Jeff Dunham Tickets : Dunham Was Heckled And Criticized For Tv Critics
Achmed the Dead Terrorist has been all but buried on Comedy Central
. Press representatives for the network said on Tuesday that its hit series featuring that contentious puppet not to mention Jeff Dunham, the man with a hand up his back will not be picked up for a second season, confirming a report that appeared in The Hollywood Reporter.
In an email message, Comedy Central said we currently have no plans to produce a second season of The Jeff Dunham Show, a half-hour comedy series featuring the titular ventriloquist that had its debut in October. The decision comes as a bit of a surprise given that Jeff Dunhams Very Special Christmas Special, a performance shown on Comedy Central in 2008, is that channels most-viewed broadcast ever, drawing 6.6 million viewers, and the premiere of The Jeff Dunham Show was watched by 5.3 million viewers. (Ratings for subsequent episodes declined to under 2 million viewers.)
But the series was not especially well reviewed. A widely read post on the Web site videogum.com declared, The Jeff Dunham Show Is the Worst Thing in the Entire World. In The New York Times, Neil Genzlinger wrote, Offensiveness is a mutable thing, especially on television, where everything is interchangeable: a Lewis Black joke could be a Jay Leno joke could be a Jeff Dunham joke.Comedy Central said it would continue to work with Mr. Dunham on a larger deal it signed with the comedian earlier this year, which includes a live tour, a standup special, DVDs and other products.
In January 2008, Dunham was voted by fans the Top Comic in Comedy Central Stand Up Showdown.He is the only person ever to win the Ventriloquist of the Year Award twice, was nominated Comedian of the Year by the TNN Music City News Country Awards,and has drawn praise from the Dallas Morning News for his technique and timing.
Some have accused Dunham characters of being racist caricatures, sexist, and homophobic.In 2008, a TV commercial for a ringtone featuring Dunham's character Achmed the Dead Terrorist (see Characters below) was banned by the South African Advertising Standards Authority after a complaint was filed by a citizen stating that the ad was offensive to Muslims, and portrayed all Muslims as terrorists. Dunham responded that Achmed makes it clear in my act that he is not Muslim.
However, the Advertising Standards Authority noted that the name Achmed was of Arab origin and was one of the names of Muhammad.
Dunham responded, I have skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech. He further commented, I am considering renaming Achmed, Bill.
(Dunham has conceded that he does exhibit particular sensitivity to the conservative country crowd, or those characterized by basic Christian values, as they are one of his largest constituencies, and part of his upbringing.) The Islamic Human Rights Commission recognized Dunham in 2009 for his "outstanding Islamophobia.
Dunham was heckled and criticized for mocking TV critics during a July 2009 press tour to promote his then-upcoming Comedy Central TV series, as well as Comedy Central programming chief Lauren Correo. In October 2009 the series, The Jeff Dunham Show, enjoyed good initial ratings, but was not well liked by critics, who did not find it funny, and either questioned the wisdom of translating his act into a series, or conceded a prejudice against Dunham, his previous specials, or ventriloquism itself.
J.P. Williams, the producer of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, has opined that Dunham's act is not funny on its own merits, and that his material gets a greater reaction because of the puppet characters that it would otherwise not garner by itself.
by: Cynthia Hoffman
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