Rickie Layne and Velvel by Trav S.D.

We've written about many ventriloquism acts that were identity-based: English, Irish, African American, female, gay, etc. but surprisingly, I think Rickie Layne (Richard Israel Cohen, 1924-2006) is the first vent we've come upon to agressively work the Jewish angle. Born and raised on Brooklyn, Layne began doing Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor impressions when he […]

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