BROKEN WAND :: RAY ALAN

Yesterday, we lost a performer who is widely regarded as one of the best ventriloquists in the history of that art, the amazing Ray Alan. To date, the best coverage of his passing that I have come across is from the blog of Brian Sibley.

Ray Alan, who died yesterday aged 79, was one of the all time great masters of ventriloquism who endeared himself to adult audiences with his ever-so-slightly-inebriated companion Lord Charles who would repeatedly dismiss Alan as a "silly ass!" I saw them perform in the flesh (and veneer) at a Magic Circle banquet and they were a class act.

Thanks to Richard Kaufman for originally posting this in the Genii Forums!

Why was Ray so great? Watch this video and you'll understand!