C404

The Live Talking Dog
C404 is one of the greatest ventriloquists
of our time.
French-American (he was born of French parents, in California), he is an international
success. For the last ten years, he has been presenting acts in the United States, and, in
particular, for two and a half years at the Aladdin, the famous Las Vegas hotel-casino
(the very one in which Elvis Presley was married). But he has also appeared everywhere in
Europe: in Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Scandinavia, just to mention a few
places. His linguistic talents-he works in five languages- "and, when I have to, can
get by using two others"-may have something to do with the warm reception he gets
from foreign audiences. There are three parts in the act he presents at the Paradis Latin:
a conversation with "Geoooorge", a dummy created from three pieces of rags;
Oscar, the talking dog, a basset hound-who is as much of a ham as any human actor: the
audience applauds him. In his third act, C404 has three spectators join him on
stage: we'll leave the dialogue up to your imagination! A fabulous comic moment.
