Jeff Dunham hates New Year’s Eve shows. Here’s how he gamed the system

nypost.com:

Jeff Dunham decided to mix things up.“It’s one of the highest paying nights and one of the worst nights to do a show,” the 62-year-old comic told the New York Post in an exclusive interview. “When I started doing theaters and arenas, I said ‘I’m going to change the rules a little bit and do my New Year’s Eve show in the afternoon.'”The famed comedian who does ventriloquism is sticking to that clever plan this year.

He’ll be headlining at Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 3 p.m.“This 3 o’clock business is great because people can come to the show early.

They can then go out and drink and then go to partying and it’s great.”At the early show, which is part of Dunham’s recently-announced ‘Artificial Intelligence Tour,’ fans can expect to see the funnyman interact with classic characters of his that audiences know and love.“My standby guys that have been there forever will be at the show.

Peanut, Walter, Achmed, Bubba J. Maybe Jose. People get upset if Jose or Achmed aren’t in the show. So Jose might be added back in by New Year’s.”And, even with how prolific Dunham is, he makes sure he isn’t just repeating material from his 13 previous specials (two of which were released in 2024!) and tours.“I always take the the highlights from the last special and include them in the show because it helps me roll into the new material and keeps surefire stuff in the show,” Dunham explained.