Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special is the third Jeff Dunham special. It was taped at Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 7, 2008 and premiered on Comedy Central on November 16, 2008. It was released on DVD November 18, 2008.[1]
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Written by | Jeff Dunham |
Directed by | Michael Simon |
Starring | Jeff Dunham Brian Haner Zach Williams |
Composer | Brian Haner |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Judi Brown-Marmel Jeff Dunham Robert Hartmann Steve Kroopnick Stu Schreiberg |
Producers | Myra Byrne Associate Jeff Rothpan Jeff Thorsen Line |
Production locations | Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
Editors | Peter Bentley Assistant Tim Wasmundt Assistant Luke Szabo on-line |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Production company | Levity Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Comedy Central |
Release | November 16, 2008 |
Related | |
Dunham also released his first music album, Don't Come Home for Christmas, on November 4, 2008. It contains original Christmas songs as well as a parody of "Jingle Bells" (sung by Achmed the Dead Terrorist) entitled "Jingle Bombs". All of the songs (except "Jingle Bombs") were written and accompanied by Brian Haner, who joined Dunham's act as "Guitar Guy". Bubba J made his return in this special, singing "Roadkill Christmas".
The special was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.
Jeff Dunham released his first album entitled Don't Come Home for Christmas. The album had the same theme as the special and was released around the same time. "Jingle Bombs" and "Roadkill Christmas" were the only songs in the album that were featured in the special. Sweet Daddy D (from Arguing with Myself) also appears on the album.
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[2] DVD |
10× Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |