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About Daniel Jay
Born
on a cold winters day on December
17th, 1960, Daniel Jay Robison (actual middle name
Lee) was always interested in the unusual. His mom
(Donna) told him that he never used to watch the TV shows but as
soon as a commercial came on he would run in to watch it. Growing
up with Jimmy Nelson, Paul Winchell and Shari Lewis; Daniel took on
ventriloquism at a very early age. At 12 he began performing and
also became interested in magic.
He entertained for the first time while he was in 3rd grade in a Cub
Scout Troup talent show. He had a hand puppet at the time that was a
monkey and did a short skit that ended with "Tip Toe through the
Tulips" with his best impersonation of Tiny Tim. Even though
this was a pretty solid talent show he still took 3rd place (right
behind a folk singer and a rock band).
Daniel Jay and his monkey puppet
As he got older he got interested in magic as well as ventriloquism
and started practicing both. His parents bought him his first
"professional" ventriloquist dummy when he was 14. This dummy
was named Elmer and his father bought him from Abbott's Magic
Company. Daniel Jay only had him a short period of time when
he had an accident and his face cracked (Elmer fell from the top of
a hutch). His Dad fixed him as best he could and Daniel Jay
got a wig from his neighbors to finish Elmer's look. He
performed with Elmer through most of High School and, in his junior
year, ordered a new dummy from Alan Semok, a figure maker out of New
Jersey.
Daniel Jay and Elmer
Though out the
rest of High School and up until the summer of 1980, Zifferino Loon
Pablo Missello was the only puppet that Daniel Jay used. In
the summer of 1980 he attended his first ventriloquist convention in
Fort Mitchell, Kentucky and bought a cat puppet he named Fuzzball
after his girlfriend's (Sue Fabian) favorite cat. It
took him years to come up with a routine for Fuzzball but now
Fuzzball is a fan favorite.
Daniel Jay and Ziff
Daniel Jay and Fuzzball at IFest
Daniel Jay as a Christian Entertainer
Daniel Jay did
not start out as a Christian entertainer. He used to perform
for adult venues and took first place at Tickles Comedy Club local
talent night as well as performed at Hilarities in Akron. The
way he started in the Christian Entertainment industry is really
interesting. He and his family were on their way to church one
day and they decided to stop at his in-laws house for a minute.
When he got there his mother-in-law asked him if he knew of the
ventriloquist that was performing at the local church that day.
Daniel Jay checked the paper and saw it was Mark Wade. Well,
he changed his plans and went to see Mark perform that day.
When he got there he realized that Mark was nowhere to be seen.
He talk to someone in charge and found out that Mark had been in a
car accident and couldn't make it to the show. After much
coaxing from his wife, Daniel Jay told them that he was a
ventriloquist and he could go home and get his puppets and return
and stand in for Mark. All the way home and back he was
thinking, "I don't have a church show, what am I going to do?"
Well, as he always does, God made it work out and Daniel Jay has
been specializing in church shows ever since.
Daniel Jay's beliefs as a Christian
As a Christian
and growing up in a Southern Baptist Church, Daniel Jay's beliefs
follow the "Roman Road".
For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. -
Romans 3:23.
The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord. - Romans 6:23.
If you confess with your mouth that "Jesus is Lord" and believe in
your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. -
Romans 10:9.
Now we would all
agree that there is a lot more that goes in to being a Christian
than just these three verses but these three are a solid foundation
to start with and regardless of whether you are Baptist, Methodist,
Lutheran, Seventh Day Adventist, Catholic or any other denomination
one thing we would all agree is these are the truths that we base
our beliefs on and this is the message that Daniel Jay brings across
with every performance at your church. |
