- What animal are you?
- I'm a lizard kinda thing, I'm an iguana.
(girl laughing)
- You are one weird iguana.
(gentle string music)
Hi, my name's Crystal.
What's your name?
- My name is Vicki.
- I really like your outfit, what is it?
- It's like a little stage isn't it?
- Mm hmm.
- Do you have any guesses of what I do?
- Looking at the box and that
I was thinking a ventriloquism?
- What?
How do you know about ventriloquism?
- Well I watched America Got Talent,
and I'm actually practicing it.
- Are you?
- Yes.
- Do you have a figure that you use?
- Uh huh.
(girl laughing)
- So good.
- What's in that box?
- You know what, this is my very first dummy ever.
Well, hello there.
How are you doing?
(girl laughing)
- How does the puppet work?
- He's got this right here, this hole.
My thumb goes right here.
- To make him open his mouth? - My finger does.
Uh huh.
What?
(inaudible)
- Did you bring any other puppets?
- I sure did.
Did you want to meet 'em?
- Yes, please.
- Open your eyes.
- Aww!
- Hello.
- Hello!
Can you tell me some tips for talking with my mouth shut?
- Bite down on the back of your teeth, like this.
And then close you mouth like this a little bit,
right there.
And then the easy thing to is
find a voice like hello!
- Hello!
- How you doin'?
(girl grunting)
(girl growling)
- How did you know you wanted to be a ventriloquist?
- It fell on my lap.
I didn't start until I was 30 years old.
And look at you.
How old are you?
- Nine.
You already know what you wanna do, huh?
- Mm hmm.
- That's excellent.
- You betcha.
Does your hand or mouth ever get tired?
- My mouth doesn't get tired,
but my hand gets tired sometimes.
- Does the puppet ever get tired?
- No, I never do.
- Really, then why are you sitting on a pillow
and not jumping?
- Because I'm the queen.
- Where's your crown?
- It's getting polished.
Ha.
- How often do you practice?
- Every week.
- I practice every day.
- Well, you should, and you're amazing for it.
- Thanks.
- You wanna meet some more?
- Yeah.
- How you doin' Crystal?
(girl laughing)
My name is lucky.
- What animal are you?
- I'm a lizard kinda thing.
I'm an iguana.
(girl laughing)
- You are one weird iguana.
- Yes.
- Do you have any advice for me?
- The best thing is being very comfortable on stage,
and it seems like you are.
Have you written a script yet?
- I have a monologue.
- That's great.
Practice in front of a mirror
so that you make sure-- - I do.
- [Vicki] Yep, so see, you're doing everything right.
- Thank you, Vicki for teaching me more tips
to that ventriloquism.
- Yeah, well you're awesome,
and I expect to see you out there Crystal
'cause you were really good. - Thank you.
- Yeah.
Bye, Crystal.
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