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I was going to write a long post about how fucking tragic it is that America embraces lowest common denominator comedy but I think I nailed it with my early synopsis: Basically Jeff Dunham has a show where incredibly racist puppets do incredibly racist things. If he were actually funny, I wouldn’t be offended at all. It’s lazy comedy and it sucks.
I remember watching this guy in the 90′s when I was a kid and… yes, I admit I wanted to be a ventriloquist [dodges all the things you are throwing at my head place]. At the time he had his main fuzzy green monkey muppet, Peanut, and the jalapeno pepper-on-a-stick guy. When I was 11 the fact that the pepper character was sleepy and lazy and slow witted didn’t really register with me. Growing up in SE Texas the only Mexicans I knew about were cartoon mice with sombreros. The seeds of lazy racist comedy were there 15 years ago. Now his line up of co-starts consists of: Aforementioned green fuzz monkey guy, old guy, lazy mexican food stuff, black pimp with gold chains, dumb ass white redneck Nascar dude (psst… America, he’s making fun of YOU) and THE CORPSE OF A DEAD FUCKING MUSLIM TERRORIST! WTF!? I just… I have no idea.
It isn’t his racist, no-effort comedy that offends me. It’s the fact that it works; that America loves it. What a waste of LOLS.
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October 29th, 2009 at 4:38 am
At least you didn't make a gay-puppet-fisting joke.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Yeah I always thought he seemed like lazy hack of a comedian. I prefer my racist humor intelligent like David Cross or at the very least heavy handed and obvious like on the podcast
October 29th, 2009 at 4:42 am
Damnit. I really wanted to see the holocaust one. I was hoping it'd come with its own "being gassed in the showers" bit. I bet that'd kill.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:42 am
you did it for both of us.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:43 am
i feel the same way. Cross or Chapelle can do racism in a sharp and insightful way.
October 29th, 2009 at 4:55 am
'Hijinks Ensure'? Venturing into the world of nutritional supplements are we?
"Just watching you do this is a hate crime"–ROFL
October 29th, 2009 at 6:29 am
any thoughts on Carlos Mencia?
October 29th, 2009 at 6:29 am
kill who? Josh?
October 29th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Great Comic, Joel. I think this isn't the 1st time here I've read "…slice of the delicious money cake" in yur comic. However, if any of Dunham's puppets are racist, it's Jose Jalapeno, Ahmed the dead terrorist, and maybe Walter and that puppet dressed like a pimp. Yeah, I & my family's watched all his Comedy Central specials and appearances on late night TV, bug whoop, wanna fight about it? Anyway, don't let Josh do this in real life, for the well-being of the community. His well-being, that's another matter.
Best lines: "Just watching you do this is a hate crime." "Can you make him sing while you drink a glass of Drano?"
October 29th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Well, and probably Ely.
October 29th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Haha yeah Dunham is awful. Not only is he lazy and unfunny but he's not even a good ventriloquist.
October 29th, 2009 at 8:23 am
I hope reading and enjoying this strip isn't a hate crime!
I kinda want to say this strip is "delightfully racist", but I've already said that about Dumbo.
-D
October 29th, 2009 at 10:26 am
I don't know, "Hijinks" Ensure might drive your 70+ demographic.
October 29th, 2009 at 10:55 am
I think he is a Complete Hack (but that is just me…). I do enjoy a good Cross or Chapelle though.
October 29th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I filled out your survey, but it ended up just making me depressed how much money I spend on games and online in general. But I have a feeling those numbers were also good for your survey, so I'm glad I could help
October 29th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I like the "how much have you spent online in the last year", and the highest range was "$1000 or more". I buy nearly everything I can on the internet. I didn't do the math but I'm pretty sure it easily comes out to several thousand a year. Not like I'm rolling in dough or anything, just that when you avoid stores that aren't the grocery store, you rack up a lot of online spending.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
As far as ventriloquists go, he's not THAT bad. I still won't watch him, but kudos to him for actually being able to scrape together a decent audience.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I was seeing this guy pop up in the 90's. I watched his show once, thought "Gee that was neat…." and then I was done. Done. No more. And now he is being shoved down my throat every time I'm just trying to watch my South Park. It's time for some puppet justice.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Did you know why Hitler killed himself?
He got a look at his gas bill…
That joke was told to me by an Orthodox Jew. I about died.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Survey taken
. Good luck with that whole feeding and clothing yourself thing!
October 29th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
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October 29th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Yeah, and as genocides go…
Yeah, you can pretty much figure out where I was going with that.
October 29th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Bonus points for Josh's ventrilo-face in the penultimate panel.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
hes a lazy hack that steals jokes.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
zing!
October 29th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
well, he's only got the one voice and he adjusts the racism for the character in question.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
HATER!
October 29th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I could go the other way with HijiNKS Emphamil
October 29th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
CONSUME! CONSUUUUUUUUUME!
October 29th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Ventriloquism isn the point. Its the comedy. Its just lame.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
thanks!
October 29th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
thanks, I was pretty happy with that too.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
I actually liked his stand-up, but I can see how that wouldn't play nearly as well in skit form.
But lets face it, Comedy Central thrives on cheap, fairly racist comedy… remember Mind of Mencia?
October 29th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I though the dead terrorist thing was funny….until I saw his and his ensemble cast. I did a slow "huuuuuhhhh?"
October 29th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Hey, Mencia had a point – he called out idiots. Like when he called out a sign in a store that said "Open 7 days a week, Sundays too".
It's like those people at work who call in and ask me, when with their metered internet plan they get 30 hours per month go on to ask me if those hours are for one day. And my boss doesn't like it when I inform them there are only 24 hrs in a day…I'm being rude….
October 29th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I meant to say "BIG whoop" up there
October 29th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Wow that is a shame. I was just telling my wife how I used to watch this guy as a kid. I thought he was really funny back then… the whole Jalapeno on a stick was a crack up. I opted out of watching his special mostly because I forgot about it and was more interested in playing ODST but I'm glad I didn't see it now. Racism sucks and there's nothing worse than lazy fall back racism from comedians. Plus… it's just damn awkward.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
“Me send many daughter to orphanage! Me so Solly”
I don’t get it! Is it a joke on one child policy in Mainland China?
P.S- Twat was sooooo racist! Until the last panel!
October 30th, 2009 at 2:20 am
I'm glad I'm not the only person who hates this non-funny ass, especially with that
Muslim skeleton! However, REALLY enjoyed the comic! (especially the SHUT IT DOWN! panel. 30 Rock maybe??)
October 30th, 2009 at 3:09 am
Sounds like you DO get it.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:10 am
definitely a 30 Rock reference. S it to the D.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Wow. I was totally going to log in and debate you on Jeff Dunham, but then I went to youtube. The first skit I saw was the Dead Terrorist skit… My bad, you are right.
I disagree about Mencia though. I love that guy! I saw him at RIT and he and Josh Blue did comedy for 2 hours and then an additional hour of Q&A for the college crowd. It was an amazing show and definately funnier than his TV show.
The whole "Joke Stealing" thing is blown out of proportion… Hell, someone could say Penny Arcade stole one of your jokes about America's weird fetish with Vampires (you did Zombies, PA did mummies)
October 30th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I think I remember seeing him a long time ago on Star Search, so I had a weird nostalgia thing with him when I would watch his specials. However, back then, all he had was a 5-minute Peanut bit. Even adding Walter was alright, and was kind of funny, but he's REALLY reaching now, with the jalepeno, the pimp, and the dead terrorist. The first time I saw a commercial for one of his specials involving "Achmed", I was like "I'm done."
If you want to understand who his audience is and why he's popular, watch the first couple minutes of his Christmas special. Wait for the part when he has Walter say "Its not happy holidays, its merry Christmas!" and listen for the roaring applause and hollering. Ugh…
October 30th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Ahem.
I KILL YOU.
/it's funny 'cause he's dead
October 30th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Thank you sooooo much!!!
I have been arguing with friends just how offensive JD is for over a year. Nice to see someone I respect (first as a webcartoonist, and now across the board, as I read more of your blog posts) not only agrees with me, but can use humor to express this far better than I could with words.
Oh, and yeah, I did the survey. Hope us doing this does help.
Happy Halloween/Samhain!
October 31st, 2009 at 2:13 pm
[...] title of this post is stolen shamelessly from the Hijinx Ensue comic, which offers us this brilliant commentary on Comedy Central’s new Jeff Dunham [...]
May 18th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
So, dissenting comment automatically deleted eh? Guess I'm done with this place.