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Old 01-19-2013, 08:01 PM
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Yes Ted! Thanks exactly right. Thanks for reminding me.

Bill, you're bailing me out again, thanks. I watched it and noticed the original is back on from AGT.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlvV_R40CwQ]America's Got Talent: Terry Fator - At Last (1st Appearance) - YouTube[/ame]

I think he's got the voice even better on this one, but what I really like is that the panel is all making fun of him before he even gets all the way on stage going, "oh, no", and if you listen carefully the puppet's voice also says "oh no" as he walks out. Of course he hits the first note and they fall out of their chairs.

For those of you who never watched, he won the show and the millon dollars and got a one week show in Las Vegas. He was so good they signed him to do 30 or so dates the next year for $5 million.

The next year they gave him his own theatre and I think $250 million. I believe he's still there. Hard to believe a chunky middle aged ventrioquist could do that, but the man is truly talented.

Sorry for getting so far away from Etta. She was amazing.
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