Jeff Dunham at Mohegan Sun Arena

At the age of 8, Jeff Dunham received a Mortimer Snerd dummy with a supplementary how to album for Christmas from his parents. At the time, little did he know the incredible journey that the present would take him on. As a teenager, he started performing for audiences at venues such as churches, schools, and his job.

What's interesting is that Dunham would use his puppets to say things that were too risque for him to say without the veil of a dummy. Using this, he would entertain fans to huge applause without really offending anyone.

He got a shot in 1985 by joining the Broadway show Sugar Babies with Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller. There he would learn how to develop his act for different regions, figuring out that what might work in one city might not in another.

In 1990, Jeff's career got a huge boost by appearing on the Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson, and then appearing on the same show a further three times. By 1996, he had appeared on Ellen and starred in a Hertz commercial featuring his dummy, Walter.

2003 saw Dunham's first solo appearance on Comedy Central Presents, but he would not see much more air time on the channel after that. Determined to make it, he financed his own DVD special, which Comedy Central aired in 2006, and the ratings were astounding—a massive 2 million views and 2 million in DVD sales.

Even more success came as time went on, and the comedian found his beloved characters crossing language barriers with his specials dubbed for different countries. His work started receiving even more views, like the 6.6 million who watched Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special.

He is now at the point where he can claim sold-out global tours, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, record-breaking broadcast specials, and an appearance in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Both he and his lovable characters will take you on the most insane journey full of laughs and high-jinks, and all the fans are going to be there, so make sure to secure your seat right here and now before it is too late.