Do you know what the highest rated show ever on Comedy Central is?

[TheMojoPin]

Brace yourself...it's fucking HORRIFYING... (http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/20/and-the-highest-rated-show-in-comedy-central-history-is-vi/)

The AV Club sums up this travesty nicely. (http://www.avclub.com/content/hater/nothing_says_christmas_like_a)

Seriously, what the fuck? Even if it was something awful like the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, I could at least understand it because unfortunately those guys draw huge numbers...but THIS?!? A prop comic with fucking dummies?!? What the FUCK, America?

[RAAMONE]

i thought it was gonna be chocolate news

[SP1!]

Yeah I saw that earlier, safe comedy sells to people, its so they can watch it with their family. Blech.

[LaBoob]

If anything in this world were fair and just, it would've been Strangers with Candy.

[jennysmurf]

I've seen him before. He laughs at all his own jokes. Douche.:thumbdown:

[RAAMONE]

Yeah I saw that earlier, safe comedy sells to people, its so they can watch it with their family. Blech.

safe comedy + christmas special = gold

[RAAMONE]

I've seen him before. He laughs at all his own jokes. Douche.:thumbdown:

so does dave chappelle...but for some reason i find it hilarious when he does it

[HBox]

You mean it wasn't Tough Crowd?

[MacVittie]

I couldn't keep it on the television. It's SOO bad.

[IMSlacker]

I saw the opening 30 seconds of this thing. It came on after The Colbert Report one night this week. There were a ton of people in the audience and they were holding up their own puppets! Super creepy!

[Badinia]

The guy who brings my mail at work introduced me to this travesty. He said, it's soo funny, he's my favorite comic- well, I gotta go eat some ham'n'eggs and hang on a strap!

I was hoping it was Strangers with Candy.

[Freakshow]

Hmm. Comedy Central sounds like one of those channels that used to exist. Bu they seemed to just dissapear right around the time I got hi-def. What a strange coincidence...

[Furtherman]

I knew this.

In fact, I was in a meeting yesterday when this was announced. There were a lot of stares and a lot of blinking.

[SatCam]

He also has the 7th most viewed video on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go

Silence! I keel you!!!!!!!!

[TheMojoPin]

I am absolutely baffled as to why anyone likes this, much less how it's so insanely popular.

[DarkHippie]

I am absolutely baffled as to why anyone likes this, much less how it's so insanely popular.

he appeals to teenage boys and stupid people. the same people who like those awful "blank movie" parodies

[Furtherman]

Let's see... what has been the number one fear that has been on our minds the past eight years?

What is one way to make light of a bad situation or a bad person? You know, to get a chuckle in these trying times.


And you can also add in the simplicity factor. They might not know why they hate him, but they sure think he talk funny.



That youtube video reminded me where I've seen this guy before - probably 15 years ago I saw his act with the Mexican "on a steeeek" jumping bean puppet. I laughed, most likely because I was with friends and drunk and who doesn't like talking in a stereotypical Mexican accent?
But then it was forgotten the next day.

This guy simply has taken an act, and held it under the shaking masses fears and will now be collecting all the money that shakes out their pockets.

It's actually very brilliant. I don't think it's funny, but a damn easy way to make a buck.


Edit: oh jeese he actually uses "it's just a flesh wound" line.... and listen to the laugh it gets. He's the mayor of simpleton.

[Badinia]

He's never been near a university.
He's never took a paper or earned a degree.
Some of your friends think it's stupid of ...he,
But it's nothing that he cares about?

[jennysmurf]

so does dave chappelle...but for some reason i find it hilarious when he does it

But he's funny, so it's not the same.

[lleeder]

Everyone knows the highest rated Ron and Fez show was Dave and Roberto.

[brettmojo]

Brace yourself...it's fucking HORRIFYING... (http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/20/and-the-highest-rated-show-in-comedy-central-history-is-vi/)

The AV Club sums up this travesty nicely. (http://www.avclub.com/content/hater/nothing_says_christmas_like_a)

Seriously, what the fuck? Even if it was something awful like the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, I could at least understand it because unfortunately those guys draw huge numbers...but THIS?!? A prop comic with fucking dummies?!? What the FUCK, America?
The guy is just fucking funny. I DVR'ed it. It interfered with Sunday Night Dexter.

[paulisded]

I was actually going to start a similar thread, as I saw a bit of this last night. I couldn't believe how hacky this was, especially his tendency to howl at his own (well, the puppet's) jokes. I would have never believed this could possibly be the channel's highest rated show.

[Tall_James]

I thought it would be the Higgins Boys & Gruber.

[suggums]

am i the only person to hear of jeff dunham just now from reading this thread? has he been this famous for a while?

[cougarjake13]

am i the only person to hear of jeff dunham just now from reading this thread? has he been this famous for a while?

dont know how famous he was before or now but i've seen a bunch of his specials on comedy central

and i remember that jalepeno on a stick thing from when i was in college that was mid 90's

[ozzie]

I'd seen a few of his stand up routines, and I admit that I laughed.

When he came out with the terrorist puppet last year (or whenever), people started emailing clips of him around work. The supervisor who worked from me even had one of his DVD's he'd try to pull out every chance he got, and thought he was hillarious.

So when I heard he was going to be in town around Christmas time, I got tickets for me and my chick and him and his chick to go, and gave them to him as a Christmas gift.

He did a standup routine before he brought out the puppets, and he was actually pretty good.

Most of his puppet routines were repeated stuff I'd seen before, but there was enough new material that it kept my interest.

Everything was going fine... until... the last puppet.

Remember, this was in Mobile, AL, and when he brought out the redneck nascar fan puppet guy... the place went nuts.

http://magazine.angrycountry.com/images/articles/20080410160644147_1.jpg

You could tell this was an "encore" type routine he'd planned to end his show with due to the location.

No new material this time... just the same stuff from DVD's he'd sold, I guess.

The rednecks in the audience knew EVERY SINGLE LINE, and shouted them out along with "Bubba J" in unison, like they were singing along with Skynyrd.

All Jeff could say in between laughing at these idiots, was... "well, I guess we know who's been buying all of our DVD's"...

Embarrassing.

But he and his chick had a great time, so what the hell. They're Christian folk by nature, and I guess Jeff-fa-fa Dun-HAM (dot com) falls under the "Good, Clean, Fun" catagory.

[MisterSmith]

He's never been near a university.
He's never took a paper or earned a degree.
Some of your friends think it's stupid of ...he,
But it's nothing that he cares about?

Au contraire - I saw Jeff Dunham about 20 years ago in the Student Union Comedy Night at a local university. So if you want to be technical, he has certainly been near a university. :laugh:

He has apparently been doing his gig an exceptionally long time. I remember half the characters he did, mainly because he still does them. :laugh:

[Badinia]

Au contraire - I saw Jeff Dunham about 20 years ago in the Student Union Comedy Night at a local university. So if you want to be technical, he has certainly been near a university. :laugh:

He has apparently been doing his gig an exceptionally long time. I remember half the characters he did, mainly because he still does them. :laugh:

I was doing an XTC song lyric in response to Furtherman. Sorry, I'll take it elsewhere!

[torker]

I am absolutely baffled as to why anyone likes this, much less how it's so insanely popular.
http://www.channelguidemag.com/articles/images/DaneCook0706.jpg
Paging Mr. Cook! Mr. Cook, you have a telephone call at the front desk!

[joethebartender]

If anything in this world were fair and just, it would've been Strangers with Candy.

I have a friend on that show. (Candy's brother).

[LaBoob]

I have a friend on that show. (Candy's brother).

Awesome, he was great on the show. I loved the way Jerry and he played off of each other. One of the episodes was filmed in a store I worked in but before I got there so I will always have a special connection to that show, but it's just too insane how funny that show is. Totally under-appreciated.

[IamFogHat]

God is this ewwie.
Although to be fair, I think that a holiday episode in which people were mostly drunk and not paying attention to the box glowing in the background of their lushy conversations as opposed to the highest rated series in CC history being South Park is a distinction worthy of mentioning.

[keithy_19]

and i remember that jalepeno on a stick thing from when i was in college that was mid 90's

You mean that wasn't a diseased dick? Well there goes the funny for me.

[TheMojoPin]

am i the only person to hear of jeff dunham just now from reading this thread? has he been this famous for a while?

I saw the commercials and thought it looked supremely hacky, but I am stunned how he's this comedic sensation. I had no idea. It's very depressing.

[PapaBear]

Never heard of him or his show.

[Furtherman]

I was doing an XTC song lyric in response to Furtherman. Sorry, I'll take it elsewhere!

I gotcha darlin'!

[MisterSmith]

I was doing an XTC song lyric in response to Furtherman. Sorry, I'll take it elsewhere!

Sorry. :wallbash:



To be fair though, I usually skip Furtherman's posts so I missed the reference.





j/k Furtherman :tongue::laugh:

[JustJon]

I knew it was Part 3 of Imaginationland earlier this year, it's mind boggling that this replaced it.

[Freakshow]

I saw the commercials and thought it looked supremely hacky, but I am stunned how he's this comedic sensation. I had no idea. It's very depressing.

My sister met him while she was running late night activities at her college. She graduated in '97.

She also met Jay Mohr the same way. She said he was a colossal dick. :lol:

[mikeyboy]

I have a friend on that show. (Candy's brother).

Jerri's stepmother lived in my old neighborhood.

[TheMojoPin]

If there's any justice, Colbert's Xmas special this Sunday will overtake it.

But probably not.

[Furtherman]

If there's any justice, Colbert's Xmas special this Sunday will overtake it.

But probably not.

Probably right. Colbert has been killing in the ratings, of course because of the election, but even continues to pull in great ratings after the election.

So on the plus side, he's more popular than ever.

On the down side, his show is very, very smart.

[Furtherman]

Oh, and by the way, don't count out Larry The Cable Guy's Star Studded Christmas Extravaganza tonight at 9pm on CMT.

[Bossanova]

But this guy used to end alot of his jokes with his chili pepper friend with "On a stick" What is funny about that?

[ozzie]

Let it be known.

[Furtherman]

Prepare for the onslaught of the Jeff Dunham show coming soon to Comedy Central!

I just saw some clips of this show.

Hayseed heaven.


It's terrible but it will be a huge hit. It'll be hard to escape.

[cougarjake13]

Prepare for the onslaught of the Jeff Dunham show coming soon to Comedy Central!

I just saw some clips of this show.

Hayseed heaven.


It's terrible but it will be a huge hit. It'll be hard to escape.

a whole sho of him with his puppets ??/


hows that gonna work ???

[Furtherman]

a whole sho of him with his puppets ??/


hows that gonna work ???

Skits and standup

Example: bubba goes to a shooting range

Hilarity ensues

[Furtherman]

Prepare for the onslaught of the Jeff Dunham show coming soon to Comedy Central!

I just saw some clips of this show.

Hayseed heaven.


It's terrible but it will be a huge hit. It'll be hard to escape.

Premieres tomorrow night.

Expect a HUGE ratings premiere. Possibly one of the highest ever for Comedy.


I heard a great review today: The perfect show for a dumb audience.

[Crispy123]

a whole sho of him with his puppets ??/


hows that gonna work ???

picture crank yankers meets blue collar comedy with a splash of seinfeld, its gonna be gold baby!

[underdog]

They put him on 30 Rock to make fun of him, and he went on.

[hanso]

Screw the Jeff Dunham show .
Otto & George ftw!

[TheMojoPin]

Jeff Dunham sounds like an idiot in the NYT. (http://videogum.com/archives/backlashes/jeff_dunham_article_098631.html#more)

He defends himself by noting that he tries to insult all races and ethnicities equally, and ultimately seems to treat jokes about all Indians being customer-service operators or all black people drinking malt liquor not all that differently from jokes involving other well-worn comedic tropes -- like all wives being annoying nags or Florida being way too humid.

Dunham does concede that he's extra-sensitive to one of his largest constituencies: the conservative "country crowd." "That's why I don't pick on basic Christian-values stuff," he told me. "Well, I also don't like to, because that's the way I was brought up." He then stopped himself short and said: "Oh, boy. I'm walking into something here."

Dunham started to explain -- as if realizing it for the first time -- that this would appear to make the jokes he does about Islam with Achmed "hypocritical." But he quickly unburdened himself of the idea. "I try to make the majority of my audience laugh," he said. "That's my audience. They'll laugh at the dead terrorist."

Plus I really liked this point made on the blog breaking down the article (Videogum is a silly, silly site, but hey, everyone has their moment):

Gradually, a lot of Dunham's material has come to reflect his exhaustion with political correctness.

Can we please not pretend like this is a thing? The fight against political correctness is such a nonsensical throwback argument to the early-'90s. No one is pushing for "political correctness" as a decontextualized blindly dogmatic philosophy. What people are pushing for is not pretending that racism and homophobia and misogyny and anti-semitism don't exist, or trying to camouflage these things as "jokes." Suggesting that hate speech is offensive and upsetting and dangerous if used in an unilluminating and...well, hateful way is not "politically correct," it's just correct. If Jeff Dunham wants his puppets to "say" the word nigger, or whatever, he should just do it. That's his constitutionally-protected right. But please, let us not pretend that it has anything to do with a non-existent, hyperbolic, media-created movement from 15 years ago.