A talent scout walks into a bar.

He orders a beer and starts talking to the patron next to him, and somehow they start talking about their jobs.

"I'm a talent scout," the scout says, "I'm always looking for the next big act!"

"Really?," says the patron, intrigued. "I've got a fantastic act, more brilliant than anything you've ever seen! If it's more amazing that anything you've seen, will you buy me a drink?"

The scout ponders this, and agrees. The patron must have something incredible!

So the patron reaches into a bag and pulls out a miniature piano and a little frog. Sure enough, the frog starts playing the piano!

"That's incredible!" The scout gushes, "I'll certainly buy a drink for that!"

So the patron finished his first drink, and is still thirsty, so he turns back to the scout; "tell ya what. If I show you something even more amazing than the frog, will you buy me another drink?"

The scout readily agrees to this. So, the patron reaches back into his bag and pulls out a hamster. Sure enough, the frog starts playing the piano again, and the hamster starts singing duet!

"That's incredible! Sir, I would like to purchase your animals for an act. How much for them?" the scout inquires.

"Well," the patron says," you can have the hamster for $10,000, but the frog is special to me; he's like my best friend and he isn't for sale."

The scout, still floored by the hamster's vocal prowess, eagerly accepts and writes the patron a check for $10,000 and leaves the bar before the patron can change his mind.

The bartender has been watching all of this, and says to the patron, "you know, you really shouldn't have sold the hamster -Now you've broken up their act! Who is going to song along with your frog?"

And the patron says, "Don't worry, the frog is a ventriloquist."