Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself

I have listened to this over and over and it really never gets old. Jeff Dunham and his puppet friends are intellegent, insightful, and witty. It's a classic in my family and it will be for yours too, just give it a watch or a listen

In this day, it's great to have something you can lose yourself in to get away from our every day troubles and trials. "Jeff Dunham-Arguing with Myself" DVD does just that. Street crime, wars, economy miseries blare out of our TV's with such regularity, we have no recourse but to feel miserable about life, So why not put this in your DVD player and get away from it all for awhile. Does the heart good.I watched this hilarious DVD while my daughter was visiting us, back in 2008. My husband and I thought this was one of the most uproariously, hilarious ventriloquist acts we've ever seen. So, after discussing the many Christmas gift choices, we had, due to our financial situation, I decided to buy this DVD for my friends, who live in another state. I was concerned it may be a little too risque for my girlfriend, but, as it turned out, she loves it. She just could not stop raving about how she and her husband, and friends they have shared it with, absolutely think it is the best time they have had in a long time and has brought both of them many hours of enjoyment.This DVD was inexpensive and I loved that I could have it sent to their home. It arrived in time for Christmas besides. Sadly, I don't own the DVD myself.... yet. I intend on purchasing all of Jeff's DVD's, in the near future, so we can enjoy them and share them with our friends, too.Every time I call my friend, she tells me how her friends have, now, bought their own DVD so they can watch it anytime they want.Jeff Dunham presents his marionettes, in such a way, they all seem real, although we know they aren't. His ventriloquism, talent shines through with Arthur, Peanut, Achmed, and Jalapeno on a Stick. I love Arthur, even though he is a super grump and is always complaining about everything, from his wife, whom we never see, to every day life's common events. Peanut is my favorite since he is always giving Jeff and Jalapeno on a Stick a rough time. With his yellow tuff, of hair, and his purple body, and his ear to ear mouth, he is so much fun to watch. This is, especially, when he puts his head back, laughing at something he got over on Jeff. Achmed's, "I will kill you," every few minutes, adds irony to the fact that he doesn't even realize he is dead and can't kill anyone. All of the characters are so different from each other, and Jeff moves from one in such a smooth transition, there is never a boring moment from beginning to end in this DVD.Bring out the popcorn, and other tasty eats and drinks, put in "Jeff Dunham-Arguing with Myself," or any of his other DVD's and get ready to enjoy a couple of hours of getting away from the world and your troubles. If you want a good laugh or are looking for the ideal gifts, get this DVD or one of Jeff's other DVD's (Heck! Why not buy a whole set for yourself and or your friends and families? Double, triple or quadruple your fun.). You'll have a terrific, hilarious time, and your friends will thank you.

Very funny. Worth watching!!

Jeff Dunham is a long-time household favorite. Have watched and rewatched his shows as well as seen in person.

As another reviewer mentioned, I was also introduced to JD after my 14 year old son showed me the very funny "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" sketch on the internet.Although this specific DVD does not contain the above puppet at all, it's still a very funny show of a highly talented artist.You should, however, check it first to yourself before sharing the fun with your kids, as most of the stuff is for adult audience only.It contains many sexual references, and lots of stuff that may be considered by some as offending and "non-PC".This is not surprising when some of your characters are a grumpy old bigot and a pimp..There's actually a bleeped audio track as well as a non-bleeped one, and the audience many times goes "Ohhhhh......" instead of simple laughter, wherever the jokes go below the belt...One of the beauties of ventriloquism is the ease with which such stuff is accepted by the audience, as this point is well discussed in the commentary, where at some point JDlaughs that with all the lines he's able to cross with the puppets, he could almost get away with murder...Personally I found the show very funny and JD is a very good performer. The few minutes at the start before the first puppet comes to life is average stand-up at most, but once the puppetskick in JD shines in his performance up to the end.The DVD contains a live stage show at Santa Ana that was very well shot and directed, with very good sound and picture quality.I've reduced a star for the DVD production because of:A. The total lack of subtitles. I think that a product that is aimed at such a wide audience must come with subtitles, and this should be a basic feature of every DVD, especially one that (as stated on th back of this one)pertains to "...set the new standard for how truly awesome a comedy DVD can be." Some titles go as far as having subtitles for the commentary track which is really great.B. There seems to be a problem with 2 bonus clips, that appear on the menu but fail to play, no matter what playback option I tried. (any comment on that would be appreciated - maybe I missed how to play it)Regarding the other extras:There are two nice outtakes with a short commentary track, running around 3 minutes each.There's also a full feature audio commentary track that is well worth hearing. It has JD (+ Walter) and Kelly Ashbury (Author of Dummy Days and co-director of Shrek 2) having a fluent free conversation about ventriloquism at general and of JD's career and show in particular.That is, of course, if you're not offended by Walter's remark at the beginning of the commentary:"...If the folks are actually listening to this audio commentary..you have no life at this point, wouldn't that be about the truth,if you have enough time to sit down and listen to this crap.."Bottom line - highly recommended if you like good non-PC comedy and have an affection to this fascinating form of art.

You watch these and immediately buy into the illusion that these little guys are really talking and making sport of Jeff. I watch these again and again , they never get old.

Jeff Dunham is the best.still have the 3 videos

Arrived very quickly, in nice condition and it's actually region free.

Jeff Dunham è uno dei più apprezzati commedianti moderni (o perlomeno "lo è stato", raggiungendo un successo enorme anche grazie alla particolarità dei suoi spettacoli) specializzato in "ventriloquismo", cioè la capacità di interagire con pupazzi e marionette dando loro la voce. Questo è stato il suo primissimo spettacolo dal vivo, forse anche il più celebre internazionalmente parlando (e a mio parere decisamente il più bello ed ispirato, se non uno dei "best of").In "ARGUING WITH MYSELF" sono presenti: il vecchio reduce bisbetico Walter, il manager-magnaccia afroamericano Sweet Daddy D, lo zotico roulottista Bubba J, l'esilarante ed irriverente Peanut con la partecipazione del peperoncino José Jalapeño (...sul bastoncino!)COMMENTO ►►►Dunham è bravo. Ed è travolgente. Non ho molto da dire. Non ho sviolinate da fargli.Poi, credo di essere parecchio di parte, lo ammetto... quindi prendete il mio commento con le dovute pinze.Mi piace un sacco e mi trovo "sempre a mio agio" guardando i suoi spettacoli.Spesso è molto contestuale, e alcune sue caricature sono eccessive. Fruibili solamente da una certo pubblico americano.Bubba e Sweet Daddy sono palesemente alcune di queste.E se Bubba suscita simpatia per il suo lato "zotico e disarmante", Daddy D dà dannatamente sui nervi (ma è uno specchio della popolazione afroamericana, e quindi mai contraddirli vista la sproporzione numerica. Eh!).Walter, l'immenso Peanut e lo scheletro-suicida Akmed (che ancora non conosci) sono i suoi pezzi da 90.Questo 1° spettacolo ha dalla sua che è davvero una bomba, inaspettato e travolgente.Qualcosa che (ricordiamoci che risale al 2006) non si era mai visto nelle stand-up comedy.Parlando di fan, non salvo Jeff a tutti i costi.Sono il primo ad aver riscontrato un andazzo qualitativo altalenante, nei suoi show.Per dirla tutta, gli ultimi non mi sono piaciuti per niente... tanto meno la "docu-serie TV", che ho trovato pessima.Ma questo rimane una perla assoluta.IMPORTANTE!!! ►►►Il BluRay o DVD sono totalmente autoctoni.Lingua inglese e basta. Mi raccomando: NIENTE SOTTOTITOLI, neppure inglesi!Visti i numerosi giochi di parole e la mole delle battute e del chiacchereccio, consiglio una medio/alta padronanza della lingua inglese.C'è anche una traccia audio supplementare di "commento" allo spettacolo fatta da JEFF medesimo e l'amico KELLY ASBURY (animatore, doppiatore, sceneggiatore e regista fra le cose di "Shrek 2", "Spirit ~ Cavallo Selvaggio", "Gnomeo & Giulietta", etc...) sempre in lingua inglese (a dirla tutta mal registrata).

j'ai découvert ses sketchs sur internet et vraiment, il est génial! le dvd en revanche est sympa mais les sous titrages sont parfois bizarres, je pense qu'ils n'avaient pas bien compris certaines blagues...

Always enjoy Jeff's shows !