Cool Old Guy: As unarguably cantankerous as he is, he still knows South Park and its They Killed Kenny Again gag.Clint Squint: His eyes are blue, but you can't tell because they don't open any wider.Despite this, Walter admits that he still loves her.
One of the most consistent things when it comes to Walter is how much he complains about his wife. All Men Are Perverts: Except when it comes to his wife.A crotchety old-timer who constantly complains about his love life while offering Jeff sound, but at times questionable marriage advice. "I wanted to start my little (private) Mac museum because I would not be where I am without the technology.Shut the hell up!One of Jeff's oldest puppets, and easily the most popular because of his character. Dunham says he's never thrown a Mac away, and many of the models were purchased via eBay or collectors.
In the warehouse, there are 40 fully-functioning Apple computers, everything from the first generation Apple II from 1976, to early models like the Lisa I and Lisa II (1983) and and every color of iMac (including Flower Power and Bondi Blue) made before it switched to white and silver in the current era. He won't say how much he paid to acquire the Batmobile, but adds "how do you pass it up?" "I'm a geek to the bone," he says.ĭunham has nine vintage and custom cars on display including a 2009 Viper ACR and one of the three original Batmobiles used in the filming of Batman Returns, a modified 1934 Ford with his character Achmed in the grill. He also brings along a suite of Apple products - a 17-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPad, iPod and iPhone. He gets to the gigs via his outfitted bus, which includes a gym, three flat-panel TVs, a workshop where he repairs or builds dummies, and a video-editing station, where he works on concert DVDs. People will still pay dollars to come see live."ĭunham performs between 150 and 200 shows a year, grossing more than $12.5 million in 2011, according to Pollstar. Anybody can come to a concert, tape you, and put you up on the Internet. It's made the world such a smaller place." It just shows you what technology has done. I thought it would be amazing to play foreign countries, and now we're doing that. Growing up, I thought it would be great if I could do big theaters. If YouTube hadn't come around, if that character (Achmed) hadn't come around…it all met at the perfect time, and that's when things started going bonkers. To get that much exposure on a worldwide basis had never happened that way. We met him at a warehouse in Los Angeles, where he houses his toys. The comic/ventriloquist is also a major tech geek, who collects Apple computers and cars, including the Batmobile used in the film Batman Returns. This week he'll appear in Wichita Falls, Texas Little Rock, Ark., and Springfield, Mo. Dunham says the videos help him sell out concerts.
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