I’ve always found vetriloquists to be entertaining, and right now there are two big names in comedy whose act centers on ventriloquism.  Jeff Dunham has become a household name with his friends Walter, Peanut, Achmed, and others.  He’s got 3 concert DVDs and a Comedy Central show that lasted one season.  If no one else came along, you could probably make a case for him being the most successful ventriloquist of all time.  But there seems to be a contender.  His name is Terry Fator.

Fator just recently broke into the scene when he was on the second season of “America’s Got Talent.”  I don’t watch too much reality TV, so the way I found out about him was by stumbling onto his recent DVD.  To put it mildly, I was blown away.  Fator’s show is more singing classic songs while impersonating the original artist.

Each has their strong and weak points when compared to the other.  Fator’s ability to sing is impressive, his ability to impersonate the original artists is incredible, and coupled with his ability to do that as a ventriloquist puts him into that category of “Are you kidding me?”  Dunham does mostly stand-up comedy with his characters, which is what make me laugh to the point of tears when I watch him.  Fator’s comedy is much lighter and does make me laugh but it’s there as more of a segue for the songs.

So, in a head to head, who would win?