Wences, Senor

Wences, Senor
▪ 2000
Wenceslao Moreno 
      Spanish-born ventriloquist who delighted audiences with his simple puppets—most often Johnny, whose head was a decorated and bewigged scrunched-up fist, and Pedro, a head in a box—especially during the 1950s and '60s on such television variety shows as The Ed Sullivan Show and Texaco Star Theater; his dialogue with Pedro (“S'OK?” “S'awright!”) became a catchphrase (b. April 20, 1896, Salamanca province, Spain—d. April 20, 1999, New York, N.Y.).

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