Today this often includes story-telling, drama, puppetry, ventriloquism, balloon-modelling and juggling. In 2005, Fator decided to combine his talents, singing, ventriloquism, comedy, and impersonations. Gazzy is skilled in mimicry and ventriloquism. Scott sang, played guitar, performed ventriloquism and blackface acts, and pitched Chambers's Herb-O-Lac herbal laxative. Lei Ying can control subjects with a voodoo doll and ventriloquism. The show deconstructs and demonstrates Johnson's lifelong obsession with the art of ventriloquism. Steven finds he has a knack for ventriloquism. Fator's success stems from combining singing, ventriloquism, and comedy. He is of part Sicilian descent and practises ventriloquism. Fator got his first ventriloquism dummy when he was ten years old. Bowdern notices that Robbie is interested in magic and ventriloquism, while Robbie notices that Fr. Critics today have also disdained the ventriloquism in "Wieland". Kamal Haasan learnt the art of ventriloquism in order to portray his character perfectly. His first stage act without ventriloquism was in Newcastle. John Beloff, a former president of the SPR, investigated and suggested Janet was practicing ventriloquism.