Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters

The whole point of being a ventriloquist is that people cannot see your mouth move whilst talking for the dummy/puppet! Jeff Dunham fails in this regard, in spades! He simply does not deserve his fame.

It looks like this show could use some more comments. I've always found Jeff Dunham to be funny and quite creative with his cast of suitcase pals. This special was filmed in Savannah, Georgia and featured a Halloween/Haunted House theme. Jeff's sidekicks transformed from their usual personas into horror character equivalents, so for example, curmudgeon Walter came on as Walter Frankenstein, with bits geared toward that character. Peanut became Batnut, with super-hero sidekick Ruben, the alter-ego of Jose Jalapeno on a Stick. Dunham parodied himself with a puppet I'd never seen before, called Little Jeff the Loser, with swipes toward his ex-wife. As usual, my favorite was Achmed the Terrorist, this time 'coming out' as Achmedina, his alternate female version. Taking his closing bow, Dunham returned to the stage with his chihuahua Roadie, mentioned in his opening monologue, and sporting the shark costume that he talked about earlier. It was a fun show, though still somewhat risque for younger viewers with the double entendres. But if you like Dunham's ventriloquist act, you could give this one a try.