Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself
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Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself is a stage performance of comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham
. The show was taped in Santa Ana, California
. The DVD was released on April 11, 2006.
and on Blu-ray Disc
later. This was the only special that had a choice of the censored or uncensored versions of the special.
Jeff Dunham
Jeff Dunham is an American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show and Sonny With a Chance...
. The show was taped in Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....
. The DVD was released on April 11, 2006.
Characters
- Walter - A grumpy old Vietnam warVietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
veteran with an attitude. He obviously doesn't give a damn about anything or anyone. He also hates his wife. - Sweet Daddy D - Jeff's new manager from the street. Says he's a "Player In The Management Profession. PIMP." According to Sweet Daddy, that makes Jeff the ho.
- Bubba J - In Jeff's own words, "Pretty much just white-trash trailer-park." Talks about NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
, drinking beer, and his wife. - Peanut - A purple woozleWoozleA woozle is a fictional weasel-like creature mentioned in the Winnie the Pooh stories.No woozle illustrations appear in A. A...
from MicronesiaMicronesiaMicronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the east. The Philippines lie to the west, and Indonesia to the southwest....
resembling a small caricature of an ape. Wears one red Converse shoe on his left foot. Walter said he's like "a frickin' Muppet on crack." In the first and second specials, he also mocks José's being on a stick, saying "Maybe it was a horrible pogo accident. You know, doing-doing.... crriccck! Olé!" He also thought that maybe Jose was mooning a javelin thrower. He pronounces Santa Ana as "Sah, Nah-tah Ah...nah!" - José Jalapeño on a Stick - a jalapeño pepper on a stick or "steeeeek" as he says it with a Hispanic accent.
DVD Release
The special was released on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and on Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
later. This was the only special that had a choice of the censored or uncensored versions of the special.
Special features
- Puppet bloopers-Two bloopers, Peanut's hair flies off and Walter arms uncross.
- Violation of the Peanut Doll-Walter introduces a video of a small dog humpingSexual intercourseSexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
a Peanut doll. - Walter's Goodbye-The camera approaches Walter and Walter states he doesn't do interviews and he'll "kick your ass to Calcutta".
- Audio Commentary-Commentary on the special by JeffJeff DunhamJeff Dunham is an American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show and Sonny With a Chance...
and Kelly AsburyKelly AsburyKelly Adam Asbury is an American director, writer, voice actor, author and illustrator.He attended Lamar University for two years before, in 1980, transferring to California Institute of the Arts, where he studied animation and filmmaking...
(author of the book, Dummy Days and co-directed Shrek 2Shrek 2Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek...
).