Jeff Dunham and his infamous characters, Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Peanut, Bubba J and José Jalapeño on a Stick scored a series on Comedy Central.
Jeff Dunham -Jeff Dunham and his infamous characters, Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Peanut, Bubba J and José Jalapeño on a Stick scored a series on Comedy Central. © A. Gilbert / PR Photos
"The Jeff Dunham Show" debuts on Thursday, October 22. The new half-hour comedy-reality show from Levity Entertainment starring ventriloquist-comedian Jeff Dunham will feature Dunham and his cast of characters performing in front of a live studio audience as well as interacting on location with real people in and around Los Angeles. Building upon the breakout success of Dunham's stand-up specials, the most recent of which, "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special," was the most-watched telecast in the network's history with 6.6 million viewers, "The Jeff Dunham Show" takes his beloved characters off the stage and places them into real world scenarios including Walter and Jeff visiting a licensed psychologist to save their relationship, Bubba J taking aim at a real rifle range and Achmed attempting to sign up new recruits at an actual job fair. Jeff Dunham was recently featured in an article in Time magazine; the newsweekly declared him “perhaps the most popular stand-up comedian in the U.S.”
Forbes named Dunham as one of the most powerful celebrity in the world on its Celebrity 100 list, noting in an accompanying article how Dunham is “third-highest-earning comedian in America behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock” and had the top-grossing North American comedy tour of 2008. Slate recently observed, “By every conceivable measure, Jeff Dunham is America’s favorite comedian.”
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