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The Jeff Dunham Show
EMAILPRINTSERIES: Comedy Central, Thursday 9:00p (30 minutes)

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 7 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 51 votes
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Show Info
Genre(s): Comedy
First Air Date: October 22, 2009
Summary
Starring Jeff Dunham
The ventriloquist comedian returns to Comedy Central with his own variety show, which includes sketches as well as a live performance.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Actor Site Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
VarietyBrian Lowry
Nothing here will expand anybody's comedy palate, but Dunham's successful formula is more basic than that--essentially dishing up grits and cheesy foods to an audience weaned on blue-collar comedy.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
The material is all easy and, when it comes to the caricaturing, ambiguous. It’s not always clear if Dunham is asking us to laugh at the ridiculousness of stereotyping or if he’s doing some stereotyping of his own.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesPaige Wiser
At best, you won't laugh. At worst, you will weep for the half hour you have lost and destroy all the puppets in your home
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterRandee Dawn
It's all a complete train wreck, but it still is can't-miss comedy because after watching an episode, the rest of television looks better by comparison.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
A weekly dose of Dunham's wooden characters who are all unlikeable and offensive in different ways.
Read Full Review >Washington PostHank Stuever
Not only is it deadeningly unfunny, it also defies all the known constructs of television criticism. I simply have no idea why it's on.
Read Full Review >TV GuideMatt Roush
There’s Comedy Central’s abysmal The Jeff Dunham Show, a vanity showcase for a nondescript ventriloquist and his grotesque dummies that made me wish I was far away in a festering Samoan rain forest.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 2.4 (out of 10) based on 51 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
anita m. gave it a4:
I LOVE jeff dunham but this was really not what I thought it would be. It was quite disappointing!
George S. gave it a0:
Clearly, one of the dumbest attempts at entertainment I have ever seen. It is so bad you risk injury by simultaneously cringing and rushing to the remote to get it off the screen.
fank f gave it a0:
Very poor show- very disappointing!
Brian N gave it a0:
Extremely unfunny show made for the Dane Cook of ventriloquists. Dunham's literally and figuratively wooden characters reak of bad stereotypes and even lamer jokes as they meander aimlessly through a slew of poor sketches, predictable gaffs and more awkward silences than you can handle. Draw some eyes on a sock puppet and amuse yourself for the thirty minutes, your time will be more well spent that way.
Justin B. gave it a1:
I have been a fan of Jeff Dunham from his origional stand up special but then he got mainstream and realized people like certain lines he says. So what does he do he makes a tv show where most of the jokes are repeats of what people like. Its stupid unreal and i laughed once a pitty laugh. The clips are just pointless because they obiously are scripted. Jeff Dunham is a comic that is hilarious the first time you see him but on a weekly basis everyone shoule stay away.
Really? Comedy Central? gave it a1:
Dunham has puppets because if he had to rely on his own wit, ingenuity, and comedic writing ability, he would have nothing. And sadly, he probably had a lot of help writing material for the pilot. Nothing funny here whatsoever. Dunham says he's putting a new paint job on an old art form - to that I say, you can't polish a turd.
Jeff J gave it a7:
So, if it's a filthy, nasty, crude stand-up routine, it's a hit with the critics - but you get a guy that has at least a vague idea of what a semi-famly friendly show should be and it's offensive to the critics? I think perhaps we're hearing not from critics on this one, but HYPOCRITics. Dunham is one of the funniest comedians to come along in a long, long time and the show has one episode under it's belt. I submit that the ratings it's getting isn't a result of the show itself, but for the general dislike toward someone who is everything that Eddie Murphy or Richard Pryor could never have been.
