The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9) was characterised by Pemberton as a thriller in the style of Anthony Shaffer's 1970 play "Sleuth", while Shearsmith identified the episode as particularly theatrical, in the style of "Sleuth" and Ira Levin's 1978 play "Deathtrap". BBC executives, according to Shearsmith, saw the episode as a cross between "Sleuth" and Willy Russell's 1980 play "Educating Rita" that read as if it had been authored by psychopaths. The executive producer Jon Plowman suggested that the first half of the episode plays out like a radio play. The word-play and tea-drinking in this part of the episode are, in the writers' opinion, very
Valentine Vox the Rita Rudner Show, Live! with Regis and Kelly and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Valentine Vox became an American citizen in 2009. Valentine Vox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWodEwCePHU Dummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4lF7PuG3UM&t=23s Exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sR1v4qoua8 History of Ventriloquism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01oAJO-I-4 Edgar Bergen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsH7NsfYEg*Theater and Television Valentine Vox Valentine Vox (born Jack Riley; February 20, 1939) is a British born American ventriloquist and author known for his scholarly book on the history of ventriloquism, "I Can See Your Lips Moving: the history and art of ventriloquism", which traces the practice back some three thousand years. As a ventriloquist Vox’s career spanned over 50 years appearing in