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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

JEFF DUNHAM 2 TIME VENT OF THE YEAR


BORN IN DALLAS TEXAS 1960..BEFORE I FORGET TO INFORM YOU HE IS THE ONLY VENT TO WIN THAT PRESTIGIOUS AWARD TWICE. HE TAUGHT HIMSELF VENT WITH A TOY MORTIMER SNERD DOLL HE ENTERED SHOW BIZ AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF SEVEN, TO PREVENT HIS SHYNESS FROM TAKING CONTROL OF HIM HE INVENTED A GROUP OF FRIENDS. HE PERFORMED FOR HIS THIRD GRADE CLASS AND WAS REDICULED BY HIS CLASS MATES..HE HONED HIS CRAFT FROM BOOKS AND RECORDS (ROUND VINYL DISCS WITH RECORDINGS ON THEM, PREDESSCESSOR TO THE CD), NEVER SEEING EDGAR BERGEN IN MOVIES OF ANY OTHER WAY, HE PRACTICED HIS ART DAILY, IN 1975 HE MET HIS FIRST FOR REAL HONEST TO GOODNESS VENT. IN 1977-81 HE ALSO WATCHED SOAP AND LEARNED THE TECHNIQUES FROM JAY JOHNSON BY VIEWING THE SHOW..HIS PERFORMANCES FOR THE LOCAL BOY SCOUTS LED TO CORP GIGS BY THE TIME HE TURNED 12. HE GRADUATED COLLEGE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA WORKED HIS CRAFT AT THE COMEDY CLUBS. HE SOON FOUND HIMSELF OF THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH J CARSON, TOLD A FEW JOKES AND PUT THE AUD ON THE FLOOR CRYING FROM LAUGHTER AND WON A SEAT ON THE COUCH...A REMEMBERED REMARK CAME FROM WALTER THAT WILL NEVER BEFORGOTTEN "IT'LL BE A COLD DAY IN HELL BEFORE I COME BACK TO THIS SHOW", AND YES IT WAS STATED BY NONE OTHER THEN WALTER... BUT SINCE THEN HE HAS PERFORMED ON THIS SHOW MANY MORE TIMES, SINCE THEN HE HAS MOVED FORWARD FROM THE COMEDY CLUBS TO SOLD OUT CONCERTS. WE ARE AWARE HOW FUNNY DUNHAM IS IN HIS OWN RIGHT BUT HIS PALS ARE MUCH FUNNIER THEN HIM. THEY ARE PEANUT, WALTER, JOSE JALAPANO ON A STICK, BUBBA...ACHMED 'I KILLYOU' AND WE ARE THERE WHERE EVER THERE IS...MORE TO FOLLOW...

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