Orville the Duck Orville the Duck Orville the Duck was the most famous puppet often used by the ventriloquist Keith Harris (1947–2015) and was named after Orville Wright (one of the Wright Brothers). Orville is a green duckling who wears nothing but a nappy with a large safety pin on the front. He speaks with a falsetto voice. Orville appeared on BBC television from 1982 to 1990 on "The Keith Harris Show", which featured assorted puppets such as Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey. At the peak of their popularity in December 1982, Harris and Orville released the single "Orville's Song", reaching
Jay Johnson (ventriloquist) Bob puppet featured on "Soap" was inducted into the Smithsonian Institutions collections of pop culture icons in May 2007. He currently uses a replica Bob for "Jay Johnson: The Two & Only!" and other appearances. Jay Johnson (ventriloquist) Jay Johnson (born July 11, 1949, in Lubbock, Texas, and grew up in Richardson, Texas) is a ventriloquist and actor, best known for his role on the television show "Soap". He played Chuck Campbell, a ventriloquist who believed his puppet Bob was real and demanded everyone treat Bob as human. Chuck never went anywhere (even on dates) without his puppet Bob, who