After tickling audiences in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland,  Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA; Puppetry of the Penis - the brainchild of Aussies Simon Morley and David “Friendy” Friend - is finally Vegas-bound.

Some of the 40 or so tricks that will be performed with their dicks include the Loch Ness Monster, the Wristwatch, the Pelican, the Baby Bird, the Windsurfer, and the one that started it all – the Hamburger.

Due to gaming regulations, Puppetry of the Penis is unable to be held inside of a casino, as it contains full male nudity (despite being utterly non-sexual); so the Art of Genital Origami is gonna reach-out and touch Las Vegas audiences (kinda like the ‘80s-era AT&T), from the new Jewel Box Theater at the Erotic Heritage Museum.

Recently, along with radio personality Brittney Cason (co-Host of KOMP 92.3's B.S. in the Morning show), I judged the open-call for puppeteers, who will be joining longtime maestros Rich Binning and Christopher J. Cannon, as they lead the troupe from Las Vegas; which is becoming the de facto home base, for the various splinter groups that will peel-off and tour the US.

And what an array of men, it was.  Besides the cruise-ship entertainer who’d just relocated to Las Vegas, that morning (and explained while unbuckling his belt, that he’d only minutes earlier been interviewed for a job at Downtown’s DISCOVERY Children’s Museum), the Strip performers, the comedian, the pornographer, and the former stripper, were a bunch of basic Caspar Milquetoast-type guys who would proceed to drop trou and take a bow, for us judges.

You’ve really gotta hand it to the puppeteers, as they not only have to be completely devoid of modesty, but also must maintain a terrific sense of humor and a quick wit, throughout.  The penis stuff, oddly enough, seems to work itself out.

With fans including Victoria & David Beckham, Cristina Aguilera, Hugh Grant, David Furnish & Sir Elton John, Bono, and Naomi Campbell; as well as rave reviews in such esteemed publications as The New York Times, The Toronto Star, and Vanity Fair – not to mention HBO’s Real Sex - is it any wonder that Las Vegas would emerge as the future home of this good-spirited display of performance art?  (That was rhetorical, folks…)

Puppetry of the Penis
Jewel Box Theater @ The Erotic Heritage Museum
Click HERE for tickets and info

Get into it!