Chris Hutchins Chris Hutchins Chris Hutchins is a British author, journalist and former public relations practitioner. Christopher Neville Hutchins is the younger of two sons and one daughter of Edward Victor Hutchins (d. 1944) and Kathleen Ness. He was educated at Torquay Boys' Grammar School. In 1956, he began a fan club for ventriloquist Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion. Hutchins lost interest when he discovered Elvis Presley and girls. Hutchins then landed a job as a journalist on the "Mid Devon Times" on a salary of £2-a-week. In 1961, Hutchins joined the "NME" ("New Musical Express") but left the paper the
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