Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special (2008)

This performance has too many gay and drug references to be a family show but worst of all, Jeff Dunham has actually managed to ruin 'Twas the Night Before Christmas for me. A 150-year-old time-honored traditional poem honoring (and even establishing) St. Nicholas' role on Christmas Eve, heard many times every year of my life over one-third of that time span, and Jeff Dunham managed to wreck its majesty in all of 10 minutes. He does this by having Achmed the Dead Terrorist "translate" the poem by imputing drug use and worse to every line. It's hateful and it's not funny -- not by reason of being hateful; it's simply not funny -- and, incidentally, when it comes to finding and telling original jokes, Jeff Dunham is a hack. 1.5 stars.