Daniel Jay Robison

Akron, OH

$400-$1500

Travels up to 200 miles

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Daniel Jay, Fuzzball and Gill singing Praise Ye the Lord

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Daniel Jay teaching the audience a trick

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Daniel Jay and Fuzzball at Mineral Ridge Church of Christ

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Christmas Greetings from Daniel Jay

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More fun than your favorite coaster!!

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Mineral Ridge Church of Christ

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Daniel Jay and Gill

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Class Reunion

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Actual New York Times Photo

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Rope Trick

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Ring

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Birthday Party

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Fuzzball Entertaining

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Warren Comedy Club

Overview

Professional Ventriloquist that provides a unique form of entertainment that uses both ventriloquism and magic to bring laughter and enjoyment to young and old alike. For company and family events as well as any church events. Daniel Jay Robison can cater a routine to your group. Performing for the area for more than 40 years, Daniel Jay brings a cast of characters to brighten up your event. A typical ventriloquist show includes two of Daniel Jay's puppets and a novelty ventriloquist skit as well as magic with assistants from the audience. Churches get magic with a message. Also close-up and walk around magic available.


Reviews

12 reviews

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Carmela M.

November 4, 2025
Verified review

Fun Magician

My daughter and all her friends were really impressed with the close-up magic. Great magician!

Hired as: Strolling/Close-up Magician

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Daniel Jay Robison

Thank you Carmela. It was a great time and I really enjoyed performing for your group as Uncle Fester. You were a fantastic host and the party was awesome. You made my job easy. Thank you!!!


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Malka S.

April 18, 2023
Verified review

Passover Convention

Daniel Jay Robison did a fantastic job at our convention, would hire again! Children and adults all enjoyed!!

Hired as: Ventriloquist


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S G.

December 1, 2021
Verified review

Amazing show, customized to our audience!

Daniel Jay traveled 2.5 hours to Southfield, MI for our Hannukah party. He kept the audience ( of all ages) laughing, engaged, and having a blast! He was culturally sensitive to our needs and customized the show to our crowd. He even sang a famous Hannukah song and created a little jingle celebrating the volunteers in our group. Kids and adults alike were treated to a really entertaining show. I'd definitely recommend him. Thank you, Daniel!

Hired as: Ventriloquist

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Daniel Jay Robison

Thank you for a really great evening!! Your audience was fantastic and I had a great time putting this show together. Thank you for your 5 star review!!!!


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Carrie O.

October 15, 2019
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WOW!

We asked Daniel to do his Magic with a Message show for our community event. He did a fantastic job! Kids and adults loved the puppets and magic. Daniel is flexible and great to work with. He is so good and we got so many complements that we hope he can come back for next years event! Thank you Daniel!

Hired as: Magician, Ventriloquist

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Daniel Jay Robison

Carrie thank you for the great review. It's always nice to hear back from my clients as to how the show went and I certainly enjoyed performing for your event!! Whenever you schedule your date for next year let me know. I would love to come back and perform again!! God Bless!!!!


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Kathi G.

August 20, 2018
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Daniel jay

Daniel did a great job and would hire again !

Hired as: Ventriloquist

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Daniel Jay Robison

Kathi thank you for the 5 star review! It was a pleasure performing at GULU Electrical Contractor's picnic. I had a fantastic time and your employees and their family were very responsive to my show. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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Booking information

Price range: $400-$1500

Languages: English

Gig length: 30 - 90 minutes

Unions: IVS, SAM, FCM

What to expect

For an experience that your group will remember long after the event is over. Daniel Jay bring a lot of energy and audience participation to every show. Below is a typical 1 hour Daniel Jay show for families.

Introduction
Ventriloquism
2 - 3 Magic Effects
Novelty Ventriloquism
2 - 3 Magic Effects including learning magic
Ventriloquism
1 - 2 Magic Effects
Closing

About

Growing up with Jimmy Nelson, Paul Winchell and Shari Lewis; Daniel took on ventriloquism at a very early age. One day while staying at a friend's house he got up early and ran across an album by Jimmy Nelson called "Instant Ventriloquism", he started practicing ventriloquism that day and never looked back. Ventriloquism got him in trouble more than once in class where, when a substitute teacher came in, Daniel would throw his voice and the teacher would yell at other kids. It was fun to see the others kids try to explain that Daniel was a ventriloquist and it wasn't them talking. One time in particular a teacher finally caught Daniel and made him stand out in the hallway, it just so happened that the principal was walking past and he saw Daniel and he just ask, "Throwing you voice in class again?" to which Daniel replied, "Yep!", the principal just laughed and walked away. Shortly after, the principal got Daniel in the newspaper at the Warren Tribune. At 12 Daniel began performing and also became interested in magic. He has performed at many of the local comedy clubs and been to many of the ventriloquist and magic conventions. Daniel Jay is a member of the IVS (International Ventriloquist Society) and the SAM (Society of American Magicians) and is the winner of the 2019 Midwest Ventriloquist of the Year Award. He has been quoted in the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times and has had his photograph on the front of the entertainment section of the New York Times as well.

Additional booking notes

Did you ever book an act and didn't have everything that the entertainer needed for their performance? With Daniel Jay there is nothing to worry about. You simply provide the work area and an outlet and Daniel Jay provides the rest. We use our own sound system, mics, stands and more. Daniel Jay is a one man show that comes prepared with everything to perform his show! We do our best to arrive at least 1 hour early to set up and seldom need anything from the client. If you want a show that's WORRY FREE than Daniel Jay is the one for you.

Past booked events

October 2025

25

Saturday

Halloween Party

8:00pm - 9:30pm

New Albany, OH

August 2025

02

Saturday

Twins Days

7:00am - 4:00pm (Sun)

July 2025

30

Wednesday

School Assembly

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Cleveland, OH

16

Wednesday

Ventriloquist ConVENTion

7:00am - 7:00am

02

Wednesday

Camp Event

2:30pm - 3:15pm

Cleveland, OH

April 2023

13

Thursday

Holiday Party

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Aurora, OH

December 2022

03

Saturday

Christmas Party

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Pittsburgh, PA

March 2022

31

Thursday

School Assembly

1:00pm - 2:00pm

West Farmington, OH

November 2021

28

Sunday

Holiday Party

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Southfield, MI

October 2019

12

Saturday

Festival

3:00pm - 5:00pm

Amherst, OH

August 2018

18

Saturday

Corporate Event

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Struthers, OH

July 2018

28

Saturday

Festival

11:00am - 3:00pm

Washington, PA

May 2018

31

Thursday

School Assembly

11:00am - 1:00pm

Solon, OH

February 2018

03

Saturday

Birthday Party

8:00pm - 8:45pm

Warren, OH

December 2017

16

Saturday

Christmas Party

4:00pm - 4:45pm

Turtle Creek, PA

09

Saturday

Christmas Party

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Cleveland, OH

August 2017

06

Sunday

Twins Days

11:00am - 1:00pm

05

Saturday

Twins Days

6:00pm - 8:00pm

July 2017

26

Wednesday

Festival

11:00am - 11:45am

Grove City, PA

22

Saturday

WWR Class of '67 Reunion

7:00pm - 10:30pm

20

Thursday

Karaoke/DJ The Beach House

9:00pm - 11:55pm

June 2017

17

Saturday

Surprise

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Cleveland, OH

December 2015

12

Saturday

Corporate Event

6:30pm - 9:30pm

Wooster, OH

12

Saturday

Holiday Party (Christmas)

5:00pm - 9:00pm

Butler, PA

June 2015

06

Saturday

Birthday (Adult)

12:00pm - 4:00pm

Clark, PA

Set list

Introduction
Ventriloquist Performance
2 to 3 Magic Tricks
Novelty Ventriloquist Performance
2 to 3 more Magic Tricks
Ventriloquist Performance
Close with a Message (for church performances)

Influences and inspiration

Daniel Jay runs a web site for ventriloquist called (link hidden) that helps him get in front of many of the great ventriloquist of today. Some of his influences are Jimmy Nelson, Paul Winchell, Jeff Dunham and Mark Wade.

Setup requirements

10x10 area

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