Ventriloquism is only an illusion; it’s the art of using our keen sense of sight to deceive our often inaccurate sense of hearing.
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Close your jaw keeping the lips slightly apart, and the teeth touching lightly together. At no time let the teeth separate. This is vital to the illusion.
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You shouldn’t have much trouble making the sound of “w” without moving your lips. But if you should have any trouble, just say the sound of “oo,” as in moon, instead of the “w” sound. In that way “oo-air” would be where; “oo-ott” would be what; “oo-eye” would be why; and “oo-en” would be when.
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When you get into dialogue — with you and the dummy alternately doing the talking — you run smack into the first big mental problem confronting the ventriloquist. You are no longer one person. You are now two separate and distinct individuals and personalities. And you now have to think and act for two people.
