko, Danny, Ezra. While they all work with Jonathan Geffner, none of them gets paid. And get this -- Geffner manipulates their every move and even speaks for them. What a bunch of dummies!

When people of a certain age think of ventriloquism, names like Jeff Dunham or even the late Edgar Bergen with dummy Charlie McCarthy come to mind. Those ventriloquists became famous for their comedy ...

In the week since Darci Lynne Farmer got the Golden Buzzer on “America’s Got Talent,” fellow ventriloquists have been cheering the giggly 12-year-old. One of the loudest — without moving his lips — is ...

Ventriloquist-comedian Rickie Layne of Northridge, who appeared dozens of times with his dummy, Velvel, on “The Toast of the Town” and the subsequent “The Ed Sullivan Show,” has died. He was 81. Layne ...

“Did you hear the news?” Jimmy asked me. “Riverview is having two-cent days on Tuesdays and Thursdays.” You paid a dime when you entered and you got tickets for five rides. It was a good way to drum ...