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11 1 0 7 X-rated ventriloquist act Otto George in Eatontown jersey alive! Feb. 25, 2005 mv COVKDV gets the thumbs up whenever he visits Howard Stern. "That's cool, but it's a tough show for me, since you can't swear on that show and you don't get the visual parts of what I do since Howard is on the radio. It's also tough to be funny early in the morning. I don't find anything funny at 6 a.m." Aside from working the clubs, Petersen has been acting in short films such as "Christmas UFO" and "American Dummy." The latter also featured comics Jim Norton and Lewis Black, who will be at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank on Sunday.

had moved his act to clubs. In order to play venues, he decided to alter his shtick. "To get into places I had to work blue, which was an adjustment," Petersen said. "I had to work dirty to get the other comics off my case. It worked out" Much of Petersen's amusing act is built around insults hurled at him by the inflammatory George.

"It's all very dysfunctional," Petersen said. "George tells me I'm a piece of garbage. He tears at my confidence. It works with the audience." Petersen, who will make a return engagement tonight and Saturday at the Stress Factory Comedy Club in Eatontown, The affable Petersen has been performing with his wooden dummy George for 30 of his 44 years. A Staten Island native, he began his career as a street performer in Manhattan.

While entertaining in Central Park in 1976, Petersen recognized an amused member of the audience, who tossed $2 his way. "It was John Lennon," Petersen recalled. "He was with Yoko (Ono), who didn't laugh at all. But he laughed. He came up and said, is for your puppet and the rest of it's for you, since he was It was amazing.

He was so approachable. I wish I had a camera on me then." By the early '80s, Petersen OTTO AND GEORGE 9 p.m. today and 8 p.m. Saturday The Stress Factory at Eatontown Sheraton Route 35 North, Eatontown $16 (888) 541-4242 By ED CONDRAN Correspondent Prop comic Carrot Top doesn't get much respect, but as the flame-haired performer once said, "At least I'm not a ventriloquist." As comedians go, those who work with dummies don't get, well, props from their peers. Otto Petersen, who performs as the X-rated ventriloquist act Otto and George, is accustomed to folks who roll their eyes when they learn of his vocation.

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