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Bob is the ventriloquist figure created and performed by Jay Johnson for the ABC television comedy Soap. Johnson played Chuck Campbell, a ventriloquist who was regularly accompanied by Bob, and the figure served as an uninhibited alter ego who made blunt or provocative observations. The original puppet, also known as Bob Campbell, is held by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, where it represents the role of puppetry in 1970s television comedy.
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Who is Bob in the television series Soap?
Bob is the wooden ventriloquist dummy used by Jay Johnson's character, Chuck Campbell. Soap premiered on ABC in 1977 and used Bob as both a comic sidekick and an antagonistic presence.
Why is Bob different from a typical friendly ventriloquist dummy?
Bob is blunt, argumentative, and often seems to have his own hostile agenda. That behavior makes the relationship between Chuck and Bob a recurring source of dark sitcom humor.
Who performed Bob's ventriloquist act?
Jay Johnson performed Chuck Campbell and operated Bob on Soap. The show made Johnson's ventriloquism central to the character rather than treating the dummy as a separate animated puppet.
When did Soap run on television?
Soap originally ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981. Bob appeared within the show's deliberately exaggerated parody of serialized television dramas.
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