lisacampbell2 My Dad likes Jeff Dunham and for the life of my I still just can not figure out why. He is not funny at all and all of his jokes are so bad I just groan without even really wanting to. His ventriloquism work is really good and he does a great job not moving his lips et cetera when his puppets are talking but what I care about is if they are funny or if the puppets are interesting and I can't stand this guy or his puppets at all. Most of the puppets aren't just unfunny they are totally racist. He has a puppet of an Arabic guy's skeleton and all he talks about is how he's going to kill the audience. He's a skeleton because he has already blown himself up as a suicide bomber once. There's also a lazy Mexican character for a puppet. This guy is just awful. I hope my Dad gets over him soon haha.

FilmBuff1994 This is a brilliant stand up comedy from the genius mind of Jeff Dunham,it starts off with Jeff Dunham doing somee comedy without any of his which was just sorta a warm up for the dolls,but it was still funny,then he had Walter who is my favourite out of them,he just complains about everything,and he is just hilarious,then he got Awkmad the dead terrorist,who's catchphrase is "silence,I kill you" and also said lines that are said a lot lately like "stop touching me" and "knock,knock,who's there?,me I kill you,then he took out the super hero "Melvin" who has a shirt that says D that stands for his theme song "Du Du DA DA"and his super powers are to fly,x-ray vision and to stop a speeding bullet-once!,then he got his weird but hilarious puppet Peanut,who has a confusing but hilarious personality and then he takes out Halipino on a stick (while he still has Peanut)-and all in all great show.

ctomvelu1 Dunham has to be one of the funniest comedians working today, and note I didn't specify just as a ventriloquist. Having said that, I have to pause for a moment to reflect on something: Achmed the Dead Terrorist is hysterical, and it's probably better to laugh at your enemy than fear him, but I think Dunham pushes the envelope a little too far with this character. Ditto Jose Jalapeno. I am amazed Mexicans haven't risen up in revolt, except they have no voice yet in America. Jose reminds me of Bill Dana's Jose Jimenez character or for that matter, the Taco Bell dog. Or even Speedy Gonzalez and his siesta-loving buddies. So maybe Dnham is the equivalent of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog or Lisa Lampanelli, both of whom also push the envelope to the point of discomfort -- even while they have me bending over in spasms of laughter. But it's easy for me, a white, English-speaking, Christian male, to laugh at what in truth is thinly veiled racial humor. Imagine Achmed as a Jewish moneylender or Jose as an Italian organ grinder. Not so funny now, huh? Characters like Walter and Bubba, on th other hand, are right out of the Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy days, although I don't think I ever heard Bergen's puppets get that rude. Peanut is another matter entirely. One way or the other, I believe Dunham is a truly gifted performer even if his humor does get pretty vexsome. The guy is pulling in $30 million a year, so he must be doing something right. Someone here has suggested characters like Achmed and Jose Jalapeno are simply playing on American ignorance, which is exactly what Borat does. But I'm not so sure this is true in Dunham's case.

ltlacey This is the 2nd DVD of Dunham's shows, and I wish we could rate higher than a 10, since the 1st one is a 10 and this DVD is even better. We chanced upon these from a DVD rental service where you can watch some movies for free, and have never laughed so hard or for so long. There are a variety of characters, and the audience is able to relate to at least one of Dunham's "friends." Dunham first comes out doing a stand-up routine, which of course each character manages to work into their routine when they are brought out later. You get the sense that these are not puppets but actual beings. Want even more laughs, head to youtube and check out the bloopers.