Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos

Synopsis: Jeff Dunham is back in his much-anticipated fourth concert event, with all-new material and unparalleled comedy that surpasses his record-breaking specials Arguing with Myself, Spark of Insanity, and A Very Special Christmas Special. All the favorites are here, plus two never-before-seen characters certain to unleash their own unique havoc on stage. Dunham is an international phenomenon with sold out stadium concerts, one-half billion YouTube views, and television shows that remain among the highest rated in Comedy Central history. Controlled Chaos is guaranteed to deliver an unequaled number of laughs per minute - whether you're a Dunham Maniac or seeing him and his partners for the very first time.
Actors: Jeff Dunham
 
IMDB:
7.6
UNRATED
Year:
2011
97 min
1,184 Views


JEFF DUNHAM:
I can't believe the show starts in half an hour and Achmed's late.

Walter:
Maybe he drowned trying to visit Bin Laden's grave. (laughing)

JEFF DUNHAM:
Security.

Bubba j:
That's my name. Don't wear it out.

JEFF DUNHAM:
Bubba J?

Bubba J:
Yeah. Well, gotta go. Beer break.

JEFF DUNHAM:
Wait. Achmed's late. Keep an eye out for him.

Bubba J:
Which eye?

JEFF DUNHAM:
Where could he be?

Walter:
He went from dead terrorist to Hollywood diva.

I'm telling you, the fame went to his skull.

JEFF DUNHAM:
Achmed? No way.

(engine revving)

Achmed:
(evil laughter) (cackling) Huh? (growls)

(bleating)

Achmed:
Ah.

(engine revving)

Achmed:
(evil laughter)

Bubba J:
Achmed's here. I'll go park his car since there's no law against drunk parking.

JEFF DUNHAM:
Thanks, Bubba J. Good job.

Bubba J:
(loud belch) (belching continues) Whoa. ls that a hybrid?

Achmed:
It's the AchmedMobile, you idiot. Just be careful parking it or I keel you.

Bubba J:
Didn't hurt.

Achmed:
And whatever you do, don't touch the red button.

Bubba J:
Got it. Touch the red button.

Achmed:
Yes.

(alarm blaring)

Achmed:
No!

ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, Jeff Dunham!

(cheering and applause)

JEFF DUNHAM:
Thank you. Thank you so much.

(cheering continues)

Thank you very much. Thank you very, very much.

(cheering continues)

Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, it's

absolutely great to be here in lovely Richmond, Virginia.

(cheering)

And, you know, we- I've been doing this show all over the country, just having a blast here, there and everywhere.

The fans are great. But we've also been taking my show around the world. We've been doing shows in South Africa, Australia, three tours of Europe and the U.K.

Now they're talking about taking me to China.

Wha-What?

(laughter)

How am I going to do my show in China? All I know is, if I do my show in China, there's a big chunk of my act I'm going to have to leave out.

(laughter)

You'll recognize it when I do it here this evening.

(laughter)

But it is interesting going to some of these foreign countries and doing press interviews, because some of the reporters have done their homework and care,

others just don't. For example, I was in London

talking to a guy and he was like,

(British accent): "All right, so ventriloquism- have you eliminated every other possibility of employment?"

And I have to go, "No, this is what I've done my entire life." I've never wanted to do anything else. I started very young. I was eight years old, I was in the third grade,

Christmas, 1970. Got my first dummy. There's Mom and Dad and me under the tree right there.

(Photo)

You can see how proud my father is.

(laughter)

But for years I'd look at that picture and I'd think, why does he have that expression on his face? And then if finally hit me, duh, look where the dummy's hand is. So...

(laughter)

Yeah, that's creepy. So I started doing shows very early.

All the way through elementary school, junior high,

high school, college. And this is what I wanted to do.

This was the future I saw. I saw it. There were a few people that didn't see it. For example, girlfriends.

They'd realize I was sincere about wanting to talk

to dummies the rest of my life, and they would dump me

immediately. I couldn't see what they saw until a few months ago. I was sitting down with my three daughters,

and we were looking at the yearbooks

from my junior high and high school years. My daughters were horrified. Why? Let me explain. I started getting paid for doing my shows in the seventh grade.

And I knew that if I was going to be a professional ventriloquist, I needed a professional photo. Now my parents were supportive, but they weren't going

to shell out the cash for that. So I thought, how am I going to get a professional picture of me and a dummy taken? And then it finally hit me, school picture day.

(laughter)

(applause)

(laughter and applause builds)

But I thought this was genius. All I had to do was show up at school with the dummy in my suitcase, stand in line and when it was my turn, I'd sit down, put the dummy on my knee, smile, click, professional photo.

And that's what I did, every year from the seventh

grade through the 12th grade. The only trouble was,

they'd only take one photo, and that's what ended up

in every yearbook. And that's why my daughters

were horrified. It was boy, girl, girl, boy, boy with doll, girl...

(laughter)

Don't believe me? There's seventh grade right there. There it is.

(Photo)

(cheering and applause)

I'm the one on the right. Look at that. That is Justin Bieber hair, damn it.

(cheering)

So ninth grade came along and I decided to do the same thing. This was the bicentennial year in our country 1976.

I was a patriotic lad, but I didn't want to dress like Uncle Sam. No, apparently I wanted to dress like a Fourth of July picnic table cover.

(laughter)

(Photo)

(applause and cheering)

You know, the funniest thing to me about that photo is the fact that I have braces. Why is that funny? Well, the rest of my life i'm going to be talking with my mouth shut, so what's the point?

(laughter)

I know most of you look at these photos and think

this is the saddest human being we've ever met.

Did he have any friends? Yes, I did. Here we are sitting

in my bedroom one day.

(Photo)

So now I had about 15 minutes in my show. I knew I wanted to add something else-- some variety. I thought, music? Yes. Something cool. Rock and roll guitar? No, something cooler.

I'll play the trombone.

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Jeff Dunham

Jeffrey "Jeff" Dunham (born April 18, 1962) is an American ventriloquist and comedian who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show and Sonny With a Chance. He has six specials that run on Comedy Central: Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself, Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity, Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special, Jeff Dunham: Controlled Chaos, Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters, and Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map. Dunham also starred in The Jeff Dunham Show, a series on the network in 2009.His style has been described as "a dressed-down, more digestible version of Don Rickles with multiple personality disorder". Describing his characters, Time magazine said, "All of them are politically incorrect, gratuitously insulting and ill tempered." Dunham has been credited with reviving ventriloquism, and doing more to promote the art form than anyone since Edgar Bergen.Dunham has been called "America's favorite comedian" by Slate.com, and according to the concert industry publication Pollstar, he is the top-grossing standup act in North America, and is among the most successful acts in Europe as well. As of November 2009, he has sold over four million DVDs, an additional $7 million in merchandise sales, and received more than 350 million hits on YouTube as of October 2009 (his introduction of Achmed the Dead Terrorist in Spark of Insanity was ranked as the ninth most watched YouTube video at the time). A Very Special Christmas Special was the most-watched telecast in Comedy Central history, with its DVD selling over 400,000 in its first two weeks. Forbes.com ranked Dunham as the third highest-paid comedian in the United States behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, and reported that he was one of the highest-earning comics from June 2008 to June 2009, earning approximately $30 million during that period. Dunham also does occasional acting roles. He achieved the Guinness Book of World Records record for "Most tickets sold for a stand-up comedy tour" for his Spark of Insanity tour, performing in 386 venues worldwide. more…

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