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Otto & George was an adult-themed ventriloquist comedy team composed of comedian Otto Sol Petersen (July 29, 1960 – April 13, 2014) and his dummy George Dudley.〔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 ()()〕 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 an "X-rated" act. ==Background== Otto was born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island, New York. He Is survived by his wife, Trish Conte, his mother, Sylvia Petersen, his brother, Tom Petersen, and a sister, Lona Petersen. Otto & George were frequent guests on the ''Opie and Anthony'' show with side-kick Jim Norton, and appeared on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'', ''The Howard Stern Show'', Penn & Teller's ''Sin City Spectacular'' & ''Bullshit!'' programs, and Showtime's ''Full Frontal Comedy''. The duo 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 Jillette's film of the same name. Performing for over 30 years, Otto was well renowned as both a comedian and a ventriloquist.〔( From Punchline Magazine, June 2008 )〕〔( From SunJournal.com, December 2007 )〕 One notable aspect of his ventriloquism was that his lips still moved while he spoke with the George voice, but the illusion of there being a different speaker was made with the sharp contrast in the George voice with his own. Otto spoke with a low, rather nervous voice whereas George spoke in a loud, harsher voice. One of the team's last ventures was their Internet variety show ''The Pig Roast with Otto & George''. Otto & George performed all over the U.S. and Canada. The duo performed several times at the annual Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montréal, Canada.〔from ''HOUR Magazine'', Montreal Canada: Review of 'Just For Laughs' Comedy Festival 2005: ()〕〔From Montreal Mirror: Interview for 'Just For Laughs' Comedy Festaval 1998: ()〕 Otto cited the legendary ventriloquist Paul Winchell as his inspiration after watching him on television in the 1960s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Otto & George」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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