One of the most popular puppets on YouTube has got to be Achmed The Dead Terrorist, a creation of Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham. Achmed is a brilliant idea for a character – even if Jeff’s humour is sometimes questionable – but what I think really makes audiences respond to Achmed is the way Jeff performs him, especially the way he creates the illusion of thought and focus.
Gareth Oliver is a talented British Ventriloquist who appeared on the latest season of Britain’s Got Talent. With all the worldwide media attention heaped on Susan Boyle during the latest season of Britain’s Got Talent, a really talented Ventriloquist on the show has somewhat overlooked – Gareth Oliver. He debuted on the show with a [...]
Slate Magazine calls Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham “America’s favourite comedian”. I’m not sure when or how it happened, but a Ventriloquist has become America’s favourite comedian. At least that’s what Slate Magazine says about Jeff Dunham and they make a good case for it: “Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special, which aired on Comedy Central in November, [...]
Canada’s comedy network is broadcasting Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s new Christmas schedule. Just for the benefit of PuppetVision’s Canadian readers, here in the Great White North the Comedy Network will be airing ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s holiday special Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special this Saturday, December 20th. Encore presentations are scheduled for December 22nd and 24-25, [...]
Comedy Central is running a marathon of TV specials featuring Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham. Jeff Dunham is one of the world’s leading Ventriloquists. He’s risen to fame on the internet largely because of his popular character Achmed The Dead Terrorist. If you haven’t seen Jeff before – or if you have and want to again – [...]
Newly-minted millionaire Ventriloquist Terry Fator is being sued by his former manager. Terry Fator might be about to lose the nice guy image he cultivated on America’s Got Talent last year. He’s being sued by his ex-manager John Raymond, who alleges that Terry is trying to avoid paying him an (estimated) $20 million commission on [...]
A video of Jeff Dunham performing Achmed the Dead Terrorist has received over 47 million views on YouTube. Achmed the Dead Terrorist is huge on YouTube. Seriously. Occasionally (like once every few months) I do a quick search on YouTube to see what the most popular puppet video is. I checked yesterday and was surprised [...]
Ventriloquist Terry Fator and Winston the Impersonating Turtle. Terry Fator – the amazingly talented Ventriloquist/impressionist who won the reality TV series/talent show America’s Got Talent last year (see previous post) – has just signed a deal that’s reportedly worth $100 million over the next five years. Terry will be performing nightly at The Mirage Casino [...]
If you’re not too busy trimming trees and decking halls over the holidays here’s some fun Christmas puppet stuff to check out: The final installments of the Save Xmas Now podcast have been posted. You can check out all of them here. Also, the stars of Save Xmas Now helped Henson.com Podcast host Grant Baciocco [...]
Ventriloquist Terry Fator celebrates moments after winning the America’s Got Talent competition last night. Congratulations to Terry Fator (see previous post) who won America’s Got Talent last night and took home $1 million and a deal to perform at Bally’s Resort in Las Vegas. The two hour broadcast included a special performance by Terry and [...]
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