User reviews

Right, well up until now then I have thoroughly enjoyed the comedy routine of Jeff Dunham and his wacky puppets.

But I must admit that it is all starting to wear thin by this point.

Sure there is familiarity to the characters, but it sort of just runs on auto-pilot by now. And that permeates throughout the show in every aspect, from the jokes to the puppets.

Haven't this dead horse been beaten enough already? Isn't it time to move on and branch out?

I am sure that fans will definitely like the show, but personally I just think it is starting to lose its creative edge and repetitive.

Show is solid, great material. But the jokes were ...lets say..too American for that Irish crowd.

This show is great. He is just hilarious. I love how he uses references from everywhere. He also incorporates where he is at and makes it work so well. All his characters are original and so is his content. I love how he incorporates things from his life as well. You can tell he has so much fun. Overall 10/10 for this show. Did you know he is #1 in Saudi Arabia? Fluffy (Gabriel Iglesias) mentioned that in one of the specials he did. I can totally see why.

Think of this special as the 300th episode of a cheap TV comedy that has gone on way too long and you will get the idea. Jeff gets right to the puppets this time instead of doing stand up first, which kinda throws things off balance. His establish his current situation in life first and introduce his beloved characters second to belittle him about it is gone. I think Jeff's popularity is starting to severally dwindle, or least it will after people see this.

There is no Sweet Daddy or Jalapeno on a Stick to be found here. There is mention that Jeff feels that Sweet Daddy is an insensitive character or racial which is odd. He goes to Ireland to introduce a new puppet - Shamus the Irish baby.Really? That is what Ireland needs to pay money to see, a stereotypical Irish character! Brilliant Jeff and so original too. I live in the Midwest, and some years ago he played here. There were a LOT of Native Americas in attendance, but that did not stop him of making fun of them to the point where white people in the audience where becoming concerned for there safety. This was a very lite version of that event.

Shamus is an ugly, cheap looking Halloween doll reject. A big headed baby that is an alcoholic. Its Achmed as a baby basically. And Shamus loves to say f*ck a lot in a bad Irish accent. Which brings up a point, Jeff at numerous points insists his act is about family, however there is course language through out despite him stopping his puppets from saying even more courser things. Add to that a dark subject matter (abandonment issues, divorce, female breasts, virgins, Walter supposedly being his dad and his mother a whore (he payed her to jump rope - yeah I don't get it either), him marrying a younger woman). This is a very strange thing to say or do. I don't mind the language but don't call it family entertainment - come on Jeff. The other strange thing is his explanation for being in Ireland, it makes no sense at all.

All in all not really that funny and kind of sad to see this comedian fade out. It all just really comes to the point where you have to ask how funny can any well used stereotype be? Jeff has never been a strong political comedian or social commentator. Jeff insists the people want to see his beloved characters but doesn't give them fresh material to work with. Walter starts it high and then it slowly sinks until Peanut closes the show cleaning up the mess. Watch at your own accord.

I don't know if it's because I'm older, because Jeff Dunham is washed up or some combination of the two but I could not get through more than 10 minutes of this special. Every single joke was essentially the low hanging fruit of comedy. Jokes that have been made a million times about the same topics. A lot of his material is based on racial/ethnic/cultural stereotypes and it's just not funny anymore.

Always loved his shows..relatively clean and really funny. Now the F-bombs are flying constantly and it comes off tasteless. Too bad... what a disappointing turn for a him.

We had the pleasure of attending Jeff Dunham's live performance in Springfield MO years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. We even took our youngest who also enjoyed it and had some good tear jerking, rib snapping laughs. With that being said...Jeff has turned to vulgar language and his puns aren't funny! Within the first segment he lost our enthusiasm and once he brought out that hideous baby puppet he really lost us!! Don't waste your time and especially Don't waste your money!

Oh, what happened Jeff? You can tell a comedian is going down hill when a mostly family friendly comedian has to turn to vulgarities to get laughs. Sorry Jeff, it doesn't work for you.

Your routine was sad and flat. I shut it off half way through because it wasn't getting any funnier. Go back to your roots man.

I have never been impressed with Mr. Dunham, and this 'special' confirms my opinion. I think he realized at some point how unfunny he really is, so he has resorted to shock value to keep his name out there. I am not offended by much, including his dead terrorist character, but without humor and cleverness he IS offensive.

I will not delve into any of his skits, just suffice it to say he is not funny...and not a very talented ventriloquist. If possible, I would have given him zero stars.

I've been a fan of Jeff Dunham since 2011, however the only way i can describe this title is an actual disaster.

I found out about Jeff Dunham on Youtube. And in clips one to three minutes long he was funny. But fast forward to Netflix. And it turns out it's hard to fill up an hour with only "Silence, I kill you!" And the show is even longer.

Really, what's with the puppet? I mean it's not a puppet show. And comedy can be quite good by mimicking a dialogue with only one comedian. Eddie Murphy did it and he is hilarious. Robin Williams too. Also excellent results. But the need for the dummy? Keep the puppet!

This special is ok, but the true gut-busting material is from his 2002 comedy central presents special to his Christmas special in 2008. Controlled Chaos bit that featured Achmed's son is uncomfortable & 'Minding The Monsters' is pretty boring.