Clowns & Entertainers

Comic Ventriloquist Joe Gandelman and his BIG cast of dummy and puppets have been favorites at private party, school, festival, scout, camp, and holiday events for children and families for more than 25 years. With San Diego as his base, Joe & Friends have done events all over California and beyond. Each show features the BIG cast of characters, lots of interaction – and laughs from beginning to end. The BIG cast includes more than a half dozen characters including the main dummy John Raven, an elephant who squirts water into the front row, a dragon who has fake smoke come out of his nose – and much more. A popular interactive bit is where he has a child wear a "ventriloquism mask" which turns the child into a living ventriloquist puppet (with Joe doing the voice).

Each show for kids and young people is tailored to the audience's age group. At the end of the show Joe often does a special segment where he'll show kids a few puppetry and ventriloquism secrets and let a few get up and try a dummy.

Birthday party shows are the same show he does in other venues, but at a birthday party price. He has opened for national music groups, entertained on Navy Ships, performed at Camp Pendleton before a speech by former President Ronald Reagan and was seen on ABC World News Tonight. Joe and his dummy, John Raven, have appeared on NBC's SPY TV. He taught comedian Margaret Cho how to do ventriloquism in a segment on her VH1 reality show" The Cho Show."

Complete information can be seen on Joe's website 's Shows on the upper right and explore pages about each kind of show and read client feedback - or watch his demo video on the lower right.

Among other cities, Joe Gandelman Comic Ventriloquist may serve the following areas: LA County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, Ventura County, Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Southern California, San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento, Northern California, San Francisco, Bay Area, Silicon Valley, Long Beach, Fresno, Oakland, Bakersfield, Santa Clarita, Stockton, Glendale, Anaheim, Berkeley, Irvine, Inland Empire, Santa Barbara, Van Nuys, Santa Ana, City of Industry, Modesto, North Hollywood, Orange