Terry Fator - Puppets

Puppets

This is an incomplete list of the character names for the puppets that Terry Fator uses in his act.

• Walter T. Airedale – Airedale, a country singer, is the puppet that Fator has had the longest.
• Winston the Impersonating Turtle – Winston was inspired by Kermit the Frog. "Originally I had a Kermit the Frog puppet and I would have (him) sing 'Rainbow Connection'," says Fator. "When I called up The Muppets to see if they would let me do a Kermit the Frog impression (on national TV), they said I could do the impression but I could not use the Kermit puppet. Necessity is the mother of invention, so I said, OK, I'll have a turtle do an impression of a frog singing with Louis Armstrong."
• Emma Taylor – "Emma Taylor is a lady who sang with me on 'America's Got Talent,'" says Fator. Fator says that Emma is his "best puppet friend." "I kind of like Emma. She's really cute," says Fator.
• Maynard Thomkins – "Maynard Tompkins is an Elvis impersonator; the only impersonator in the world who does not know any Elvis songs," says Fator.
• Julius – Julius is the soul singer. People are sometimes initially shocked by Julius as an African-American puppet. "Obviously, it’s going to be shocking. People look at me a little nervously," Fator said. "But when I start singing, all objections fade away and they love it." Julius was a favorite when he appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show. "As soon as I brought out Julius, she had this look on her face, wondering what I was about to do," Fator said. "Once I started into Marvin Gaye, she fell out of her chair.".
• Johnny Vegas – a lounge singer, often impersonating Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, etc.
• Duggie Scott Walker – Introduced as Fator's annoying neighbor, he is a heavy metal music lover. Loves AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others. He partied so much at concerts he always thinks there are strobe lights flashing.
• Vikki the Cougar – a 49-year old (she keeps turning 49, so her actual age is unknown) female singer, singing songs from the Pussycat Dolls as an example. As her name implies, she prefers dating younger men, between the ages of 21 and 24, as she revealed in an interview on Las Vegas CBS affiliate KLAS-TV. Vikki is apparently Duggie's mother.
• The Fifth Beatle – Patterned after Paul McCartney, he was kicked out of the Beatles.
• Wrex – A crash test dummy that sings automobile-themed songs.

Fator is constantly creating new characters. "I've got several new ones I'm creating for the Mirage. We're going to be constantly creating new characters for the show," says Fator.