Otto & George

Otto & George is an adult-themed ventriloquist comedy team composed of comedian Otto Petersen (born July 29, 1960) and his dummy George Dudley.^[1] Petersen began performing with George as a street act in Manhattan and Brooklyn in the early 1970s. In the late 70s the act moved into night clubs and began to evolve into the "x-rated" current act.

Background

Otto & George are frequent guests on the Opie and Anthony radio show, have appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular & Bullshit! programs, and Showtime's "Full Frontal Comedy". The duo have also appeared in the feature films "Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen" with Chris Rock and Tim Allen, and performed a version of the "The Aristocrats" joke in Paul Provenza's & Penn Jilette's film of the same name.

Performing for over 30 years, Otto is well renowned as both a comedian and a ventriloquist.^[2][3] One notable aspect of his ventriloquism is that his lips still move while he speaks with the George voice, but the illusion of there being a different speaker is made with the sharp contrast in the George voice with his own. Otto speaks with a low, rather nervous voice whereas George speaks in a loud, harsher voice.

Otto & George perform all over the U.S. and Canada. The duo have performed several times at the annual Just For Laughs Comedy Festal in Montréal Canada.^[4][5]

Otto cites the legendary ventriloquist Paul Winchell as his inspiration after watching him on television in the 1960s.

Filmography

Feature films

I'm No Dummy (2008)
The Aristocrats (2005)
American Dummy (2002)
White Chicks Incorporated (1998)
The Force Within (1993)
Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen (1988)

Television

Penn & Teller's Bullshit! (2007)
The Late Show With David Letterman (2007)
Howard Stern (4 Episodes 2002)
Full Frontal Comedy (1996)
Playboy Channel's 'The Club' (1990)
The Morton Downey Jr. Show (1988)
The Joe Franklin Show

External links

• Otto & George Official Home Page
• Otto Petersen at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ George's last name revealed on Opie and Anthony's March 23, 2010 show at the beginning of the third break. Also found in George's old Photo Gallery [1][2]
2. ^ From Punchline Magazine, June 2008
3. ^ From SunJournal.com, December 2007
4. ^ from HOUR Magazine, Montreal Canada: Review of 'Just For Laughs' Comedy Festaval 2005: [3]
5. ^ From Montreal Mirror: Interview for 'Just For Laughs' Comedy Festaval 1998: [4]

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