Wayland P. Flowers Jr. was an American puppeteer, comedian, and actor best known for creating and performing with his bawdy, sharp-tongued puppet Madame. Flowers is frequently cited as a ventriloquist even though he made no effort to conceal that he was voicing his characters. He instead preferred to be called an "illusionist", because onlookers tended to focus their attention on his animated puppets, who seemed to do all the talking. His performances as "Wayland Flowers and Madame" were a major national success on stage and on screen in the 1970s and 1980s. Have you ever heard of this funny, talented performer?