Jeff Dunham combined puppets with Johnny Carson's approach to comedy and it paid off big. Ali Lerman. Wed, February 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM UTC. 6 min read.

Ventriloquism supposedly went out with the Nehru jacket and pay phones. But apparently that’s not so. Jeff Dunham is the most popular stand-up comic in North America, according to Pollstar.com.

Puppets including Peanut, Walter, Bubba J., Achmed and Larry, "personal adviser to the president," will join Dunham in Omaha.

Fresh off of releasing his 12th special on Comedy Central, "I'm With Cupid," Dunham is bringing his exceptional game of puppetry to the Toyota Arena in Ontario, Calif., on Thursday ...