- Ventriloquism is my passion.

Ventriloquism is one of the greatest things that I know of on this planet.

It's a pure art.

It makes people laugh.

You know, you see a little puppet come on, you have to laugh.

- Well, well, well, well, they're all here.

- Look who it is, boys and girls, it's Dizzy, the dodo.

- Yep.

- Today we're at Far West Kidz Fest.

So I first developed my ventriloquist interest back in middle school.

I saw Jeff Dunham's "Spark of insanity" DVD.

That's basically what got me into the art.

It taught me, "Hey, you can make a living at this."

And ever since then, I started deep diving into the old timey ventriloquists, and adapted my style to be a lot like theirs.

- Not a lot of pressure.

It just means I don't have any band mates to argue with.

(laughing) - [Puppet] You got me.

- Hold on.

So ventriloquism is not a dying art.

It's a variety show, basically, a one-man variety show.

You could introduce magic to it, puppetry to it, and then ventriloquism itself is a form of magic.

- [Narrator] The Slice from PBS North