‘The Funniest Night’ with Todd Oliver comes to Newton

Todd Oliver, comedian, ventriloquist, musician, brings his friend Irving, Todd’s talking dog; and Pops, Miss Lilly and Joey, Todd’s suitcase family, to the stage at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Newton High School auditorium to perform “The Funniest Night” a hilarious 85 minutes of fun and frolic as part of the current series of concerts provided by the Jasper County Concert Association.

Oliver leads the audience through a range of hilarity from canine conversations with Irving, to the amazing ventriloquism of Todd Oliver featuring Pops, Miss Lilly and Joey. You are in for great laughs, audience participation and a whole lotta fun for you and your family.

Oliver grew up loving dogs, ventriloquism, and rock n’ roll music. As a young boy he studied piano, guitar, voice and ventriloquism. Along the way he created some wooden headed characters, Pops, Miss Lilly and Joey and began performing around the world.

Todd Oliver and Friends have been a feature on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Late Late show with Craig Ferguson,” “The Today Show,” a couple episodes of “Walker Texas Ranger” and in 2012 they were a semi-finalist on “America’s Got Talent.”

Bring the whole family and enjoy a night of fun, fun, fun. Individual tickets are available for $20. For more information about the show, visit www.funnydog.com.

Call Bob Lane at 641-831-3152 for more information about the show or any upcoming Jasper County Concert Association productions.