Eyes And Teeth

In this edition I'm very excited to talk to Steve Nallon who many will know from his excellent work on the original Spitting Image. Margaret Thatcher, Roy Hattersley, David Attenborough, the Queen mother were all voiced by Steve and it doesn't stop there. I go way back to when Steve started and it turns out we both worked the Working Men's Clubs both age 16, we make a career from our voices and I believe I'm quite a nice guy, it turns out that Steve Nallon is also these things. 
Sit back and enjoy whether you're driving, or at home listening or in the dentist chair wherever you are as Spitting Image returns, but first here is a Legend of that very shows beginning. Mr Steve Nallon

Jimmy Tamley is the most positive person I know. He passed on all his advice, kindness and love of The Beach Boys to me from the age 12. Winner of The TV Talent Show New Faces in 1987, Jim taught me so many lessons on ventriloquism and never asked for anything in return then assigned me as his Roadie across the UK from 1989 to 1998.
Jim & I have been through so much together and we know each other so well. Jimmy talks about the technical side of a "working ventriloquist act" from working with the right sound, lighting, microphones and heckler's. So this can help another generation of budding vents.
33 years later, he's still giving me lessons and I still listen.
To see more of Jimmy Tamley check out his Website at http://jimmytamley.com/

Comedy Ventriloquist Steve Hewlett has admired today's guest for many years after seeing him on The Des O Connor show on ITV. Steve then supported Mick in Blackpool in 1995 and about ten years later Steve & Mick then met at sea working the Cruises. 
We talk about the business as it was and as it is but mainly reminiscing about Mick's very successful career as a stand up and his relationship with Cruise passengers and scissors.
This is the third episode of many in the series of "Eyes and Teeth".

I turned Professional ventriloquist age 22 in 1997, in 1998 I was booked on my first Cruise Ship, Thomson Emerald where I met todays guest. I wanted to start with Paul Adams as he and I were under the same Management and a Great man Wally Dent in the late 1990's. You never forget your first cruise, the experience whether a stormer or a horror story and mine involved Michael Jackson. 3 years previous I had seen Paul support a Music Legend at the London Royal Albert Hall and years down the line we work together on a Summer Season in Norfolk as well as Comedy Clubs and Theatre shows.
We talk regular and I always end up laughing and talking about great Comedians with Paul including himself so what better way to start "Eyes & Teeth" with a 1 hour Voicemail message. Enjoy Paul Adams, Comedy. @PAcomedy www.pauladamscomedy.com

Comedy Ventriloquist Steve Hewlett drops his dummies to talk to his favourite Comedy friends and colleagues in the World of Theatre, Radio, Pantomime, Circus, Cruise Ships, Television, Comedy Clubs and more.
Steve has been a ventriloquist since age 12 in 1987. He has worked across the land in the UK, Europe, America & Canada and around the World via the cruise industry but is mostly known from his 'Wildcard and Final' act on Britain's Got Talent in 2013. 
Since then Steve has Toured Theatres with his own Tours "Thinking Inside the Box", 2014 "30 Years of Talking To Myself" 2017 and in 2019 Steve wrote a Brand New show "Arthur Lager Get's Real" which he launched in Hastings, Sussex in March 2020 just before lockdown closed it down.
You can catch this show in April 2021 in the UK only.
Eyes and Teeth and Steve's upcoming first book "Ventriloquest" are Steve's current projects as he slowly returns to the stage. www.thestevehewlettshow.com