Once ... Oh .... about 20 years ago I went to the Suncoast Puppet Festival that was being hosted by the University of South Florida. The big proformer that year was Jimmy Nelson with Danny O'Day and Farfel. I had dragged my then girl friend Lou Shoemaker and caught up with Kim Rivers. I worked with Kim (who's mother had a local TV show where she did puppets and ventriloquism.) on VooDoo and EPCOT's Prominade Players. She was such a talent and hopefully still has her hand in it.
We all sat together waiting for the trio to make ... and I mean make the scene. During his presentation Jimmy called out to the audience to give him a sentence to say. I yelled out, "MANY MEN MAKE MONEY!" Lou looked embarassed.Kim looked at me with that where did that come from. Jimmy Nelson paused, blinked and said , "What ?" I repeated my request and he laughed, and said, "Some one must of bought one our old records." (I got my record with a Danny vent doll that I named Andy.) He then ran Danny through his paces. A magic momment.
Me ... I'm still working on it. "Nany nen nake noney ... Nanny nen nake noney ... Nanny nen ....
We all sat together waiting for the trio to make ... and I mean make the scene. During his presentation Jimmy called out to the audience to give him a sentence to say. I yelled out, "MANY MEN MAKE MONEY!" Lou looked embarassed.Kim looked at me with that where did that come from. Jimmy Nelson paused, blinked and said , "What ?" I repeated my request and he laughed, and said, "Some one must of bought one our old records." (I got my record with a Danny vent doll that I named Andy.) He then ran Danny through his paces. A magic momment.
Me ... I'm still working on it. "Nany nen nake noney ... Nanny nen nake noney ... Nanny nen ....
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