Jeff Dunham

A group of us went and saw Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham last night at the South Shore Music circus in Cohasset, Ma. It was myself, Maureen, her sister Jean and brother Rich and his wife Michelle and Maureen's parents, Ann and Dave. We had seen him probably 11 years ago and we have always thought his characters were very funny. He has several, but the newest rage is one named Achmed the dead terrorist. Because of Dunham's comedy central specials and his videos being posted on youtube he has quite a number of new followers. The show was sold out after all.

There is also another guy that is part of his show and does the warm up act named Brian Haner. He is affectionately known to Jeff Dunham fans as "guitar guy". He did a great job warming up the crowd by narrating his own comedic biography and how he got his start in show business. I especially liked his funny song, "Carney man". Posted below is Haner performing this song at the Improv in California.
Haner is called on stage a few by the "puppets" to help with a song or a story. Last night you could tell that Dunham was improvising with him through the puppet characters on stage as Haner could hardly contain his laughter. It was funny to watch. He is a very talented guitarist and a great straight man for Dunham's characters.

We were afraid that Dunham would basically do all the same stuff we saw on the comedy central specials. We were surprised that almost everything was new material! He also told us that there would be a new comedy central Christmas special this year and he did some of that material last night. His characters Peanut, Walter, Bubba T, and Jose jalepano on a stick were all very funny. The crowd favorite was Achmed though. Everyone loved his time on stage. I actually bought a T shirt for Maureen and I with his picture and famous quote, "I keel you!" on it. Posted below is his video from youtube as well. If you get a chance I recommend seeing Jeff Dunham and all the whacky characters that come straight from his own imagination.
- Enjoy. Drewby

Brian Haner - "Carney Man"


Achmed, the dead the terrorist