Comedian Michele LaFong to be featured on SIN CITY ER on March 18 at 7PM PT/9C
New series on Discovery Life Network
Las Vegas, NV-March 13, 2016- Comedian/ventriloquist Michele LaFong, and her puppets are featured in an episode of SIN CITY ER, which will be the first of several airings to run exclusively on the Discovery Life Network on March 18 at 7PM PT/9C, with repeats and airings on other networks thereafter. SIN CITY ER reveals the gritty real-life medical dramas that unfold behind Vegas’ glitzy façade. All episodes will be archived on www.discoverylife.com/tv-shows/sin-city-er/ once the episode initially airs, and will be available on iTunes.
Cineflix Media produces SIN CITY ER, which is shot on-location in Las Vegas.
In episode #6, of SIN CITY ER, Michele LaFong and her “backseat driving puppets” share their never been told story of how their lives and careers dramatically changed following a high speed, head-on collision that occurred in 2003, while driving to a three month engagement at The Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Laughlin Nevada.
Michele LaFong is the protégé of the legendary Senor Wences, the most famous international ventriloquist in the world who “passed the torch” to her, by “handing-off” his original puppets, together with the exclusive rights to perform his famous characters Johnny, the lipstick hand-puppet, and Pedro, the head in the box, as documented in LIFE Magazine, March 1998. Both make cameo appearances in Michele’s stage show and on SIN CITY ER. They will also be featured in her upcoming book.
ABOUT MICHELE LAFONG
Comedian Michele LaFong has been headlining casinos, resorts, theaters, colleges, cruise ships and comedy clubs around the country and Australia for over two decades, having had her own on-going show three times on The Las Vegas Strip. “I have been very blessed to have worked with and been mentored by some of ‘The Greats’ in show business including Debbie Reynolds, Jackie Mason and the legendary Senor Wences.”
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Michele LaFong, protégé of Senor Wences
Michele’s stud-puppet Paco
Recent footage from a reality series in development
For more information on Michele LaFong visit michelelafong.com
Michele and her puppets are available for interviews.
Email: info@michelelafong.com
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Apr. 19, 2011: Happy Birthday Senor Wences! The legacy of this “pop icon” lives on…s’alright? S’ALRIGHT!
by Michele LaFong
To date, one of the biggest thrills of my life, was in March of ’98, when the now, late Senor Wences, the most famous international ventriloquist in the world, “passed the torch” to me, as documented in LIFE magazine.
My good friend, and 100 year old mentor, handed-off his original puppets, and rights to his famous characters, giving them new life, and enabling them to be introduced to a new generation.
And so “the legacy” of Senor Wences, Johnny, and Pedro, continues.
These days, Pedro, the head in the box, is starring in a new public announcement commercial against texting and driving. The new slogan is: Don’t end up like Pedro, and be “a head in a box!” And Johnny, the lipstick hand-puppet landed an on-going role with me, on The Jada Grace Show, a new pilot series, which will air next year.
Every April 20, Senor Wences’ birthday, the original “Johnny,” “Pedro,” and myself, have a champagne toast to celebrate the late, and great, Senor Wences. April 20, 2011, is particularly special, since this would have been Senor Wences’ 115th Birthday!
This year, not only will we all be toast-ing, but Johnny, Pedro, and myself, plan on getting toast-ed, in honor of The Great Senor!
Also, for this very special occasion, we will be observing a 5 minute “moment of silence,” without any of us moving our lips, after we simultaneously sing “Lady Of Spain,” while drinking a glass of water!
Come, join the party!
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