History Main / HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation

Can involve a PaperThinDisguise and BadBadActing. When done while on the phone, this is a PhoneyCall. Can overlap with ButHeSoundsHandsome (where Bob is actually pretending to be Alice, and then talks about himself). Not related to TalkingToHimself, surprisingly, which refers to RealLife voice actors playing multiple characters.

'''[[ItMakesSenseInContext Buzz's severed arm]]:''' Hi ya, fellas. To infinity and beyond!

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* In ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'', Feste fakes a conversation between himself and "Sir Topas the Curate" outside Malvolio's cell.

* There is an entire profession based on this. It is called ventriloquism.

'''Buzz's severed arm:''' Hi ya, fellas. To infinity and beyond!

* ''Film/CaptainPhilips'': In the first attempt by the pirates to board the ship, the titular captain uses the radio and talks to himself to pretend that they're contacting the Coast Guard to scare off the pirates (who have a radio that can hear what he and the supposed Coast Guard are saying).

* In the Creator/AdamWest ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series, Batman and Bruce Wayne [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgCkmUS1IYI have a phone conversation.]]

* In ''Film/TheStoryOfRobinHoodAndHisMerrieMen'', Friar Tuck is doing this when Robin Hood first meets him. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments He even sings the male and female verses of a love song!]]

'''Woody:''' So, you see? We're friends now, guys! Aren't we, Buzz?\\
'''Buzz's severed arm:''' You bet. Gimme a hug! ''(Woody makes the arm grab his neck and pull him forward in a hug)'' Ha, ha, oh, [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove I love you, too]].\\

'''Woody:''' Nothing!\\
''(Woody innocently shrugs and throws both his hands up...exposing the severed arm.)''

-->'''Mrs Demson''': "Is she OK?"
-->'''Martha''': "Are you OK? ''(as Mariella)'' I'm fine. ''(as herself)'' Are you sure? ''(as Mariella)'' I'm sure. ''(as herself)'' Absolutely? ''(as Mariella)'' Absolutely."
-->'''Mrs Demson''': "Why doesn't she come out?"
-->'''Martha''': "I think she's just lost the use of her legs."

Can involve a PaperThinDisguise. When done while on the phone, this is a PhoneyCall. Can overlap with ButHeSoundsHandsome (where Bob is actually pretending to be Alice, and then talks about himself). Not related to TalkingToHimself, surprisingly, which refers to RealLife voice actors playing multiple characters.

* On one episode of Newsradio, Jimmy is in a coma, and his coworkers take turns spending time by his bed. Dave, being in the midst of a relationship crisis, opines that he wishes he could ask Jimmy for advice, then speculates about the weird and inscrutable things he'd say if he were conscious, and then responds to them. Afterward, he mentions he has a different perspective because of "something Jimmy said".

* On one episode of NewsRadio, Jimmy is in a coma, and his coworkers take turns spending time by his bed. Dave, being in the midst of a relationship crisis, opines that he wishes he could ask Jimmy for advice, then speculates about the weird and inscrutable things he'd say if he were conscious, and then responds to them. Afterward, he mentions he has a different perspective because of "something Jimmy said".

* In ''Film/TheStoryOfRobinHoodAndHisMerrieMen'', Friar Tuck is doing this when Robin Hood first meets him. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny He even sings the male and female verses of a love song!]]

->'''Woody''': Oh, hi Buzz! Why don't you say hello to the guys over there?
->'''Buzz's severed arm''': Hi ya, fellas. To infinity and beyond!

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': Buzz Lightyear, who originally believed he was the ''real'' Buzz, has [[HeroicBSOD gone temporarily insane after having his worldview shattered when he found out he was just a toy]]. His (toy) arm gets broken off in attempt to fly; later, he throws the dismembered arm at Woody in anger. Woody has to convince the other toys that Buzz is okay. He hold's Buzz's arm out from behind a wall, as if Buzz was actually standing just behind the wall, and proceeds to (badly) mimic Buzz's voice while waving the arm around.
-->'''Woody''': Oh, hi Buzz! Why don't you say hello to the guys over there?
-->'''Buzz's severed arm''': Hi ya, fellas. To infinity and beyond!
-->'''Slinky''': Hey look! It's Buzz!
-->'''Woody''': ''[Shaking the arm's hand]'' Yeah, hey Buzz. Let's show the guys our new secret best-friends hand shake. Gimme five, man! ''[Pantomines with arm]''
-->'''Hamm''': Something's screwy here.
-->'''Woody''': So, you see? We're friends now, guys! Aren't we, Buzz?
-->'''Buzz's severed arm''': You bet. Gimme a hug! ''[Woody makes the arm grab his neck and pull him forward in a hug]'' Ha, ha, oh, [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove I love you, too]].
-->'''Slinky''': See? It ''is'' Buzz. Now give back the lights, Potato Head.
-->'''Mr. Potato Head''': Wait just a minute. What are you trying to pull?!
-->'''Woody''': Nothing!
-->''[Woody innocently shrugs and throws both his hands up...exposing the severed arm.]''

* For the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqPW591Xfaw final episode]] of WhatsMyLine in 1967, John Daly was both the host and the mystery guest.

** In another episode, Bart gets caught by Marge and Homer allowing bus driver Otto to live in the garage. He says that Marge gave him permission, and since he thought she wouldn't remember, he took the liberty of recording the conversation. He plays it back, and it's obviously Bart doing an impression of Marge.

-->'''Buzz's severed arm''': You bet. Gimme a hug! ''[Woody makes the arm grab his neck and pull him forward in a hug]'' Ha, ha, oh, I love you, too.