Travel with Al from his childhood when he discovered ventriloquists on television in its own infancy, through his development as a child performer and his rediscovery of the engrossing art when he retired after forty years as a computer programmer, writer and musician. Follow Al's workshop skills, as he builds and repairs ventriloquist dummies and renovates the time-worn works of the old masters. And stay with him in a lifelong search for the one dummy that will define his role as a performer in such an unusual and distinct performance art.