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If you like seeing Jeff Dunham on television but wish you were watching him seated next to 300 people, boy have I got the thing for you. Jeff Dunham is hitting the road with his new tour, and if he stops by your town, you'll finally fulfill your lifelong dream of almost meeting him. Here are the upcoming tour dates... • Tuesday August 11 - Sioux Empire Fair, Sioux Falls, SD - 8:30 PM • Wednesday, August 12 - Cape Cod Melody Tent, Hyannis, MA - 8:00 PM • Thursday, August 13 - Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME - 8:00 PM • Friday, August 14 - Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT - 8:00 PM • Saturday, August 15 - Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ - 4:00 PM & 8:00 PM • Sunday, August 30 - NY State Fair, Syracuse, NY - 8:00 PM • Tuesday, September 1 - Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA - 8:00 PM • Wednesday, September 2 - NMSU Pan American Center, Las Cruces, NM - 7:30 PM • Sunday, September 6 - Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA - 8:00 PM • Monday, September 7 - Minnesota State Fair Grandstand, St Paul, MN - 8:00 PM • Thursday, October 8 - Covelli Centre (formerly Chevrolet Centre), Youngstown, OH - 7:30 PM • Friday, October 9 - Lucas Country Arena, Toledo, OH - 8:00 PM • Saturday, October 10 - Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL - 8:00 PM • Sunday, October 11 - Mizzou Arena, Columbia, MO - 5:00 PM • Saturday, October 24 - Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY - 8:00 PM • Sunday, October 25 - 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, MD - 5:00 PM • Thursday, November 12 - Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA - 7:30 PM • Wednesday, December 9 - XL Center, Hartford, CT - 7:30 PM Tickets are available for purchase through TicketMaster. For more information visit Jeff Dunham's site.

If you're like me, you've seen some great Valentine's Day cards in your day, but they've always been missing a certain je ne sais quoi, which is French for "ventriloquism." So Jeff Dunham and his pal Walter created some Valentine's Day e-Cards for the people -- and puppets -- you love. Take a look, pass them on, and check out more Jeff Dunham videos on his Jokes.com page.

Do you know what Jesus wants for His birthday this year? I think I heard Him say He wanted some puppet comedy. Does that sound right to you? Yeah, I'm almost positive that's what He wanted. The dude loves puppet comedy. Anyway, Christmas has come a couple months early. Two more Jeff Dunham clips after the jump. Be sure to watch Jeff Dunham's A Very Special Christmas Special on November 16.

If you still don't know what to get Mom this year, why not give the gift of ventriloquism? After all, your Mom totally loves ventriloquism. I know because she told me. Last night. In bed. What I'm trying to say is, I had sex with your ventriloquism-addicted mother. Feels good to get that off my chest. Anyway, here's a Mothers' Day video from Jeff Dunham. Four more Mothers' Day videos from Jeff Dunham can be found after the jump.

Every year on this day, people all over the world binge on green beer and corned beef to honor St. Patrick, who bravely chased all of the snakes out of Ireland. How does one chase a snake? Beats me, but I do know snakes are the worst and wholly unnecessary to the food chain. Which, I can only assume, is why Jeff Dunham doesn't have any snake puppets. Two more St. Patrick's Day greeting from Jeff Dunham can be found after the o'jump.

 There are fewer than 24 hours left to vote in the Stand-Up Showdown, and with things neck and neck, every vote will count. Since the last time I checked in, Kyle Cease has continued to gain ground. He's now in second place, just a handful of votes behind Jeff Dunham, who remains in the lead. Of course Dunham and Cease aren't the only ones still in it. Dan Cummins is close behind in third place and there's still time for a dark-horse to make a last minute surge and upset the whole thing. Basically this is still anybody's game, so make sure you keep voting for your favorite and rooting for him or her in the comments.

So, you love Jeff Dunham. That goes without saying, right? His Christmas special wasn't the most watched broadcast in Comedy Central history because you don't love him. Jeff Dunham is just the most popular dude. He's like the Barack Obama of America. So obviously you're going to enjoy this interview. It's going to be the most watched interview in Punchline Magazine's history.

If you ask me, the combination of puppets and Christmas sounds like the beginnings of an 80s horror movie where Santa delivers demonically possessed marionettes to a sorority house. "He's checking his list and stabbing you twice!" could be the tagline. But until I get an agent and a time-machine, those in search of Christmas-y puppets should look no further than Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special, which makes its world premiere on Comey Central this Sunday, November 16 at 9pm/8c.

Today is Father's Day, and there's simply no better way to say, "thanks for coming back home every time you went out for cigarettes," than with the gift of a video e-card from a ventriloquist and a suicide-bomber puppet. More Father's Day greetings from Jeff Dunham and Achmed can be found right here.

Remember how much you loved that Jeff Dunham Christmas special? You loved it so much. It was the most-watched Comedy Central broadcast ever, and that's including the final Battlebots wherein the Battlebots and humans agree to end the cycle of violence forever. Anyway, hold onto your "I Heart Ventriloquism" hat, because Jeff Dunham is getting his own show. COMEDY CENTRAL viewers can expect to hear a lot more from Jeff Dunham and his infamous characters, Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Peanut, Bubba J and José Jalapeño on a Stick, over the next few years. The all-comedy network has signed Dunham to a wide-ranging, fully-integrated, multi-platform initiative which includes a series order, stand-up special, major-market stand-up tour, DVDs and a consumer products partnership, it was announced today by Lauren Corrao, president, original programming and development, COMEDY CENTRAL. "We are thrilled to be in business with Jeff Dunham and to partner with him on this all-encompassing deal," said Corrao. "After the extraordinary ratings from his Christmas special and huge DVD sales, we know that he connects with audiences, young and old. We're ecstatic to have him represented on all our platforms and to give Jeff and his characters a permanent home on COMEDY CENTRAL." "I couldn't have asked for a better home for my dysfunctional family than COMEDY CENTRAL," said Dunham. "Who else but COMEDY CENTRAL would give a microphone to a dead terrorist in prime time?" A clip from Jeff Dunham's Christmas special can be found after the jump.

As you may have seen yesterday, after a long battle, Kyle Cease edged out Jeff Dunham to win this year's Stand-Up Showdown. Kyle made an impressive pull from behind by rallying his fans around the contest, thanking voters by name in his podcast and posting special get-out-the-vote videos on his Myspace. Speaking of which, here's a thank-you video he posted Saturday, after voting had ended but before the winner was announced. Rounding out the top five were Dan Cummins, Doug Benson and Tammy Pescatelli. Congratulations to all the competitors.

With only a week left for vote in the Comedy Central Stand-Up Showdown, many of the comics are pulling out all the stops to drum up support. Jeff Dunham currently holds the lead, with Dan Cummins coming up behind him in second place, but Kyle Cease is threatening them both in the third place position thanks to this clever Myspace video: Comedy Central's stand up showdown 2009 Remember, voting ends next Friday, January 23 at noon EST. And Stand-Up Showdown airs Sunday, January 25. Vote or die!

First Tina Fey and Patton Oswalt get book deals and now Sarah Silverman?! Does this mean I have to move on to chapter books now? [Observer]Sarah Silverman is among the top five most influential Jewish leaders for the year 2008. I guess she's in good company, but has Rabbi Morris Allen ever made a good abortion joke? Doubt it. [Forward]Yesterday I "staled" the Prince of Wales roast, and now, today, I "stale" the roast of someone you might actually care about; Ben Stiller. "Staled" is the new slang 'round these parts. [NY Daily News]Mike Epps will be featured on a new hip hop Christmas album. Now, the only question that stands is when will our nation's rappers and comedians come together for a Hannukah album aready? [Stage Time]A reporter asks Lewis Black if he'll have a hard time making Obama jokes. Lewis Black treats the question with the respect it deserves. [CNSN News]Jeff Dunham outperforms Tina Turner when it comes to sell-outs. Neither of them come close to Gene Simmons when it comes to selling out. Why am I picking on Gene Simmons? [Eagles Tribune]Lisa Lampanelli is taping a new HBO special. [Eagle Tribune]I didn't know you could make a porn career out of having a small penis. I was convinced if you had a small penis you were legally obligated to have a job as an accountant. [Funny or Die]I'm "staling" (this slang is catching on!) this list of the top 6 current stand-ups. What do you guy's think of the list? [Recorder]Now that Dinner for Schmucks may star Steve Carrell, Dreamworks places it as a top priority. At first I didn't believe how fast Carrell became a star, but now it's change I can believe in (joke courtesy of four weeks ago). [Hollywood Reporter]

Dane Cook has a list of the top 10 things never to do at a concert. If I had written this list, number one would have been straying too far from my chaperon. Because I am a baby. [SPIN] A brief look into the nighttime activities of Weird Al, "I'd like to go back and re-edit [UHF] and add a couple scenes and maybe take a few out. I re-edit the movie in my mind every night before I go to sleep." [College Humor] Every once in a while, some wonderful nerd out there compiles a list of the top South Park Kenny deaths, and each time I am there to link to it. Such is life. [IGN] Right after The New York Times profiled Jeff Dunham, The Los Angeles Times jumped on the bandwagon, writing an article about Dunham, proving once and for all, New York is better than LA. [Los Angeles Times] As part of 30 Rock's campaign to have everyone ever guest star, James Franco and Padma Lakshi are both going to appear in future episodes. [Entertainment Weekly, Eater via Videogum] John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver and Alia Shawkat  joined the cast Cedar Rapids, starring Ed Helms and Anne Heche. Good job, Hollywood! Want a treat? [Variety] Law & Order has cast so many comedians in roles, maybe they should rename it LOL & Order. Said menacingly: "This guy [Jim Gaffigan] has got an answer for everything." See? LOL! [Huffington Post] Tom Green talks about getting back into the stand-up game for the New York Comedy Festival. [THR] Oscar Nuñez talks about being both the straight man and a gay man in The Office. [Zoiks Online]

In order to play his character in Funny People, Adam Sandler had to do stand-up again for the first time in ten years. This video shows old footage as well as some of his new stand-up performances. Interesting! Funny! [Entertainment Weekly] Eugene Mirman posted the full length version of the interview he did for Punchline's A Tight Five. He calls it A Meandering Twenty Two. Interesting! Funny! Very long! [Eugene Mirman] Some great nerd made motivational posters using Zach Galifianakis quotes and images. Where would the internet be without nerds? [Slosh Spot] The fabulous Gabe and Jenny are interviewed in this podcast. Oh, by the way, Jenny Slate's one lady show, Dead Millionaire has its final show at the New York UCB theater tonight at 8 pm. It comes highly recommended. [Breakthrough Radio] Sergio Aragonés, one of the most important MAD magazine cartoonists ever, will be contributing to The Simpsons Bongo comics line. [AV Club] Finally, there's a dating site I won't get rejected from just because I don't have genitals or self esteem. [The Apiary] Just like Borat in 2006, Brüno has been banned in the Ukraine. When asked why, the president of Ukraine responded that their country would fall apart if its people's were exposed to talking urethras. [MTV Movies] Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, and Jeff Dunham top Forbes list of top paying comedians. One day I'm going to appear on that list. Not as a comedian, but as Dunham's puppet. [Forbes] Aziz Ansari, Jon Lajoie and  Kumail Nanjiani make it onto The Hollywood Reporterts list of ten rising comedians. One day I'm going to appear on that list. Not as a comedian, but as a... oh wait, I'm never going to make it on any cool lists. [THR]

David Wain, Paul Weitz, and Peyton Reed vie for the director role of Little Fockers. I'm guessing frequent Robert DeNiro collaborator Martin Scorsese was busy. [Reuters] Are you performing comedy for a good cause? If the answer is no, then Kevin Allison is clearly a better person than you. [Brown Paper Tickets] The military helped Rob Riggle "gain the independence and fortitude that it takes to try show business." [Washington Post] I'm pretty certain this is the smartest thing I've ever read on Jeff Dunham. Except, of course, this amazing analysis. [Slate] Lisa Lampanelli can finally drop the St. Louis Pageant off her resumé. [STLToday] Eugene Mirman is just doing interview after interview each day. It's almost like he's trying to promote a new book or something. [Seattle Weekly, The Phoenix, The Stranger] Museum of the Moving Image to honor Lorne Michaels, presumably for his work producing 1994's Lassie. [Variety] Lewis Black on The Daily Show staff, "It's like fun to just sit around with the whole group there. It's nothing but funny people... It beats the s--t out of hanging out with morticians, I think." [Monterey County] Kurt Loder puts MTV's movie writer Josh Horowitz in a crazy Oscar montage. Who needs Billy Crystal when you've got these guys, right? [MTV] The Roots talk about being Jimmy Fallon's house band, claiming the opportunity enabled them to survive. [AP News] NBC pulls out the big guns. Robert DeNiro and Van effin' Morrison are scheduled as Jimmy Fallon's first guests. Apparently, Marlon Brando and John Lennon weren't available on account of being dead. [Variety