Reverse Ventriloquists & The Old Switcheroo

The other day I ran across this commercial for Captain Morgan's rum while I was waiting for a Youtube video to load. In it, two guys at a party are standing at a counter discussing how many shots are in the bottle of rum, when the one guy pipes up about how the other had mentioned that there is supposed to be a "reverse ventriloquist" there. Enter the reverse ventriloquist - seen in the picture.

This bit instantly reminded me of the closing shot of the old Twilight Zone episode entitled The Dummy, in which Cliff Robertson portrays a night club ventriloquist with a sociopathic dummy for a partner. That final shot of the episode is one of many classic moments in the Twilight Zone series.

Check out the shot.

The shot segues into the closing credits with the requisite voice over of Rod Serling's epilogue:

"What's known in the parlance of our times as the 'Old Switcheroo'..."