Jeff Dunham Upstaged in Grand Forks, ND: A Tim and Company Production
Last Thursday night I went to go see Jeff Dunham's Spark of Insanity Show and something really bizarre happened. Through a large petition, the people of Grand Forks requested Jeff Dunham bring one of his oldest acts, Bubba J, to the show despite it not being part of the show. Jeff obliged.
However, Jeff had not done the routine in well over a year so he couldn't remember half the lines. To resolve this, he put the punch lines on several 3x5 note cards and continually glanced at them. Throughout the routine, he stuttered and paused while trying to say the lines on the note cards until a few audience members in the front row said the lines for him.
Jeff maintained his composure by having the puppet Bubba J gripe how pathetic it was that the audience knew the act better than Jeff did. To this, Jeff facetiously told the audience to say the punch lines if they knew it, not realizing that all 2000 members of the audience (myself included) had the whole act memorized.
This video is the result (courtesy of Tim and Company Productions)!
Linky.
(NOTE) I'm not done with the captioning yet but I thought I'd give you guys a sneak peak!
However, Jeff had not done the routine in well over a year so he couldn't remember half the lines. To resolve this, he put the punch lines on several 3x5 note cards and continually glanced at them. Throughout the routine, he stuttered and paused while trying to say the lines on the note cards until a few audience members in the front row said the lines for him.
Jeff maintained his composure by having the puppet Bubba J gripe how pathetic it was that the audience knew the act better than Jeff did. To this, Jeff facetiously told the audience to say the punch lines if they knew it, not realizing that all 2000 members of the audience (myself included) had the whole act memorized.
This video is the result (courtesy of Tim and Company Productions)!
Linky.
(NOTE) I'm not done with the captioning yet but I thought I'd give you guys a sneak peak!