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How Jeff Dunham pulled off last-minute Comedy Central special

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“I pulled aside a few writer friends and said, ‘Here’s the subject matter’ and they started writing jokes,” says Dunham, renowned for his stable of characters including Peanut, Bubba J and Walter. “No one communicated with each other face-to-face … and we put it all together.

We cleaned it up to be more family-friendly — no politics whatsoever. Everybody is sick of that by now. It’s just some goofy, stupid fun … literally what everyone is going through now, dealing with family members, relationships, being locked up at home … a little escapism and fun, a lighter take on this serious situation.“I didn’t try out a single joke before [taping],” he says. “Not on my wife, my friends or business associates.

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