Jeff Dunham
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Jeffrey Douglas Dunham is an American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and actor who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents,
Dunham with Achmed the Dead Terrorist, 2009
Dunham performing in 2014
Dunham with Walter in a shot from a 2007 performance
Edgar Bergen
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Edgar John Bergen was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, vaudevillian and radio performer. He was best known for his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Bergen pioneered modern-da
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…gratuitously insulting and ill-tempered." Dunham has been credited with reviving ventriloquism and doing more to promote the art form than anyone since Edgar Bergen. Dunham was born on April 18, 1962, in Dallas, Texas. When he was three months old, he was adopted by real estate appraiser Howard Dunham and his…
Bergen with his dummies Charlie McCarthy (left) and Mortimer Snerd in 1949
Bergen and Charlie in 1926
Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy with W. C. Fields on The Chase and Sanborn Hour
Bergen and Charlie with an NBC-produced comic book On the Air, 1947