![]() ![]() Of course, despite his act’s universal appeal (according to Pollstar, Dunham was the top-grossing touring comedian in the world in recent years) he isn’t guaranteed a hero’s welcome - at least from governments. Two nights later, Dunham was performing in Tel Aviv, and an equally enthusiastic reception made him feel “even more emotional, as there’s so many differences between these cultures and their histories, and there’s all the fighting over the centuries, and then this idiot from America with a doll gets up on stage, and everyone’s laughing at the same stuff. “They all howled with laughter at the jokes, and when I brought Achmed out, it was like a homecoming! They all went crazy,” he recalls. ![]() Dunham may have been nervous walking out of stage, but the reception he and his puppets - including Achmed, the manic Peanut and beer-swilling Bubba J - received was anything but traditional. ![]()
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