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Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist and stand-up comedian. He has performed on numerous comedy shows including Comedy Central Presents in 2003. Some of his famous puppets include a woozle named Peanut, a bitter old man named Walter, and José Jalapeño - a talking jalapeño pepper on a stick. His latest DVD, Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself, was released in April 2006. In this latest stand-up offering, Jeff opens his show playing straight-man to his usual crew and includes three recently added characters, the Playa-In-a-Management-Profession, Sweet Daddy Dee, NASCAR enthusiast (amongst other things), Bubba J, and a dead but still a living skeleton terrorist, Phil. Image File history File links Dunham_jeff. ...
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Ventriloquism is an act of deception in which a person (ventriloquist) manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere. ...
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Puppets
Peanut Peanut is a purple woozle with purple fur, a small tuft of green hair on his head (which, according to Dunham, are Ostrich feathers), and only one shoe. Unlike most of Jeff Dunham's puppets, his eyes and eyebrows are immobile. This allows for a greater range of motion for his head. Peanut also has a rod attached to his left elbow which Jeff uses to operate and further the range of the puppet's movement. Stan Woozle reprimands his bumbling sidekick, Heff Heffalump. ...
According to his biography, Peanut was born on an island in Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean near Guam and has five siblings. He never finished school. He moved to the United States in 1986. According to the official website, he met Jeff Dunham in central Texas, but according to Arguing With Myself, they met in Florida. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area Ranked 2nd - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
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There is a special feature on the DVD showing Jeff Dunham's pet chihuahua humping the puppet. There is also an outtake where Peanut's green tuft of hair accidentally came out. Noticing a member in the audience who is also bald, Jeff hops offstage with Peanut and has Peanut hug the man and rub his head, jokingly "feeling his pain". This article is about the breed of dog. ...
Walter Walter is a retired and grumpy old man, married 46 years, and has a brash, negative, and often sarcastic view on today's world, arms always crossed in discontent. He is a Vietnam War veteran, and "doesn't give a damn" about anyone, even his own wife. His looks are reminiscent of classic wooden dummies, but aged many years and literally gone sour in physical demeanor. Other than his mouth, his fuzzy black eyebrows can contort somewhat to show just a little more expression than his usual bitter side. Walter has expressed an interest in returning to the work force as a Wal*Mart greeter.
Showing true improvisational skills, Jeff does a segment at the end of Walter's routine wherein he has Walter answer questions from the audience that they were asked to pose prior to the show.
To express Walter's utter "intolerant-of-everyone" nature, the DVD features a scene just before the Q&A end segment where an audience member (named Mike) leaves to the restroom. In a huff, Walter unleashes insults at him until he returns, often simply referring to him as a dumbass. Also on the DVD is an outtake with Walter which shows the puppet's arms falling uncrossed and limp at the sides. If that weren't enough, Jeff then forgets his place when he reconfigures Walter's arms. He admits to being slightly intoxicated on tequila at the time, but somehow still maintains the laughter until he finds his place again.
Jose Jalapeño (on a stick) Jose is a jalapeño pepper with a latino personality, a sombrero, and a mustache, whose running joke is adding "on a stick" to the end of most of his sentences. Jose's movement is restricted to one single motion of the mouth which Jeff operates by using his thumb on the back of Jose's infamous stick. Although hindered from doing much else, Jose makes up for his mobility loss with his characteristcs, his singing ability, and most of all, his stick. He lives in a plain pine box, one of Jeff's original character storage trunks. Jose is usually brought out during Peanut's act and the two often get into an argument, with Jeff in the middle of it all. Jose has clarified that he is not Mexican but Cuban, and hails from Florida.
Bubba J. Bubba J. is one of Jeff's latest characters. He loves beer and NASCAR. The "J." is short for his last name, Junior, he is married, and is assumed to have at least one child. Odd as his characteristically redneck attitude is, what is even weirder is that the dummy can move just his left eye from center to left. Bears a notable resemblance to Mortimer Snerd. Edgar John Bergen (February 16, 1903 - September 30, 1978) was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist. ...
Sweet Daddy Dee Another new character in Jeff's arsenal, Sweet Daddy Dee is Jeff's "new manager" and is trying to school Jeff in street, often with much difficulty, no avail, and to much dismay at Jeff's lack of knowledge of black slang. Sweet Daddy Dee wears a purple pimp suit and removable hat (revealing that he is bald underneath). The dummy has mobile eyes and eyebrows and can pull his lip back.
Melvin, the Superhero Guy Melvin is an older character of Jeff's who isn't included in the DVD but does show up on the Comedy Central Presents episode. Albeit he has no real powers, he claims he'd be more of a superhero if it weren't for his large nose and small stature. He claims his arch nemesis is his wife, but only at certain times of the month when she "turns evil." Premenstrual stress syndrome Pocahontas Middle School ...
Phil, the Dead Terrorist Phil is a skeleton-looking character that made a surprising appearance on Jeff's show during one of his comedy club tours in 2006. Phil apparently martyred himself in the course of a suicide bombing, but lives on as a skeleton with facial hair. He apparently has problems keeping his feet on the stand and keeps shouting "Foot! Foot! Foot!" to Jeff to keep his feet up. He has a white bandana that he says it was made from boxers. He also shouts he'll "kill you" or "Silence!" to people who make fun of him.
Trivia - According to the commentary on Arguing With Myself, the first puppet he ever made was José Jalapeño, which he built in college. However, he has remade the puppet several times. The one that appears in Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself is a third remake, according to Dunham on the DVD commentary.
- Peanut's nose is attached to his face by velcro and can be removed.
- Has won numerous awards for ventriloquism.
- The DVD was filmed over the course of one night with two different shows spliced together.
- The puppet Bubba J. that appears on Arguing with Myself was made at the last second. In fact, Dunham claimed that the paint was still wet when he was using Bubba J. in his performance.
- According to Dunham, Walter's frown is based upon his own frown.
- Is married with three children.
- Is best friends with Kelly Asbury, who was one of the three co-directors of Shrek 2.
- Dunham graduated with a degree in communications from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
- Attended Richardson High School, in Texas.
- Appeared on BU Tonight with Walter in 2006. [1]
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