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
Jerry Layne (ventriloquist) Jerry Layne (ventriloquist) Jerry Layne (1938 - 2018) was the ventriloquist host of "Puppet People", a TV series produced from 1973 to 1975 at CFCF-TV in Montreal and telecast on most CTV television network stations. He worked with his "friends" Lester and Herbie, puppets created for the show. Layne grew up in Brooklyn, NY during a time when ventriloquist acts were popular entertainment in theaters and clubs. He became interested in ventriloquism as a child and by age 14 was a student of ventriloquist Paul Winchell. He went on to work in television production and eventually became a full-time ventriloquist