JEFF DUNHAM: ALL OVER THE MAP

Jeff Dunham's television specials and series have been the highest rated programming in Comedy Central history, his DVD sales have reached seven million units, his videos have received half a billion views on YouTube, and his live concerts have become mega-events played in front of sold-out arenas worldwide. No wonder Time magazinewrote that he is "the most popular comedian in the United States" and Forbes named him to its Celebrity 100 list of Most Powerful Entertainers two years running. Today, Jeff Dunham is a phenomenally successful global entertainment brand. Dunham has, of course, plenty of help on- stage: his entourage of signature characters who are there to challenge and chastise him for his every sentence. There's Walter, the grumpy retiree; the beer-swilling, NASCAR-loving and resolutely red neck Bubba J; the furry and manic Peanut; Jose Jalapeno, the spicy pepper from south of the border; and the bumbling and skeletal Achmed the Dead Terrorist. They may all have been...