Remember Saveen the ventriloquist, with Daisy May and the two talking dogs--one real, one stuffed?

There was one "spesh" (speciality act) making occasional appearances on tv in the fifties/early sixties that really gave me the screaming ab-dabs. I must have been a closet claustrophobe as a kid ... this chap came on stage wearing a flat cap and carrying a pipe or tube about two foot in diameter and long enough to reach just below his waist. After a bit of "business" with the pipe he'd stand it on end, then his hat would "accidentally" fall into it. He'd make several attempts to reach in and get it, but his arms were too short. He'd put one leg into the pipe and try, then the other. His arms were still too short, so (and here I'd start my panic attack) he'd put his arms and his head into the pipe (still with his legs in it) and work his way down till he was bent double, just his bum sticking out. There'd then be a bit of jiggling about until finally his feet, hands and head--wearing the cap--would appear at the bottom of the pipe, and he'd toddle off stage, still bent double inside the pipe, doffing his cap at the audience.

It's brouht me out in a sweat just thinking about it! I'll have to go and have a rest now (maybe do some work?) ...

Steve

P.S. Anyone remember his name?