Jeff Dunham - Arguing With Myself | 
 enlarge | Actor: Jeff Dunham
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Category: DVD
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Rating:  623 reviews
Sales Rank: 38
Format: Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 70 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.6
MPN: ID3147ONDVD
UPC: 014381314724
EAN: 0014381314724
ASIN: B000E5LEXS
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: April 11, 2006
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Product Description
As straight man to some of the most hilarious pint-sized partners in show business Jeff Dunham has become one of the most successful touring comics ever and has amassed legions of loyal fans! At the American Comedy Awards Dunham was voted Male Stand-Up Comic of the Year an honor shared with the likes of Jerry Seinfeld Jeff Foxworthy and Robin Williams. Thousands of sold-out theater and comedy club performances his own top-rated special on Comedy Central and countless TV guest spots - including numerous Tonight Show appearances (with both Leno and Carson) - have won him accolades and success. The reason why is very simple: he and his buddies are funny as hell. Oh and by the way... Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist.Now see for yourself on a DVD that will set the new standard for how truly awesome a comedy DVD can be. Join Jeff and his outspoken-often-edgy characters: Walter Peanut Jose Jalapeno (...on a steeek!) Bubba J and Sweet Daddy Dee for a live show that will have you on the floor laughing!Contains both BLEEPED and NON-BLEEPED soundtracks on the same disc.System Requirements:Running Time 76 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 014381314724 Manufacturer No: ID3147ONDVD
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Arguing With Myself, a recorded live performance of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, portrays a comedian whose revival of an old-fashioned art has made ventriloquism more relevant to modern societal concerns. Starring his six main characters, from Bubba Jay, a Nascar-obsessed hick, to Peanut, a flamboyant gay monkey, Dunham's puppets have dirty but relatively inoffensive senses of humor that mock the American Dream. One can easily see why Jay Leno champions Dunham, as his skits contain a similar sly sarcasm disguised as wholesome teasing aimed at men indebted to their ugly wives, for example, or people who live their lives working in cubicles. At times, though, Dunham's humor seems to lose its ironic distance, especially as he interacts with puppets like Jose Jalapeņo, a Cuban chile pepper, or Sweet Daddy D, a Black pimp, both reliant on the antiquated humor once popularized in cartoons by racial caricature. Since the entire audience in the film is white, it is difficult to assess whether or not African-Americans or Latinos would find Dunham funny. In other words, Dunham's humor isn't overtly offensive enough to make fun of ethnic heritage. However, his skills as a ventriloquist alone make him a fascinating entertainer, and anyone interested in how puppetry and ventriloquism has progressed over the decades would benefit from watching Dunham bring life to his wooden friends. --Trinie Dalton
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Susan's Review July 3, 2008
SuezenAnn (LaPorte, Texas)
I haven't laugh out loud in along time but Jeff Dunham can certainly do this and more. He is a great artist. His puppets, aka his friends, are unique and funny. This DVD is worth buying.
Comedy for "Dummies" July 2, 2008
Crislyn Parker (Eureka, CA United States)
Jeff Dunham is absolutely hilarious! A master ventriloquist and comedian, you will love his dummy "characters". Be prepared ~ his "friends" might choose to make fun of you!
 Good God, this is funny! June 28, 2008
EtherealCereal (Michigan)
I saw Jeff Dunham about fifteen years ago on TV, but can't remember where, or what show he was on. After picking up this DVD, it was apparent what I had missed all these years. After about twenty viewings of Arguing With Myself, the DVD still makes me laugh. Almost everything on this DVD is side-splittingly hilarious, and there is the option to view it with or without the naughty language. It's apparent that Jeff has taken great time and effort to give his characters separate and distinct personalities, so that none of the characters seem even vaguely alike, answering the same questions very differently. However, The shots of Sweet Daddy D (with annoying voice-overs) are the only bad point on this DVD. Fortunately, after Sweet Daddy D has his time on stage, we do not have to see any more of him until the closing credits, which gives us the chance to see and hear the wonderful insanity of Peanut, and the interplay between Peanut and Jose Jalapeno. Great stuff.
Jeff is too funny June 23, 2008
Art Pernsteiner (Central Point, OR)
Jeff Dunham is so hilarious....I love the DVD's and have watched them many times already. I would love to see him in concert sometime.
Jeff Dunham - Arguing with Myself June 18, 2008
J. Brown (San Francisco, CA USA)
Jeff is a genius. This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen. We have watched it with dozens of friends, each one saying the same thing. You soon forget he is working with puppets and he is making all the sounds. There are even times when he and the puppets are talking at the same time! The puppets seem so real. It's amazing what he can say and get away with because it's coming out of their mouths. My husband and I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good laugh--a "slap your knee, good belly laugh."
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