Jeff Dunham takes over Hammersmith Apollo
January 28, 2009 – 3:28 pm | by Peekay
Jeff Dunham, the man responsible for the 8th most downloaded YouTube clip ever with over 80 million hits comes to the UK for his debut London show at the Hammersmith Apollo to promote the re-release of his DVD ‘Spark of Insanity’. The DVD has already sold over 30,000 copies in the UK alone and was also the only comedy DVD to chart in the Top Twenty 2008 Amazon chart with almost 90% of the 750 people who reviewed the title giving it a five-star rating.
Last year, Dunham sold over 2.7 million DVDs Stateside (average US comedy DVD sales are around 25,000) and the US import of his release ‘Spark of Insanity’ reached No 7 of the Amazon UK stand up charts.
The US Ventriloquist and stand up comedian has taken the States by storm with his off beat and unique characters which range from Dunham’s first ever puppet grumpy ‘Walter’, an everyman-curmudgeon whose opinions on any person or any subject spew forth in a delightfully unbridled fashion, to recent success Achmed, The Dead Terroist the one responsible for the You Tube and ring tone phenomenon with the catchphrase “silence I kill you!”. He also devises and makes all his own puppets.
Jeff’s live performance’s with his comedic 3-foot tall characters is shrewd, contemporary and cutting-edge and has helped propel him out of comedy clubs and into sold-out performance halls and DVD charts.
With numerous TV show appearances behind him including The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show and NBC’s ‘Hot Country Nights’, Jeff Dunham has truly cracked the US with his status around the world constantly escalating you don’t want to miss this opportunity to see Jeff up close and personal.
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