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PORTLAND -- Popular ventriloquist and stand-up comedian Jeff Dunham will bring his cutting edge comedy to the Cumberland County Civic Center on March 9 as part of his 100-city "Identity Crisis" tour. Dunham and his comedic crew -- Walter the Grumpy Retiree, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, the beer-fueled redneck Bubba J and the manic purple creature Peanut -- continue to pack major venues worldwide.
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When Jeff Dunham descends into the First Niagara Center tonight, he won't be alone. The rock star of ventriloquists, Dunham will be bringing along a few of his friends, too, to give their insightful commentary on world events, pop culture and anything that strikes their fancy. Look for the grumpy old Walter, the beer-loving Bubba J., Peanut and Achmed the Dead Terrorist, along with new faces like Achmed Jr. and Little Jeff.
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One of the more memorable descriptions of mega-star Jeff Dunham is "a dressed-down, more digestible version of Don Rickles with multiple personality disorder." TIME magazine, meanwhile, noted of the ventriloquist and comedian's wildly popular characters, like Achmed the Dead Terrorist and Jose Jalape o on a stick, "all of them are politically incorrect, gratuitously insulting and ill tempered. The "mega" quality is apt to describe Dunham's success as he is one of the top-grossing acts in North America and Europe. His introduction of the cranky Achmed earned Dunham the distinction of having one of the Top 10 most-watched videos on YouTube (136,284,746 views earlier this week).
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Read our lips: Jeff Dunham and his posse of ventriloquist dummies are headed to Consol Energy Center Dec. 31. The 3 p.m. show is part of Dunham's "Controlled Chaos" tour. His puppets include Walter, the cranky, bald and bigoted old man, Sweet Daddy Dee, a black pimp puppet, and Jose Jalapeno, a pepper on a stick who chatters away in a thick Speedy Gonzales accent. Dunham has also created another character, Achmed Jr., son o Achmed the Dead Terrorist, a pop-eyed skeleton in al-Qaida drag, Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 30.
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Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham traffics in the kind of politically incorrect utterances that recently landed a certain senator from Nevada in hot water. But nobody calls Dunham on it. Because it's his "suitcase posse" of dummies who say them. Achmed the Dead Terrorist, a pop-eyed skeleton in al-Qaida drag, slams Jews. Sweet Daddy Dee, a black pimp puppet, is full of blaxploitation cliches. Jose Jalapeno, a pepper on a stick, chatters away in a thick Speedy Gonzales accent.
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You can't think of comedian Jeff Dunham without also thinking of his famous puppets - Walter, Peanut, Jose Jalepeno and Achmed the Dead Terrorist. In June, Forbes put Dunham on its list of the 100 most powerful celebrities in the world. In the fall, he'll debut a sketch variety show on Comedy Central, and he releases his autobiography in November. Dunham sold out his show in Lewiston last December. There are still some tickets available to his show tonight in Portland, though. Call the Civic Center box office at 775-3458 for tickets. When: 8 tonight
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Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham traffics in the kind of politically incorrect utterances that recently landed a certain senator from Nevada in hot water. But nobody calls Dunham on it. Because it's his "suitcase posse" of dummies who say them. Achmed the Dead Terrorist, a pop-eyed skeleton in al-Qaida drag, slams Jews. Sweet Daddy Dee, a black pimp puppet, is full of blaxploitation cliches. Jose Jalapeno, a pepper on a stick, chatters away in a thick Speedy Gonzales accent.
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Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham traffics in the kind of politically incorrect utterances that recently landed a certain senator from Nevada in hot water. But nobody calls Dunham on it. Because it's his "suitcase posse" of dummies who say them. Achmed the Dead Terrorist, a pop-eyed skeleton in al-Qaida drag, slams Jews. Sweet Daddy Dee, a black pimp puppet, is full of blaxploitation cliches. Jose Jalapeno, a pepper on a stick, chatters away in a thick Speedy Gonzales accent.
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... 2011 (advertisements that touched on terrorist themes deemed unlikely to cause serious or widespr... Jeff Dunham with his ventriloquist dummy, "Achmed, the Dead Terrorist" which included the words "Sil...
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By Bill Blankenship THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
... memoir, "All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed, and Me.". The subtitle refers to the puppets who ... named Peanut; and the skeletal Achmed the Dead Terrorist. They, the redneck Bubba J and the self-...
