On March 28, 2014, Country Music Television premiered Achmed Saves America, an animated film starring Achmed the Dead Terrorist. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_(Jeff_Dunham_Character,_2007).jpg. In anticipation of its premiere, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with Jeff Dunham to discuss Me the People, reuniting with Comedy Central, navigating edgier comedy in a modern world, crafting a new character for the special, and more. [56], Dunham met his first wife, Paige Brown, at the Comedy Corner in West Palm Beach, Florida. Dunham also starred in The Jeff Dunham Show, a series on the network in 2009. Was that a discussion you had with Comedy Central, or was that something that they came up with on their own? Buckle up as Walter, Bubba J, Peanut, Jos Jalapeo on a STEEK, and the new guy, Url, offer their very unique points of view on where we are and where we may be headed! Comedy Central, they want people that will create ratings for them, and I have some great records there, and I think I might not be their first choice in brand of entertainment, but I think they have some executives in there now who recognize that numbers are numbers, and it doesn't matter where those numbers are coming from. | JEFF DUNHAM\" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOObbstoMVY-~-~~-~~~-~~-~- "Building a Rotorway 162F Part 1 of 8: How I got into this. To Achmed Junior, although AJ isn't above making cracks and practical jokes at his expense. Jeff Dunham at the comedy night sponsored by Image Entertainment. [11] The character starred in Achmed Saves America, an animated film that premiered on Country Music Television in March 2014. Actor: Delta Farce. [9][10][11] When he was three months old, he was adopted by real estate appraiser Howard Dunham, and his homemaker wife Joyce, who raised him in a devoutly Presbyterian household[11] in an affluent Dallas neighborhood, as an only child. [14], Walter is a retired, grumpy old man with arms always crossed in discontent. Jeff Dunham / Characters - TV Tropes Dunham portrays Melvin as unimpressed with other superheroes: When told Superman can leap tall buildings in a single bound, Melvin dismisses him as a "showoff," arguing that he can simply walk around them, observes that Aquaman has the same powers as SpongeBob SquarePants, asserts that the Flash's super speed is derived from methamphetamine, that the Hulk's vaunted ability to get stronger as he gets angrier merely mirrors "every white trash guy on COPS," and makes innuendo about the questionable relationship between Batman and the underage Robin. [1] Blue Collar veteran Bill Engvall, a friend of Dunham's, insists otherwise, saying that Dunham is inherently funny with or without the puppets. Self-described as a comic genius, Peanut is sure to make everyone laugh. So, that's the only thing I dread right before I walk on stage is that there's a big responsibility, and don't screw this up. [1][11] While emceeing a high school talent show, he dealt with a heckler, and won over the rest of the audience. Peanut is the sidekick of comedian / ventriloquist Jeff Dunham. Jeff lampshades this during All Over the Map, where he's flabbergasted by the insane popularity Achmed's brought him . [1] Dunham also appeared with Walter in a TV commercial for Hertz. Jeff Dunham at the comedy night sponsored by Image Entertainment. After a long pandemic pause, Dunham and his characters are finally back on the road, ready to provide a much-needed dose of absurdity given the times we live in. Trust us, even the hardest core fans won't be disappointednothing . [45] Although Jos was not Dunham's first puppet, it was the first that Dunham made himself. Search instead in Creative? On Christmas Day,@AudreyMurdick & I got engaged! With Jeff Dunham. Related: Best Comedy Stand Up Specials On Amazon Prime Right Now. Achmed first appeared in Spark of Insanity, and has appeared in every Dunham special since then. He revealed on \"Windy City LIVE\" that there's a new character named URL joining the gang during his 10th Comedy Central special, \"Jeff Dunham's Completely Unrehearsed Last-Minute Pandemic Holiday Special.\" Dunham shared the origin story for the special's lengthy name and how he got his start in ventriloquism and Walter shared something about Jeff that no one else would know.Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2VSUX6H \r\rFacebook: https://bit.ly/2sslv1a\r\rTwitter: https://bit.ly/2CmuqWw\r\rInstagram: https://bit.ly/2QNVRgU\r\rWatch Windy City LIVE at 1pm CT on ABC 7 Chicago! By 2002, Dunham was hoping to obtain more TV work to raise his profile and ease his standup schedule. 2. . And Jos hopped the border into the U.S., only to find out his parents were born in Los Angeles, but gave birth to him while vacationing in Mexico. This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. Walter is a retired, grumpy old man with arms always crossed in discontent. [11] He has a brash, negative and often sarcastic view on today's world. He's been married for several decades. So, I do approach it as an entertainer, as an artist, but also as a business person who wants that business back, I want those people coming back and having fun. If you're asking yourself, "Who is the best Jeff Dunham puppet?" King. [11] Following his bit, he was invited to sit on Johnny Carson's couch, a mark of approval on Carson's show. Showing Editorial results for jeff dunham. Jos Jalapeo on a Stick came to the United States by stick. You mention the live videos showing how you put it together, but what was going through your mind in designing the look of Url? The Best Jeff Dunham Characters - Ranker List of Jeff Dunham's Characters Jeff Dunham: This will be a subject that we may discuss later on. So, it's not like I have a Biden dummy, it's Walter saying, "I'm going to look like Biden, because everybody for years has said I looked like Biden." [23] In November 2009 Dunham also appeared with Walter in "Hart to Hart", an episode of the Disney Channel series Sonny With a Chance, as two security guards. [11], That year Dunham began attending Baylor University, hoping to graduate with a degree in communications, while performing around campus. [45] Although he does not appear onstage, Bubba appears as the backstage security guard in Controlled Chaos. Okay, so he cant count, but Bubba J is very proud of his redneck heritage. To the Terrorist Organization he worked for too. Despite being an infant, he is a belligerent heavy drinker, traits with which Dunham pokes fun at Irish stereotypes. I care very much about those people who spent their good, hard-earned money, and I want them, as a business person, to have fun there so that next time, they'll bring back family and friends, and it just keeps growing. He caught a break in 1985 when he was asked to join the Broadway show Sugar Babies with Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller, replacing an outgoing variety act. So, when I was a kid, there was a certain design of troll that was really appealing to me, and that was the stereotypical troll. He is a Vietnam War veteran and a former welder, and "doesn't give a damn" about anyone, especially his own wife and certain audience members. When Dunham introduced this boggle-eyed skeleton, he set the world on fire actually, he set himself on fire, then he accidentally blew himself up, and within no time he became the worlds only beloved dead terrorist. After Dunham became friends with Mike Lacey, owner of The Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, Lacey gave Dunham a steady slot at the club, where Dunham sharpened his act by observing the techniques of comedians like Jerry Seinfeld, and taking the advice of colleague Bill Engvall, moving away from his G-rated material toward edgier, more adult themes. Dunham has missed only one ConVENTion since then, in 1977. The little boy who fell in love with Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd was soon charming and disarming classmates, appearing at Kiwanis Clubs and Scout banquets, doing TV commercials for Texas car dealerships, and was on his way to national appearances while still in high school. His own father wasnt the best, though it was more out of confusion than any malice. Jos even sings the theme song to, He does it again later when Jeff is forced to put him back in his box due to him singing. [16] Dunham would appear on The Tonight Show a total of four times, as well as similar TV venues such as Hot Country Nights, appearing in one segment with Reba McEntire. The ability to play any kind of role is what makes an actor or actress great, and the diversity of the characters listed below is a testament to that. A. Buy Jeff Dunham - Animatronic Talking Walter | Moves a Little and Complains a Lot (20"): . File:Walter (Jeff Dunham Character, 2007).jpg - Wikipedia To teenagers, hes cool, hip, and irreverent. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/JeffDunham. As revealed in the DVD release, this signifies that he will no longer be used. Sweet Daddy's headstone is featured in the beginning of the special Minding the Monsters. A clip of Achmed from Insanity attracted over 140 million hits on YouTube,[11] making it the ninth most watched clip on that website as of October 2009. They sometimes do marathons on the day of my special, where it's just all me all day long, and a bunch of my specials, which is great. Jeff Dunham Realizes That His Newborn Grandson Looks A Bit Like Walter So yeah, there were many conscious decisions on what the material was, and when it was going to play on both Comedy Central's part and mine. The latest stand-up special from the acclaimed comedian sees him tackling everything from the current President of the United States, Joe Biden, to today's youth and cancel culture. So, he puts on the sunglasses, and he has the suit on, and the background in the special is the Oval Office. Jeff Dunham's "Minding the Monsters" brings together Walter, Peanut, Bubba J, Jose Jalapeno, and Achmed the Dead Terrorist as you've never seen them before! He was eliminated on "Vegas Night" alongside Montell Jordan as "Panther". At the time he finished writing his autobiography in June 2010, he was beginning to build his fourth kit. {{Information |Description=Jeff Dunham at the comedy night sponsored by Image Entertainment. [52], Seamus is a grumpy, beer-drinking, Irish infant who first appears in Relative Disaster, which was filmed in Ireland. Jeff Dunham, the only child of a real estate appraiser and homemaker, raised in a Dallas suburb, at the age of 9 received a toy ventriloquist dummy for Christmas, began to practice, and started dreaming of characters who could say what nobody else would dare. Achmed was, of course, one of the ones that got me hooked on you in the first place. Walter, in a shot from a 2007 performance. Jeff Dunham. I love that this special is going to come out around Thanksgiving, where a lot of families are getting together and trying to find something on TV they can watch together right before they go into a food coma. Jeff Dunham, the only child of a real estate appraiser and homemaker, raised in a Dallas suburb, at the age of 9 received a toy ventriloquist dummy for Christmas, began to practice, and started dreaming of characters who could say what nobody else would dare. [14] He was voted Most Likely to Succeed, and in 1980, after he graduated from high school, Dunham gave himself a career goal of obtaining, within ten years, an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which was seen as the "holy grail" for comedians. Would you say that there's any one character whose voice you find is the hardest to continue to recreate after all this time? Jeff Dunham was born on 18 April 1962 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Dunham responded that "Achmed makes it clear in my act that he is not Muslim." https://abc7.ws/2QOaUHt So, I used that same design, altered it a little bit, so he's not sole troll like, and he became this younger guy that looks a little bit like a troll. Walter Walter is a retired, grumpy old man with arms always crossed in discontent. So I, again, just try and do what I've always done, but it is a landmine right now that you have to traverse very carefully, because even if you say you don't care, you still need to care, because you can't say inflammatory things that really get people upset. [Chuckles] But I don't do that, I've always said, and as you probably were hinting at, I've always said that if you're offending a tiny percentage, maybe three 3-5 percent of the audience, that you're probably on the right track, because whatever it is that those people are upset about is what everybody else is laughing the hardest at. So, this particular one, I said, "I'd love to do it in the fall," and they said, "Let's do it Thanksgiving, like usual," and I was like, "Why not?" then this list will help you out. While Jeff Dunham doesn't look like your typical grandpa, he certainly fits the stereotype of being incredibly proud of his new grandson. Everybody was in masks sitting at tiny little cocktail tables, there was 100 people, it was great, but now, we've moved back into the big arenas, and it's just a lot more fun. Then, we had a naming contest from the fans, and some guy brilliantly named him Url, but it's spelled URL, so that's the new guy in the show. So, I thought internet troll, and let's make him look like that, so I sculpted that head, and then I didn't continue with that idea for whatever reason. He is the only person ever to win the "Ventriloquist of the Year" Award twice. And pronouncing Jeff's name as Jeff-fa-fa. [43] Melvin's headstone is featured in the beginning of the special Minding the Monsters. [11], In a 2014 show in Malaysia, the government requested that he not use or name Achmed in his show. Dunham created the Walter puppet himself, including both the initial sculpture and the silicon mold, though he eventually began using professional effects companies for the latter stages with his subsequent puppets. I love the bit in the trailer about Walter looking like Joe Biden already. 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[60], In addition to building the dummies he uses in his act, Dunham also restores antique ones as a hobby, such as The Umpire, a 6-foot-tall (1.8m) mechanized dummy built in 1941 to work the plate at a girls' softball game, which went unused and packed away for 50 years before Dunham acquired it in early 2008. Proud grandpa Jeff Dunham posted a picture of his new grandson Harrison that has everyone talking about the baby's resemblance to his puppet Walter. You mentioned that you have your fan base, but what is that like for you finding that right balance in your comedy between something that is just edgy enough to get people laughing, but also not too far that it alienates anybody? [2][18], In September 2008, his career reached new heights as he began performing in arenas filled with tens of thousands of people. ", complete with hand motions to indicate that a joke went over someone's head. ", "How Jeff Dunham's offensive puppets became the voice of Trump's America", "Jeff Dunham extends his Las Vegas residency four more months", "Q+A: Jeff Dunham brings 'Not Playing With a Full Deck' to Planet Hollywood", "Comedian Jeff Dunham Announces Perfectly Unbalanced Tour", "Famed Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham Announces 60-City Passively Aggressive Tour: Exclusive", "Walk of Fame Honoree Jeff Dunham Opens Up About His Constant Reinvention", "Jeff Dunham brings his 'Passively Aggressive' tour to Yum Center", "Comic ventriloquist Dunham bringing 'Seriously?' O. . Director: Manny Rodriguez | Star: Jeff Dunham. Played for laughs while in Iceland. In late 2006, Comedy Central aired Arguing with Myself, drawing two million viewers when it aired,[1] and selling two million DVDs. TV special; also writer and executive producer, TV special; also writer, executive producer and songwriter, TV special; also writer, executive producer and co-editor, Episode: "When the Vow Breaks: Part 1" (with Walter as Gus), Episode: "I Know What You Did Last Thursday", Episode: "Stone Mountain" (with Bubba J. as Pumpkin), 7 episodes; also writer and executive producer, Video; creator, executive producer and original character designer, This page was last edited on 22 March 2023, at 21:46. Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2023. The characters are ordered by the number of votes from funny folks like you, so only the greatest roles played by, If you're asking yourself, "Who is the best. [39][40][41], In 2003, Dunham released Dear Walter, a collection of questions asked of Dunham's fictional curmudgeon at live performances, authored by Dunham and Walter Cummings. This image is a derivative work of the following images: Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. He was totally legal. [59] In October, she gave birth to James Jeffrey and Jack Steven. Jeff Dunham's 2022 tour is bringing him to Wichita's - KSN-TV They have two children. Original file (508 760 pixels, file size: 83 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg). Jeff Dunham: He was definitely at the show that night, and he got a great response there in the show. When Dunham asks him if he remembers the happiest moment of his life after Walter tells him he has been married for forty-six years, Walter responds, "Forty-seven years ago!" Jeff and his characters Walter, Peanut, Jos Jalapeo, Bubba J, and Sweet Daddy Dee for a live show. #jedreywedding2012 Off to honeymoon! But he has on typical clothing, and stuff, and not a big tuft of hair like a troll would. [11], When Dunham was in the sixth grade, he began attending the Vent Haven ConVENTion in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, an annual international meeting of ventriloquists that includes competitions, where he met Jimmy Nelson in person. [57] On October 12, 2012, the couple married. [2][48] The large, round, articulated eyes of puppets such as Achmed and Achmed Junior are constructed by the same effects artist who created the dinosaur eyes for the Jurassic Park films. We're talking about every puppet from Walter to Peanut. "That's good, that's good, that's GOOOOOODD!". Famed ventriloquist Jeff Dunham has mastered this skill, and his appearances with characters like Peanut, Walter and Achmed the Dead Terrorist have earned him legions of fans. Stand-up comedian Jeff Dunham is known for his hilarious characters Walter, Peanut, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, and Jos Jalapeo on a Stick. According to the concert industry publication Pollstar, he is the top-grossing standup act in North America and among the most successful acts in Europe as well. [1] It became available on DVD and Blu-ray on November 18, 2008. [15] This concerned his parents, who assumed he would relegate his act to local venues such as church groups. He creatively adapts to local customs or concerns; in 2014 when the Malaysian government requested Achmed not be part of the show, Dunham enlisted Jacque Merde, the Dead French Terrorist, who looked suspiciously like Achmed, but instead donned a French chapeau, rather than the trademark white cloth headpiece. [15] Critics, such as Randee Dawn of The Hollywood Reporter, accused Dunham's characters of being racist caricatures, sexist, and homophobic. It's going to have some edge to it, but it's not going to be mean and nasty against anybody, so I think that's why my 15 minutes has lasted all this time.
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