Jeff Dunham performing at Pensacola Bay Center for 'Artificial Intelligence' tour

Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is bringing his " Artificial Intelligence" tour to Pensacola this November.

Dunham will perform at the Pensacola Bay Center on Nov. 21. Tickets are available now at JeffDunham.com and TicketMaster.com .

According to his website, Dunham received a toy ventriloquist dummy for Christmas at age of 9, began to practice, and started dreaming of characters "who could say what nobody else would dare."

Dunham is now known for his cast of characters that includes his hyperactive sidekick Peanut, the cranky old man Walter, the self-explanatory Jose the Jalapeno on a Stick, the redneck cliché NASCAR-loving Bubba J, the utterly befuddled Achmed the Dead Terrorist, and Url, the basement dwelling social media smart-phone addict.

Dunham has been named Billboard’s Top Comedy Tour three years in a row, cited by Forbes as the third highest paid comedian behind Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, his website says. With 3.6 million YouTube subscribers and 11 million Facebook followers, he has amassed over a billion views and sold over 7 million DVDs.

Dunham has nine record-breaking comedy specials to his credit – two were Comedy Central’s most viewed specials of their respective years ("Minding the Monsters," 2012; "Controlled Chaos," 2011), and his "Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special," 2008, remains the network’s highest rated program of all time, according to Dunham's website. His NBC primetime special, "Unhinged," ranked as the time period’s top non-sports program on the "Big Four" networks, rebroadcast six weeks later on Comedy Central to become its top rated special of 2016.

Tickets for his Pensacola show are currently listed at $61 plus fees on ticketmaster.com. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.

For more information visit pensacolabaycenter.com or jeffdunham.com .

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