His first DVD, Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself, was released in April 2006. In this stand-up offering, Jeff opens his show playing straight-man to his usual crew and includes two other characters: Sweet Daddy D and Bubba J, in place of Achmed and Melvin. His comedy special "Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity" was available at Redbox stands on September 4, 2007,[1] and was released to buy on DVD September 18, 2007. A Christmas special was taped at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee and will premiere on Comedy Central as Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special on Sunday, November 16, 2008 and be available on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, November 18, 2008.[2]
Peanut
Peanut is a Woozle who has a tuft of green hair on his head, and only one shoe. Peanut was made in Salem, Virginia. Unlike most of Jeff Dunham's puppets, Peanut's eyes and eyebrows are immobile. This allows for a greater range of motion for his head, resembling that of Muppets. Peanut also has a rod attached to his left elbow, which Jeff operates to further the range of the puppet's movement. For comic moments, he usually waves his left arm over his head and through his hair shouting "Neeeooow!," referring to a joke going over someone's head. Peanut is the only puppet who makes comments about being one, saying things to Jeff like "We cannot talk at the same time!" and "...it's like you know!"
Peanut has appeared in all of Dunham's specials, usually as the second-to-last puppet, with the exception of his Comedy Central Presents special, where he was the second puppet
Walter
Walter is a retired and grumpy old man with arms always crossed in discontent. He has a brash, negative, and often sarcastic view on today's world. He is a Vietnam War veteran and a former welder, and "doesn't give a damn" about anyone, especially his own wife and certain audience members. Walter has been married for 48 years as of 2008. He often complains about his marriage and his wife. Jeff tries to defend Walter's wife by saying that marriage is supposed to last forever to which Walter adds, "Yeah, and this one is taking too damn long." Jeff continues to try to smooth things over by claiming that marriage is an institution. Walter then says, "So is Alcatraz." Once, Jeff asked Walter what he would want to come back as if he was reincarnated. Walter says, "I'd come back as my wife and leave me the hell alone!" Even with all the condescending remarks about his marriage and wife, Walter claims he still loves her even though he has said he never tells her. He says that she knows because he smiles a lot. When asked if he ever cheated on his wife, he quickly responds, "NO!" Then mumbles a regretful, "Damnit". He also makes sexual jokes. Walter has even asked Jeff how he knows that he pleases his wife sexually. Jeff answered, "Well, she calls me the hurricane". To which, Walter glared at him and said, "Oh! I get it. Exciting at first then it ends in disaster. I think she should call you FEMA." This confused Jeff and he asked Walter what FEMA meant. Walter quickly responded, "Slow to respond and not a lot of satisfying results." Walter frequently uses the term "dumbass" to describe everyone from government officials to terrorists. According to both Achmed and Melvin, Walter has terrible gas. Achmed even said, "Saddam's mustard gas was nothing compared to a Walter fart."
Walter has appeared in all of Dunham's specials, as the first puppet, except in his Comedy Central Presents special where he was the last puppet.
José Jalapeño on a Stick
José is a jalapeño pepper, whose movement is restricted to one single motion of the mouth which Jeff operates by using his thumb on the back of José's stick. Although hindered from doing much else, José makes up for his lack of mobility with his personality, his singing ability, and most of all, his stick. One of his main phrases is, "Would you like to see my stick?" He lives in a plain pine box, one of Jeff's original character storage trunks.
José has appeared in all of Dunham's specials, always as a foil for Peanut, who often has wild theories about how José got on the stick and makes fun of José.
Bubba J.
Bubba J. loves beer and NASCAR. The "J" is short for his last name Junior. Bubba is married, and is assumed to have at least one child. As outlandish as his characteristically redneck attitude is, Bubba's oddity is that the dummy can move just his left eye from center to left. Bubba was modeled after Mortimer Snerd, one of Edgar Bergen's dummies.
Bubba J. has only appeared in Arguing with Myself but will appear in Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special.
Sweet Daddy D
Sweet Daddy D is an African American "Player In a Management Position" (PIMP) who is referenced as Jeff's new manager. He hates NASCAR and loves women. Sweet Daddy has a signature move of lifting his lips and kisses his teeth. He also fears white people after he tells his African-American jokes, "Is there any other brother in the house? Yo dawg, RUN!"
In addition to his debut appearance in Arguing With Myself, Sweet Daddy can be seen in a room with two ladies during the show, making witty commentary to them and taking credit for writing some of Jeff's material.
Achmed, the Dead Terrorist
Achmed, the Dead Terrorist is a skeleton suicide bomber, with a beard and a white turban. He is used by Dunham to perform comedy based on the contemporary issue of terrorism. He is known for yelling "Silence! I kill you!"[3] at anyone in the audience who dares laugh at him, as well as "Holy crap!," and "You racistYouTube has received well over 60 million views, as of August 2008 and is one of the most watched videos on the entire site. Achmed has expressed a distaste for Chinese cuisine and Lucky Charms cereal explaining that the foods "go right through [him]!" Despite the jokes Achmed tells, he claims he isn't Muslim because 'Made in China' is written on his ass. His cause of death is uncertain. In "Spark of Insanity" he said he had a "premature detonation," but also claims that he was refueling his car and he answered his cell phone, while in the song "Jingle Bombs" he said he was "shot in the ass by the U. S. Military" while a bomb was strapped to his back. bastard!". Achmed has become a fan favorite as evidenced by the fact that his video on
Achmed made his debut in Spark of Insanity and will appear again in Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special.
Melvin, the Superhero Guy
Melvin, the Superhero Guy has only two real powers, flight and X-ray vision, although he can't see through silicone, and can only fly as far as Jeff can throw him. He claims his wife has superpowers, by "becoming evil" once a month and that he cannot defeat her. He said he once dated Catwoman, but had to end it because she gave him something he "had to take medicine to get rid of, and boy does it itch!" His (Bat signal like) beacon is a nose, and his arch enemy is Pinocchio. He got his suit from eBay (He says that he defeated the highest bidder). The significant feature of the suit is a yellow "D" on his chest. Melvin claims that the "D" stands for his theme song, which was at first "Di-di-di!", but then became "Da-dada-da!!" Walter however claims that the "D" stands for "Dumbass" and his theme song should be "Du-du-dumbass!"
Melvin first appeared with a very different face in Dunham's Comedy Central Presents special, but was refined with more detail in his face for the Spark of Insanity special.
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