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    Since then, he's matured during more than a decade on the road playing small clubs and hoping for a breakthrough. "I saw what Edgar Bergen did and I thought, 'I want to do that,' ... I've always had this dream of pushing things as far as I could take them, so I'm not totally surprised by what's happening. But I never expected the international thing. We sold out this 8,000-, 9,000-seat arena in Copenhagen, where English is a second language, and people were shouting out lines for Bubba J." He has sold more than 4 million DVDs, his "Very Special Christmas Special" set a record for ratings on Comedy Central, and his clips have more than 360 million hits on YouTube. Full Article at Los Angeles Times
    I saw what Edgar Bergen did and I thought, 'I want to do that,' ... I've always had this dream of pushing things as far as I could take them, so I'm not totally surprised by what's happening. But I never expected the international thing. We sold out this 8,000-, 9,000-seat arena in Copenhagen, where English is a second language, and people were shouting out lines for Bubba J.
    Jeff Dunham – Jeff Dunham SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
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Jeff Dunham throws his voice into stardom
  1. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy captured the public's imagination, but with [Bergen's] passing, it fell back into obscurity.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
  2. I was still doing clubs, but I couldn't break through.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
  3. They were as important to vaudeville as clowns are to circuses.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
  4. Jeff has brought some respectability back to an art form and craft that has been sorely lacking
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
  5. Every bill had a ventriloquist who could come out and entertain while sets were being changed behind the curtain
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
  6. The only thing faster than something going up ... is something going down.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
  7. It just went away for 12 years
    Jeff Dunham – Jeff Dunham SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
  8. There's about eight of us making a full-time living and about 392 weekend warriors.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
  9. You'll be a dummy if you tune in ... weaned on blue collar comedy.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago

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