Jeff Dunham versus Eddie Murphy Robert Smith Com/155 February 17, 2013 Julie Davenport

Jeff Dunham and Eddie Murphy are each entertaining in different ways, such as using characters or vulgar humor because they seek to fit different audiences. The most important reason they are both entertaining in different ways is because Jeff Dunham uses characters and Eddie Murphy uses vulgar humor. Eddie Murphy has been around the entertainment circuit for much more years longer than Jeff Dunham but both are tremendously funny in person. Jeff Dunham is entertaining in his own right by using fictional characters to get the audience laughing aloud. I am comparing two of the best comedians today. They are Jeff Dunham and Eddie Murphy. I think they are both hilarious. They have their own ways of entertaining their audiences. Jeff Dunham uses ventriloquist puppets which are called characters. Their names are Walter, Peanut, Achmed the dead terrorist, and Bubba J. They all are very funny because they have different accents and they have their own quirks. Walter is shown as a grumpy old man that complains about everything. Peanut is a purple monkey that makes fun of everything he comes across he also has an endless amount of energy. Achmed is always talking about blowing stuff up. Bubba J is a beer-drinking redneck that likes to talk about NASCAR. Eddie Murphy uses raw humor which involves many cuss words on all different kinds of topics. For the most part he discusses his life and what occurred while he was growing up. Eddie Murphy is from Brooklyn, New York which my attribute to his way of making the audience laugh because of his accent and upbringing. Jeff Dunham is from Dallas, Texas and he uses the southern states as a reference in his acts. In the southern states people enjoy rednecks and beer. Eddie Murphy has had many movies made about him and his life. Some of them include, 48 Hours, Another 48 Hours and is the main role in Beverly Hills Cop 1, 2 and 3. Jeff Dunham hasn’t made any movies so to say but has many specials that cater to the entire family on the cable networks. Eddie Murphy is well liked by the older generation because of the way he presents his acts. Jeff Dunham caters to a different kind of audience for example, families with children. Both of the comedians usually have sold out shows Jeff Dunham does his show for the whole family. Even though he uses some profanities, however it is nothing like Eddie Murphy who uses a numerous amount of profanities and his shows are strictly for adults only. Their shows take them all over the world, just like they both went on a world tour. I think they are both very entertaining in their own way depending on which kind of humor that you are into. I have seen both comedians on the television doing their shows which one of them was on the comedy network and the other one was on a premium channel. Eddie Murphy is a stand-up comic and uses vulgar humor to entertain his audience. However Jeff Dunham uses his characters to entertain his audiences and both of them use their own choice of word to do their acts. Some of the titles of the shows that Eddie Murphy has are Raw and Delirious which are very funny. Jeff Dunham has done some Christmas and Halloween specials that are all very funny. With the growing number of comedians today I think the two comedians I like the best are Eddie Murphy and Jeff Dunham. I like Eddie Murphy because of the vulgar humor and he discusses anything and everything plus adds the profanities to make it hilarious. When watching it on television I was rolling on the floor laughing so hard I started crying. Another reason I like Jeff Dunham is that I have wanted to learn how to be a ventriloquist and throw my voice. I think that would be so cool to do that. With comparing just two comedians I have learned that very hard to not mention all of the other comedians today. Eddie Murphy speaks of his life and uses it in his acts. Jeff Dunham uses a prop and makes funny sayings to get his audience to laugh. Eddie Murphy got his start on Saturday Night Live when he was a teenager. Eddie Murphy does many impressions and stand-up comedy as well. Jeff Dunham started to throw his voice at the tender age of eight and he also made his own characters so he could have an act so to speak. Jeff Dunham got his start to fame making commercials for a local car company in his home town and his career took off from there. Jeff Dunham started doing late night comedy shows and was a guest on Johnny Carson that kicked off his career too. Jeff Dunham is called the “equal opportunity insulter” and Eddie Murphy doesn’t care who he insults, either. In conclusion, this essay is that the two comedians I have chosen to do my paper about are both hilarious because both use their own choice of words to do their acts. Eddie Murphy is comical in his own way just as Jeff Dunham is also. Also the difference between the two comedians are one of them is a stand-up Comic and the other one is a ventriloquist that uses different characters to entertain his audience. I think it would be a very interesting to have both comedians do their acts in the same night at two different places and have the opportunity to see both shows. I often wonder how it would to meet both comedians in person to see what they are like. I think Jeff Dunham would be very funny to hang out way, because he can throw his voice to make it sound like something else is talking. There are many differences between the comedians. I know there are some comedians today similar to the two that I chose to compare a few of them are vulgar like Eddie Murphy, however there a less number of acts that is similar to Jeff Dunham’s style of entertainment. I have heard of one or two ventriloquists debuted after Jeff Dunham made his debut on television and I think that’s how trends started.

REFERENCES

http://www.biography.com/people/eddie-murphy-9418676

http://www.biography.com/people/jeff-dunham-20682855