Deadhouse Gates

If you ask me, the combination of puppets and Christmas sounds like the beginnings of an 80s horror movie where Santa delivers demonically possessed marionettes to a sorority house. “He’s checking his list and stabbing you twice!” could be the tagline. But until I get an agent and a time-machine, those in search of Christmas-y puppets should look no further than Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special, which makes its world premiere on Comedy Central this Sunday, November 16 at 9pm/8c.

Christmas will never be the same after Jeff Dunham’s very first holiday show and DVD, “Very Special Christmas Special.” After taking over Youtube with his phenomenon Achmed The Dead Terrorist, selling ten thousands of DVDs and ringtones, the top comic and his suitcase posse of comedic characters take on Christmas to bring a brand new level of hilarity to the holiday season. In this DVD, Dunham and his whip smart and wickedly funny dummies Walter the Grumpy Retiree, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Bubba J, Peanut and Jose Jalapeño trim the tree and surround it with the gift of nonstop fits of laughter to celebrate the holidays with irresistible and often provocative comedy that will bring Santa-sized belly laughs to the 2008 holiday season.

The DVD comes with a free audio CD, containing hilarious Christmas songs by all characters on this DVD. Soon Dunham’s loyal legion of “Puppethead” fans will be singing “Jingle Bombs” (Achmed’s holiday song) and enjoying “A Roadkill Christmas” with Bubba J. With Achmed’s “I keel you!” and Jose’s “on a steek!” already part of today’s popular lexicon, Dunham’s new holiday season catchphrases like Walter’s “Screw you, merry Christmas” and Achmed’s “Merry Christmas, infidels!” are sure to follow.