Nina Conti - Ventriloquism Is A Dead Art

#NinaConti and her monkey argue about Canadian jokes, dogs, and whether Nina needs to use a puppet.
#NinaContiStandUp from the #JustForLaughs Festival in 2004.
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[@calhoun24]

“Jim Henson knew his place.” 😂

[@emailalpha6437]

I love how she laughs at almost everything Monk says.

[@CosmosChill7649]

Adds to the bloody illusion.

[@rishic6701]

She has immense talent. She makes it look so easy switching back and forth between monkey and her. Salute🙏

[@nsdesu]

She is so freaking brilliant and beautiful

[@zarkorandjelovic6945]

It's not fair!

[@anyscaleclassics6880]

Ok, Im a bit late to the Nina fan club. AWESOME ventriloquist, brilliant comedien, fantastic actress (the character she has produced for the monkey is perfect). This particular routine really highlights her brilliance. Even when she completely exposes the mechanics of it all, its still somehow totally convincing.

[@theblanketfortcohort7332]

I only discovered her today lol

[@Treviscoe]

Me too, but she's absolutely incredible. I wish I'd discovered her years ago.

[@MateoKupstysChica]

this is one of the most amazing performances I've seen! the way she did the meta-reference was majestic!

[@shadowjack8]

Second time I've found this tonight. I laughed just as loud. What a fresh look at the art.

[@alanleizerman]

pure talent and super creative!

[@Kenstar365]

That was awesome! Ventriliquism is a serious skill

[@marioiacolucci]

I know its cool!

[@superviewer]

Talented in many ways. I can't imagine the learning curve of this skill.

[@Spineloro]

She is crazy unique❤️✨

[@whittakerdanielj]

I have seen this act several times. Amazing every time.

[@brunoaguirre5088]

She was really good

[@robertfrost6522]

OMG I love this woman! Always a little twist in her shows, something new...just so funny!

[@bradpool127]

Amazing talent.

[@TheHorsebox2]

Without doubt, the best ventriloquist of all time.

[@myadventures9331]

Of all time ? obviously you haven't seen Jeff Dunham

[@TheHorsebox2]

@@myadventures9331 ok. I'll give him a look.

[@TheHorsebox2]

Yes, he's good.

[@TheValeyard92]

Ray Allan will always be king.

[@matthewbishop8395]

@@myadventures9331 Jeff is mediocre at best.

[@raheimmundle3576]

Nina is a genius 😂

[@frankensteinlives5451]

Nina is awesome. Love her act.

[@laineywright2696]

I love this girl! Nina is so funny. I've watched a bunch of her KZbin clips and can't stop laughing.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

Have you ever noticed how she sometimes forgets to move her lips when SHE's talking?

[@rscosworthfan]

better than paul zerdin though he moves his lips when hes not meant too lol

[@michaelsorensen4660]

Maybe I was enjoying the comedy and not looking for flaws but I saw nothing. If you could point out the actual time, I would agree. Otherwise?

[@rainbow2710]

@@michaelsorensen4660 01:15 Ad Lib? I can't do that...

[@conchosewing]

amazing skill!

[@williamsauer2633]

You are good at what you do love your videos

[@leonardomattarmonteiro2824]

Wow! Bloody brilliant! 3 minutes in & I'm already a HUGE fan. Ventriloquists are demigods. Err...DEMIGODDESS I adore you NINA CONTI ✊🤘🤘🖤

[@miguelBT2809]

She’s clever using that particular accent because it leans into speaking thru the teeth.🧠

[@paulgarthhypnotherapy9983]

Sounds like Sean Connery.

[@dmereel]

i love her!

[@marcos7801]

Some members of the audience looked so confused about the whole thing.

[@danitestalkr]

Oh wow, holy shit, the last bit, it's amazing

[@faintsherin4468]

monk can't speak the bilabials /p/ /b/ but Nina is brilliantly using this particular accent to get around with it.

[@theblanketfortcohort7332]

YES!!! FUCK YES!! That was so damn clever I love it!!

[@hoss6355]

Brilliant mind.

[@cheongyei]

Tremendous show.

[@theBoonarmies]

What an absolute bombshell.

[@druss69harad61]

Underrated

[@TheRm65]

Great routine and impressive comedy.

[@adriancastillo1957]

So bizarre and hilarious.... and really creative

[@carloschau9310]

One of the best comedy act

[@anthonyvarwig1988]

Funny and very beautiful

[@chado3000]

So is Nina.

[@glenm5034]

Nina, What a talented performer ....

[@lavonclaxton2329]

Absolutely talented and beautiful great artist 👍✌️😆❤️

[@WeeWyllie]

Brilliant ... head and shoulders above the rest.

[@TheCpHaddock]

Holly shit, she's amazing!

[@andymcneil7085]

Gorgeous, talented and entertaining.

[@williamrobinson7435]

This is a great version of the sketch. A few will have picked up on the Jim Henson reference. Wonderfully capable to be freaky at the end there. 🤣🌟👍

[@marioiacolucci]

Love nina

[@jordanpeakofficial]

what an incredible routine :)

[@marioiacolucci]

Love nina conti

[@badoo41sol13]

Funny and beautiful 😁👍👏👏👏❤⚘⚘⚘

[@petezaparty5965]

She....is....brilliant!

[@ronaldfields8835]

💜💜💜

[@pumagutten]

Wow, she is spectacular in addition to being brilliant. What a lady!

[@yusefendure]

She's a master of the game. Totally in awe...

[@johncourt9580]

Hi Nina, i find your act absolutely amazing, what an incredible talent you have , so entertaining and i must add you're very beautiful which leaves me glued to to the screen for hours on end, please never stop.

[@ApartmentKing66]

You really think she'll read this comment board?

[@roberthoffhines5419]

LOVED the flip gag at the end, like a good plot twist. Is it permissible in the ventriloquist world to do that?

[@wwerules000]

Why not, she's pretending to be the monkey, like it takes her over, actually good how she can change her voice like that.

[@colinmayes5892]

She is brilliant

[@kiwimax4659]

"Stop pretending it's not your FAULT!!!" 😮

[@marioiacolucci]

Funny stuff

[@phil1753]

I cud watch this women for hours

[@tomthompson7400]

Not seen this clip before ,,, genius.

[@aidangriffiths5075]

Happy she changed end of the act in future performances

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

Saw her once on Spicks and Specks (Australian music quiz show) and loved her there. Saw this in my recommended; decided to watch. Freaking loved it!

[@jm123456789101112]

Brilliantly funny and gorgeous...

[@nickdryad]

Best thing is you can laugh at your own jokes.

[@farhaadyousefi]

wow..

[@dm8867]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@FreddyFernandoGonzalez1987]

Monkey is cute and funny LMAOL He want his own show

[@larrymazzuca1313]

Talented and Gorgeous !!!!

[@michaelsullivan9500]

she's so hilarious and such a beauty to be a ventriloquist and such a sense of humor to make fun of herself and call herself names and laugh at it and make fun of it as long as she just doesn't take it to heart she is so funny. And I hope she sees this I would love to see her and Jeff Dunham do something together with their puppets because that would be hilarious.

[@harrismiller1948]

Haven't heard much from her for a while, how is she doing?

[@Makadidu]

Has to be one of the best female comediennes around!

[@yusefendure]

Why doesn't she have at least a million views per video?? She destroys damn near every other comic out here; male OR female!

[@matthewgarettyconnorlinkme3429]

Spoiler------ -- - The portion where NC uses Monkey’s voice without the prop makes me think of when Chucky possesses Nica in Cult Of Chucky.

[@dpostuk]

that's a big spolier... great ending to a rather interesting movie. low budget but fun. It puts the new one to shame. terrible movie.

[@erikpetrie637]

She makes it look like she's actually talking to Monk as if he were another person. I hope in the future she introduces new characters

[@lauraradigan4114]

That was hilarious.

[@TheAntHar1]

4:47 Wonder if Nina realised what she just said?

[@unclecreepy4185]

I haven’t seen her do that bit where she becomes Monk and I agree it’s a freaky thing to watch her talk like that.

[@WATL]

Does she have any social media?

[@joshybratwurst1398]

Way better than Jeff Dunham

[@michaelkunz1948]

you are absoluly right,,,,,

[@TARS_0392]

Not really, but way hotter for sure! ;D

[@bergman6581]

She is way better than Jeff Dunham. Dunham always repeats the same racist jokes with variations.

[@metazare]

Don't lose your pearls when you clutch them ya prude.

[@WeeWyllie]

Jeff Dunham is very good, but Nina works on an entirely different level. Jeff's humor is obvious and simple, if entertaining, and even a child would find it funny. On the other hand Nina's approach is cerebral, extremely clever, and she skates "close to the edge of the ice" in terms of the audience's requirement to suspend its belief. This last aspect owes its success to her superlative acting talents ... to wit, you easily slide into the general notion that the monkey is an entirely separate being, and is more-or-less in charge, and that Nina is hearing its remarks for the first time, and is embarrassed by them. Hers is an extraordinary talent indeed.

[@Bikerguy5845]

What a babe ❤❤❤

[@Bear-Ur2ez]

A talented and sexy looking woman.

[@stuartbritton7408]

Don't say that! She probably married. Don't want something you can't have. It's not healthy.

[@jamess5415]

Omg she is gorgeous

[@BenjtheMan]

hawt

[@aprilthompson3041]

You’re voice, you are so possessed!

[@fanfanthomas9688]

It's not easy to look her in the eyes

[@xendava7217]

She's brilliant. But there was something kinda weird about the end of her set. But I cant quite put my finger on what it is.

[@SkillBuilder]

She takes risks all the time and you are walking the high wire with her

[@danb.3397]

Same old routine but I still laugh

[@matthewbishop8395]

this is from years ago. Shes done so much more stuff since then

[@Zumcho]

Jim Henson knew his place 🤣

[@q-tuber7034]

Dying 😆

[@paulhardacre7818]

4.23....Cher??

[@everythingbobbywolfe]

Audience was deader than the puppet

[@KhanivoreQniba]

I fancy her SO much.....

[@davidbeddis632]

Fantastic body and great puppies

[@davidtombs7385]

She certainly has.

[@brucewallace8227]

Very talented .funny, quirky , and Hot 👍

[@norvillerogers8326]

I can't say what I'm thinking...

[@legalmexican]

I understand, surely I do.

[@maximalisttrader9272]

Her ooga ooga’s though my goodness

[@robert3987]

A beautiful lady.

[@tompearce6140]

CHECK OUT DARCY LYNN.

[@TinaRoxx]

I have the biggest crush on Nina.

[@PanicByNumbers]

She is brilliant and hot.

[@oneslyder]

She should have showed her lovely sweater puppets.

[@moi5219]

Well aren’t you a lovely ray of shitshine

[@JustinCoasters]

She's beautiful

[@LearnThaiRapidMethod]

Wow this is really disturbing - coz it’s so believable!