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Please add...

...Category:Prop comics as Dunham qualifies for it. --173.51.29.188 (talk) 01:04, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Media franchises 75.80.129.37 (talk) 20:40, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: A person is not a media franchise. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 21:27, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add information about the 2014 controversy from Malaysia due to Achmed.

In a 2014 show in Malaysia, the government requested that he not use or name Achmed in his show. Due to the restriction, but to avoid disappointing fans, Achmed was renamed to be "Jacques Merde, the Dead French Terrorist" (Jacques Merde meaning "Jack Shit").^[1]^[2]^[3]

-- 70.51.202.113 (talk) 05:56, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thank you for your contribution! Mww113 (talk) 00:05, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Nurul Azliah (22 May 2014). "Jeff Dunham and 'Achmed the Dead Terrorist' joke about chewing gum in first Singapore show". Singapore Showbiz. Yahoo! Entertainment.
^ Sean L. McCarthy (2014). "Censored: Jeff Dunham puts new words in Achmed The Dead Terrorist's mouth for Malaysian audience on world tour". The Comic's Comic.
^ Robin Leach (18 June 2014). "Q+A: After 30 years on the road, Jeff Dunham is ready for a run at Planet Hollywood". Las Vegas Sun.

Filmography Adition

A friend told me today about Dunham's new 2015 TV special "Unhinged in Hollywood", I see the page is locked.. can someone add this to the filmography section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.162.229.236 (talk) 22:04, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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First citation under 'Critical praise and controversy' (13 at time of writing) is now a Failed verification due to a change on the comedy central website. Please tag this as such using the Failed verification template. Carraigs (talk) 22:09, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done: I added an archived version of the reference instead. The archived version is from February 2, 2008 on the WayBack Machine. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 05:47, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Filmography

2015 Unhinged In Hollywood Himself TV special; also writer, executive producer and co-editor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.62.203.19 (talk) 19:28, 8 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Incredible Edible America

Jeff and his wife Audrey are hosting a television show on the Food Network that doesn't appear in this write-up. I used to be able to add or update items, but that appears to have changed, so can this please be added? Incredible Edible America, http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/incredible-edible-america-with-the-dunhams — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.188.45.183 (talk) 16:18, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bikin Class Competitions not Body Building

This mistake should be fixed.

http://www.rebodybuilding.com/forum/forum/rebodybuilding-competition-forum/npc-competition-coverage/6931-2010-usa-championship-bikini-class-d

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Various Edits for Jeff Dunham Page

Under Jeffrey "Jeff" Dunham: First paragraph should add NBC's "Unhinged Hollywood" and Netflix's "Relative Disaster." Third paragraph should change so that it says, "as of October 2017 he has sold over seven million DVDs...received more than one billion hits on YouTube."

Under 2009-Present: Include Netflix's "Relative Disaster" which aired September 12th, 2017.

Under Books: Should include that "All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed and Me" was a New York Times Best Seller

Reference: http://variety.com/2017/scene/features/walk-of-fame-honoree-jeff-dunham-1202564694/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Csoukup (talk • contribs) 23:55, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Just to give someone a heads up, there is actually some info in the info box that's missing, his years active info, if someone can add it in if they can. If you do, it states his "Career" section that he began in 1976 in his first television appearance. Also, his marriage section also has to be fixed too.

Example of what to fix/add:

" |active = 1976–present "

"

Paige Brown

(m. 1994⁠–⁠2008)

"

to "

Paige Brown

(m. 1994; div. 2008)

"

174.192.29.82 (talk) 02:40, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 05:46, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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On February 28th, 2018 in Sacramento, California's Golden 1 Center, Jeff Dunham introduced his newest character. His name is Bob and is the Personal Advisor to President Donald Trump. He wears a crumpled suit, and sports an unlit cigarette and frizzy orange hair. He shakes from the stress of his job, has a nervous twitch and oftentimes screams things that would otherwise be spoken. As with all of Dunham's characters, even Bob aids Mr. Dunham in preventing anyone from knowing his political stance on various issues. Dunham has historically commented that, "the views of celebrities should not be publicly voiced, because they are not smarter than anyone else". Contrary to what some may presume, even Bob mocks President Trump on various issues.

On February 28th, 2018 in Sacramento, California's Golden 1 Center, Jeff Dunham announced that Jose Jalapeño (on a stick) was "wanting to leave the show to pursue his dream job, working for NASA". This is the announcement that he will be pulled at some point from future performances. Spock1968 (talk) 21:21, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 22:16, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change (age 55) to (age 56) in the infobox. 152.7.255.200 (talk) 19:05, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DoneTemplate hadn't auto-updated for some reason. Looks to be correct now. DP76764 (Talk) 19:08, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

new puppet

In Dunham's Passively Aggressive Tour, he added a new puppet named Bob, later changed to Larry, and he's said to be President Trump's personal advisor. He's characterized as a wide-eyed, cigarette smoking, stressed, trembling man who immediately screams "WHAT?!" in a high pitched voice when first addressed. He also has a nervous tick that makes him freeze up with his head tilted at an angle for a couple seconds while letting out a strained grunt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.28.59.139 (talk) 06:07, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Dunham's "years_active" should be corrrected from "1976–present" to "1985–present", his career didn't actually start until 1985 when he first joined the broadway show Sugar Babies, according to his "Career" section. 2600:1000:B053:44A5:D51:F48C:76F9:E451 (talk) 21:18, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: His career started before that, according to that section, his first TV appearance is in 1976 and later he was doing shows and commercials. RudolfRed (talk) 00:12, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The 2015 TV special Jeff Dunham: Unhinged in Hollywood is missing from the Filmography section. Shouldn’t it be included? 68.39.14.187 (talk) 12:56, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done I added it. We don't yet have an article about this special. IWI (chat) 16:02, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

New character in 2021

I don't have a source yet -- this is all WP:OR as I attended one of Dunham's performances -- but in 2021 Dunham added the new character "URL" (pronounced "Earl") to his show and lineup. URL is a young kid whose thumbs never stop texting. He's pretty laid back. Anyone working on this article who sees a reference to a puppet "URL" in published sources might have some context now. (There are also YouTube videos uploaded by Dunham which document the creation and naming of this character.) Etamni | ✉ | ✓ 06:53, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Missing special

The page does not talk about Jeff Dunham's 2015 "Unhinged in Hollywood" special. 184.20.248.132 (talk) 21:24, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's because you haven't added it yet. :-) Nightscream (talk) 14:11, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Age is wrong 65.61.94.193 (talk) 20:50, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Age is correct, unless you have a reliable source to support a different birth date. - FlightTime (open channel) 20:59, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dunning's purchase of the Batmobile from Batman Returns

history on this famous car ...

https://blog.dupontregistry.com/sponsored/ben-mallah-from-rags-to-riches-and-a-batmobile/ This is the very Batmobile that appeared in “Batman Returns,” starring Michael Keaton. He bought it for $225,000 and sold it for $315,000 to comedian Jeff Dunham —

52-year-old comedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham spoke to the Wall Street Journal about owning and restoring a Batmobile that was used in Tim Burton's Batman Returns. "I bought a Keaton Batmobile in 2011," Dunham told the Wall Street Journal. ^[1]^[2]

this is still being taken to shows as of the 2022 year so this is good data. Sold by Ben Mallah in 2011. Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.124.227.194 (talk) 15:07, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

Improper link

"basic Christian values" should not link to the white supremacist ideology known as "Christian Identity" 68.56.106.199 (talk) 01:57, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. The admins defend it. He's not the only page that links Christianity to White Supremacy... there's no effort for accuracy of neutrality here. 2601:246:5A82:4150:4103:9184:8957:1364 (talk) 01:57, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Where/when did admins defend this? Looking over the article's edit history and this talk page, I don't see this. I don't know who added that wikilink, but it's clearly wrong, so I just removed it. Thanks for pointing it out. Nightscream (talk) 15:31, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey me and my wife jus wanted a pic with us we’re here I if u have a chance huge fans 107.122.177.12 (talk) 05:40, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Winnings

Does he give money away to people saying he wants to help them? On Zango? I am talking a huge sum of money!! 71.217.201.86 (talk) 19:34, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Nurul Azliah (22 May 2014). "Jeff Dunham and 'Achmed the Dead Terrorist' joke about chewing gum in first Singapore show". Singapore Showbiz. Yahoo! Entertainment.

[2] Sean L. McCarthy (2014). "Censored: Jeff Dunham puts new words in Achmed The Dead Terrorist's mouth for Malaysian audience on world tour". The Comic's Comic.

[3] Robin Leach (18 June 2014). "Q+A: After 30 years on the road, Jeff Dunham is ready for a run at Planet Hollywood". Las Vegas Sun.

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