No. J2K1165

Hey now--Jesus was no dummy! Except, that is, in His brief incarnation as "Louie," the Bible-talking puppet sitting here on the knee of Dan Betzer.

Thanks to Sister Deborah, who sends us this Jesus of the Week with the note, "Bible ventriloquism is just not very impressive when it's recorded on a record."

Deb makes a valid point.

Exactly how difficult is it to make a puppet appear to be your rambling sidekick when we can't even see it? Do you think old Dan really had that doll on his lap in the recording studio, opening and closing its mouth while he recited the story of Samson and Delilah in two voices?

We'll never know—but thanks to this craven image of Pinocchio and his papa, we can always dream.