in a box! I put them near Walter so when he wakes up it scares the crap out of him!”Īt that moment, Dunham throws his voice to the trunk and is an alarmed Walter, upset and then fussing about finding the box. Walter: You have to clap! He has no hands!
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Walter: Achmed likes infomercials, so I bought him a Clapper.Īfter laughing maniacally, Walter reveals that he purchased the classic TV sale item as a practical joke. Walter, Dunham’s crotchety retiree, took his own jabs at Achmed, built from a skeleton purchased at a costume shop. His silicone sidekicks have seemingly developed actual relationships with each other, often sharing aspects of their lives in a storage trunk. He can’t come.”ĭunham’s genius reaches beyond a single puppet. Killing ’em is good.Īchmed did slay the audience, however, with a sympathetic play on the joke about a dog with no legs.Īfter some Darth Vaderesque threats to Dunham’s good health, Achmed finally gave up the punch line: “It doesn’t matter what you call him. Dunham added a modern twist to Abbott and Costello’s “Who's On First” routine with help from Achmed, who, although “dead,” continues his vigil to seek and destroy infidels– including Dunham himself and his Allentown audience.Īchmed: I think I am enjoying being a comedian.ĭunham: No, bombing is bad for a comedian. 1, 2009, on the Great Allentown (Pa.) Fair’s grandstand stage.Īlthough the puppets–all handmade by Dunham–may be new, many jokes were steeped in comic history. The expert showman–whose gross income seconds only Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock–made his Lehigh Valley debut Tuesday, Sept. Ventriloquism has come a long way since Mortimer Snerd and Charlie McCarthy.įrom Vaudevillian beginnings with Edgar Bergen’s mild-mannered moron and monocled gent, the art of throwing one’s voice has evolved into contemporary characters, including Achmed the Dead Terrorist Peanut, a lewd purple humanoid Jose Jalapeno, a racy hot pepper and Walter, a mercilessly insulting old man.Ĭomedian Jeff Dunham developed the personality-plus puppets after learning ventriloquism from a recording-and-puppet set his parents gave him as a boy. Lehigh Valley premier at the Grand Stand onĪllentown, Pa. Jeff Dunham and his pithy puppets made their Terrorist threatens infidels at the Great Allentownįair. “But I want to keeeeeel them!” Achmed the Dead
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