
Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters is the fifth special of Jeff Dunham, and the second hoilday themed special. The special premiered on October 7, 2012 on Comedy Central, but half of the special was shown and the extended version is available on the DVD, which was released on October 9, 2012.
Plot[]
The show brings Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Bubba J, Peanut and Jose JalapeƱo on a Stick as they've never truly been seen in a haunted house before where hilarity and delightful horror ensue.
Costumes[]
The dummies wear Halloween costumes in this special. The ones that appear are listed below.
- Achmed Jr.- while he doesn't appear onstage, he appears in the intro as the narrator.
- Walter- Costume is a gray-colored Frankenstein; calls himself "Crankenstein".
- Bubba J- Costume is a vampire; he calls himself "Count Beercula".
- Peanut- Costume is a superhero, looking identical to Batman, but calling himself "Batnut".
- Jose- Peanut's superhero sidekick, "Reubin".
- Little Jeff- Costume is Peanut's enemy, known as "The Loser".
- Achmed- Costume is the scariest thing he could think of: an American woman; calls himself "Achmedina".
Movie Trailers[]
In this special, four fake movie trailers are shown before Jeff brings out Walter, Bubba J, Peanut, and Achmed. The trailers that appear in are listed below.
- "The Monster"- a parody of the trailer for "Frankenstein"; Jeff (as a mad scientist) digs up parts for his monster (Walter), who runs off after Jeff informs him that he will build him a bride.
- "The Tooth of the Vampire"- a vampire (Bubba J) terrorizes three unsuspecting citizens (one of them being played by Jeff), turning the fattest one into a vampire.
- "Batnut"- Peanut becomes Batnut to fight crime in the big city, confronting a diamond robber (played by Jeff).
- "I Keeloween: The Night It Came Home"- Achmed infiltrates Jeff's house to kill his family, but struggles to figure out how he will do it. He enters a bathroom where he sees some girls makeup, and turns around to face Jeff when he comes in. This trailer makes references to the movies "Scream", "Friday the 13th", and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
Trivia[]
- This special confirms that a lot of Jeff Dunham's puppets that were previously used have long been retired, as their names can be seen on graves in the beginning of the special's opening intro, if viewers were to look closer. These names include:
- Monty Ballew, Jeff Dunham's first main puppet character from his High-school years in the 1970s.
- Archie, another one of Jeff Dunham's older puppets that he used throughout the 1980s after Monty was no longer in use.
- Diane, Jeff's only woman puppet who had starred with him in the 2010 film Dinner for Schmucks as "Debbie", his character's "wife" and had been featured on Jeff Dunham's Identity Crisis tour.
- Monkey, a character of Jeff Dunham's that was a real crowd-pleaser in the late 1980s and 1990s.
- Sweet Daddy D, Jeff Dunham's African-American Manager puppet from Arguing With Myself.
- Melvin The Superhero, from Spark of Insanity, and a 2003 Comedy Central Presents episode.
- Despite the retirements of said puppets, some of them (specifically Sweet Daddy D and Melvin the Superhero) had managed to reappear on various videos on Jeff Dunham's YouTube Channel.
- This is the second special to feature Achmed Jr. and Little Jeff, though Achmed Jr. only appears in the intro.
- Achmed Jr. & Bubba J's roles from Controlled Chaos seem to have been switched in Minding the Monsters.
- This is the first special where Achmed is shown last.