JeffDunham(bornApril18,1962)isanAmericanventriloquistandstand-upcomedianwhohasalsoappearedonnumeroustelevisionshows,includingLateShowwithDavidLetterman,ComedyCentralPresents,TheTonightShowandSonnyWithaChance.HehasfourspecialsthatrunonComedyCentral:JeffDunham:ArguingwithMyself,JeffDunham:SparkofInsanity,JeffDunham'sVerySpecialChristmasSpecial,andJeffDunham:ControlledChaos.D...(展开全部) JeffDunham(bornApril18,1962)isanAmericanventriloquistandstand-upcomedianwhohasalsoappearedonnumeroustelevisionshows,includingLateShowwithDavidLetterman,ComedyCentralPresents,TheTonightShowandSonnyWithaChance.HehasfourspecialsthatrunonComedyCentral:JeffDunham:ArguingwithMyself,JeffDunham:SparkofInsanity,JeffDunham'sVerySpecialChristmasSpecial,andJeffDunham:ControlledChaos.DunhamalsostarredinTheJeffDunhamShow,aseriesonthenetworkin2009.[1]Hisstylehasbeendescribedas"adressed-down,moredigestibleversionofDonRickleswithmultiplepersonalitydisorder".[deadlink][2]Describinghischaracters,Timeobserves,"Allofthemarepoliticallyincorrect,gratuitouslyinsultingandilltempered."[3]Dunhamhasbeencreditedwithrevivingventriloquism,[4]anddoingmoretopromotetheartformthananyonesinceEdgarBergen.[1] Dunhamhasbeencalled"America'sfavoritecomedian"bySlate.com,andaccordingtotheconcertindustrypublicationPollstar,heisthetop-grossingstandupactinNorthAmerica,andisamongthemostsuccessfulactsinEuropeaswell.AsofNovember2009,hehassoldoverfourmillionDVDs,anadditional$7millioninmerchandisesales,[5]andreceivedmorethan350millionhitsonYouTubeasofOctober2009(hisintroductionofAchmedtheDeadTerroristinSparkofInsanitywasrankedastheninthmostwatchedYouTubevideoatthetime).[1]AVerySpecialChristmasSpecialwasthemost-watchedtelecastinComedyCentralhistory,withitsDVDgoingquadrupleplatinum(sellingover400,000)initsfirsttwoweeks.[6]Forbes.comrankedDunhamasthethirdhighest-paidcomedianintheUnitedStatesbehindJerrySeinfeldandChrisRock,[5]andreportedthathewasoneofthehighest-earningcomicsfromJune2008toJune2009,earningapproximately$30millionduringthatperiod.[7]Dunhamalsodoesoccasionalactingroles.