Ventriloquist Paul Zerdin delighted the audience and all the judges of America’s Got Talent during the show’s Judge Cuts Week 3 with his funny puppetry.

Marlon Wayans hit the golden buzzer for him. “It was wonderfully orchestrated. the joke telling was amazing. You make grown up man feel like a kid. I felt joy and I want that feeling,” he said.

Zerdin is going straight to the live shows.