Jeff Dunham and his ventriloquist puppets

Previously

…The tour had been a success, a massive, viral, sold-out success. But the real victory wasn't in the ticket sales or the glowing reviews. It was in the quiet understanding that passed between him and his creations, in the shared laughter, in the unspoken acknowledgment that a grumpy old puppet, with a little coaxing and a lot of honest introspection, could indeed teach a ventriloquist some very valuable, and very funny, new tricks. The legacy he thought he was preserving, he realized, was actually being redefined, built anew, one hilarious, unexpected, and utterly genuine moment at a time.