edgar bergen, no doubt. larry: charlie mccarthy was it was all about character and everything. of course, to become as a household name like edgar bergen and charlie mccarthy, that was a goal. sherri lewis and these guys were big influences on me as well. i just decided when i was about 15 or 16, that when people thought of ven tril oh quisms, i wanted them to put my name up there with the big names. larry: america s got talent made it for you, right? yeah. i was in my 40s. larry: were you appearing in clubs? no, i was doing fairs, festivals. little small town stuff. in fact, what was funny about it, since i was a ventriloquist, they always looked at me as a kid s act. they would put me next to the petting zoo or with a bunch of clowns. it was terrible. i started playing schools, elementary schools.
incred ekrecre incredible terry fader. he s here with one of his characters, emma. now, how did emma learn to sing like that? how did you learn to do that? a lot of practicing in the shower. yeah, i want tob the next taylor swift. the next tarlt swift? yeah. okay. good luck. larry: we ll bring maynard back up in a minute. but how did you-how did you come to do this, you, terry? i started, when we were kids, i started when i was 10 years old doing ven tril quism. my parents had a janitorial business. when we were emptying trashes and vacuuming floors and everything like that, i decided it was a good time to practice ven tril oh quisms. i would sing the popular songs to the radio, but without moving my lips. i remember those days. you re not even that old. then i don t. she doesn t. larry: do you remember why at 10 you wanted to do voices