Willie Tyler & Lester (Letterman Show)

[@yaddamop]

I was a fifth grader in 1972 when I started to do ventriloquism. Willie and Lester were my inspirations. I studied hard to do what Willie did because his lip control was impeccable. In fact, I got to meet the guy who carved Lester a few years later when I went shopping as a teenager for a professional figure (which I still have). I did vent up until my mid-twenties. I might get him out again (I named him WIllie, by the way). Thank-you, Willie Tyler, for being someone who inspired me as a kid almost 11 years old at the time, to do my very best.

[@docdee770]

"Don't you understand what you're saying?" My favorite part of the routine! 👍

[@melvinstapleton6133]

The Best Ventriloquist act ever of all time. Unbelievable Gift. Wow! I grew up watching this and still amazed.

[@PhilVerryChannel]

Edgar Berman was far better but he was good too.

[@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203]

Willie is a favorite, to be sure. The likes of Mr. Tyler and Jeff Dunham have kept this great art form going.

[@grandmalovesmebest]

I grew up watching Paul winchell & Jerry Mahoney but Willy tyler and Lester are my all time favorites.

[@kennethneece4838]

@@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203 I just wonder if Jeff Dunham had ever met Willie Tyler, because Willie Tyler was the first venquilotrist that I had started watching!

[@Assyrianmikey]

And his comedy was always so wholesome!! They don't make talent like this anymore. What you got now Jeff Dunham?!??! Dunham isn't funny like this!!

[@Keirfey]

I remember being gifted a Lester doll for Christmas one year in the 1980s. I had a lot of fun trying my hand at the art of ventriloquism ❤

[@DallasPix]

Willie, saw you & Lester on The Jeffersons (rerun) the other day. Thought, man, what is this guy doing today! You are great! I remember you from back then & still great today! Bless U for the entertainment you have given me over the years.!! You're great.!

[@diannestrong9441]

Reminder of the good ol days I was 2 years old. Remember seeing this with mommy

[@Carol-i4c]

Arguably the best vent in history! This guy just gets better with age! And still has the killer smile ❤ luv you both always

[@markbirchette8740]

Mr. Tyler, are you still doing the act in 2022? Wonderfully done sir!

[@grantkoeller8911]

He was in an insurance commercial.

[@cassieg.5742]

I grew up with your act,you made me laugh 😂 so much.Thank u.

[@behonest3639]

This is pretty incredible

[@panowa8319]

I remember Willie Tyler and Lester back in the days with other up-and-coming ventriloquists like Jay Johnson and Bob if "Soap" fame in every HBO specials.

[@blueskye6372]

Great performance 👍👌

[@MavAuto-Pete]

Absolutely 💯 brilliance, so clever... Amazing guy.

[@tomshaw6373]

That was amazing!

[@garycarpenter2980]

I first saw them on the Jeffersons and he was really funny

[@ytafan4068]

Same here, Is the clip where they sing Handbone with George Jefferson anywhere on KZbin?

[@edyann]

And don't forget What's Happening Too! He also appeared on that show.

[@Spark_Iskra_z_Polski]

WHAT A TALENT! ❤️

[@kennethneece4838]

When they came out, I always liked Willie Tyler and Lester! Those two were certainly a class act!

[@grantkoeller8911]

Lester not wendall

[@kennethneece4838]

@@grantkoeller8911 Oh! Okay!

[@kennethneece4838]

@@grantkoeller8911 Oh! That’s right! Thank you for that correction!

[@NathanMasso-u7m]

Mate he's one of the Best i ever Seen. And i am 62

[@grantkoeller8911]

This is real showbiz!!!!!!!!

[@CoreyChambersLA]

Truly a great entertainer - uh entertainers.

[@chazzer4759]

excellant show

[@stevenbaer5999]

Willie Tyler and Lester appeared on Rowan and Martin Laugh In.

[@SmoothCrmnl80]

Lester used to scare the 💩outta me when I was a tyke in the 80s lol

[@sandrariggsmoore4146]

I look at the pictures. . Love you ❤️😘💗💗💗💗 ok 🤩🤩😍😍😍😘🤩😍😘

[@lucassimonfoster]

U can hear Paul Shaffer loving it

[@ellentaylor4351]

EXCELLENT 😘

[@ziggysmalls9329]

Awesome!!

[@laetitiagallant7866]

Willie cute. Real cute.

[@geniuskennard8016]

I was a kid and i need to know what happened to these two, amazing how i tried to imitate them, he made me want to become a ventril!

[@yvettemoreno7946]

Amazìng😀😀😀

[@lewiscarey1593]

This is the GENTLEMAN, who opened for Diana Ross, after leaving The Supremes!!! Class act Lester, I mean Willie!!!😅😅😅

[@jamesyoung4508]

OOH OOH YEAH MY PARENTS AND KANE AND MY WIFEY KEKE REMEMBER HIM

[@gdlywom]

He’s quick! 😂

[@ludicrous7044]

WTFMAN Those arms are blowing my 🧠 A bullet just missed my head and sounded like WHERE IS HE?? 😕🥵😱

[@DavidLopez-ck3qt]

He is definitely one of the best and neither one of are aging at all lol 😆

[@SL-cl9gt]

I know what Sanford would say if they ever met 😏😏😏😏😏😏

[@TestAccount-fw6nk]

Haha! Good one! "You big..."

[@kennethneece4838]

@@TestAccount-fw6nk you big dummy! That’s what Fred Sanford would say!😁😁😁😁😁

[@yankee2666]

This guy can hit hard consonants without moving his lips, better than any ventriloquist I've ever seen

[@andrewharris7517]

Willie Tyler and Lester…. Nuff said…

[@trysometenderness7466]

I think this guy has been around a lot longer than 30 years.

[@kenquarles8893]

Oh yeah he has, I saw him as a kid 54 years ago! My uncle took me, it was the first live performance of any kind I've ever seen!

[@kenquarles8893]

By the way, he's 81, and still active,I read!

[@michaelmcclure8782]

I’m here because of Bobby Lee

[@angelawilson4404]

Wow☺️😂😃

[@indrataylor3149]

🙏🏿❤️✊🏿

[@jansonmeachemsr.6841]

He look like dude play as Roc dad on TV show Rock

[@boxmovilaqp1887]

EXELENT

[@MoyesinDahoud]

Bad friends sent me

[@Toracube]

How the hell could he make two voices at the same time?

[@DrTomoculus]

Evidently!

[@angelawilson4404]

Yeah ☺️😂

[@GQ-jv9uw]

Wow

[@douglasarnold5310]

Yes he is almost bought a Lester doll should have

[@user-pp1on4fk7d]

Dude was crazy and obsessed with that dummy

[@davidbacio]

#nosotros papaya

[@dontehaymon5437]

Hello how you doing I do the same thing then .😎

[@takeshihiraoka2622]

Whatever happened to this guy? Did he retire?

[@lesterbautista6590]

This is his KZbin page

[@kennethneece4838]

Ohhh! Willie Tyler and Lester! I think( I’m not sure ) that they were around before Jeff Dunham had made an appearance and Willie Tyler was one of the great venquilotrist too! I just wonder if Willie Tyler had any other venquilotrist dummies that he had in his act! I’m not saying that Lester wasn’t good( which Lester WAS good) I’m just asking if Willie Tyler had any other dummies with him!😏😏

[@einarvindenes.6636]

Glitrende

[@scrappypooh1515]

Creep!