Jeff Dunham

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jeff Dunham born April 1962 is an American ventriloquist and standup comedian who has also appeared on numerous television shows including Star Search Late Show with David Letterman Comedy Central Presents The Tonight Show and Sonny With a Chance He is familiar to Comedy Central audiences for his three specials on that network Jeff Dunham Arguing with Myself Jeff Dunham Spark of Insanity and Jeff Dunhams Very Special Christmas Special Dunham also starred in The Jeff Dunham Show for one season on the network in 20091 His style has been described as a dresseddown more digestible version of Don Rickles with multiple personality disorder Describing his characters Time observes All of them are politically incorrect gratuitously insulting and ill tempered Dunham has been credited with reviving ventriloquism and doing more to promote the art form than anyone since Edgar Bergen Dunham has been called Americas favorite comedian by Slatecom and according to the concert industry publication Pollstar he is the topgrossing standup act in North America and is among the most successful acts in Europe as well As of March 2009 he has sold over four million DVDs an additional 7 million dollars in merchandise sales and received more than 350 million hits on YouTube his introduction of Achmed the Dead Terrorist in Spark of Insanity is the ninth most watched YouTube video A Very Special Christmas Special was the mostwatched telecast in Comedy Central history with its DVD going quadruple platinum selling over 400000 in its first two weeks Forbescom ranked Dunham as the third highestpaid comedian in the United States behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock and reported that he was one of the highestearning comics from June 2008 to June 2009 earning approximately 30 million during that period Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Dunham licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia