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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: "Soap" (Chuck and Bob)
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 10:36:13 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 30 10:36:13 1985
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The serial "Soap" is now being re-run in the St. Louis area (6:30 PM
weekdays on KPLR-TV, Ch. 11), and I have been trying to follow it this
time around, having missed large chunks of it in its earlier runs. I
have a question that perhaps one of the network media experts can
answer:

One of the main characters is Jay Johnson, who plays "Chuck" -- the
ventriloquist son who engages in constant dialog and bickering with the
dummy "Bob". (Interestingly, he is listed in the credits as playing
"Chuck and Bob".) If he is really ventriloquizing (that's a real word,
folk), he is excellent at it. However I do not recall ever seeing him on
any variety show or other program where you sometimes see ventriloquists
and this causes me to wonder if he is really doing the Bob" voice in
real-time, or if the "Bob" voice was dubbed-in later.

So, is Jay Johnson a for-real ventriloquist, doing the dialog for both
Chuck and Bob as the show is being taped, or was the "Bob" voice
dubbed-in afterwards? Was he in any other shows, or is he doing a stage
ventriloquist act somewhere? Or did somethng happen to him?

Regards,
Will Martin

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