Dunham to appear at Tulsa’s BOK Center
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If you couldn’t get tickets to one of Jeff Dunham’s sold-out shows set for Saturday at Shawnee’s Firelake Grand Casino, fear not. The comic puppeteer will be making another stop in our state this fall - and in a much larger venue.
Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor announced this morning that Dunham will perform at the city’s new BOK Center at 8 p.m. Oct. 3. The ventriloquist will be the first comedy acto to perform at the as-yet-unfinished arena.
Tickets for the Tulsa stop on Dunham’s “Spark of Insanity” tour will be $40 and $45 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. June 6.
 Taylor also announced this morning BOK Center’s first contemporary Christian concert:
Casting Crowns will perform their Christmas Celebration Show on Nov. 30. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. July 19; ticket prices have not yet been confirmed.
For more information, go to www.bokcenter.com.
With his national tour projected to gross $25 million, Dunham - along with his puppet pals - also will be featured in a number of upcoming television specials on NBC and Comedy Central, according to a news release.
Dunham will be among the stars on NBC’s “America United: In Support of Our Troops,” which was taped before Marines at Camp Pendleton. The two-hour primetime event updates the classic Bob Hope USO tour specials and will air this summer. Previous salute the troops specials have drawn some of the largest audiences in TV history, and the show will be broadcast on Armed Forces Television & Radio to millions of active duty troops and their families around the world.
On Comedy Central, where his specials are among the channel’s all-time top-rated shows, Dunham will be featured often in June and July.
On June 6, the channel will air “Comedy Central Presents: Jeff Dunham” in the morning. In the evening, the channel will show ”Jeff Dunham: Arguing With Myself” (his first Comedy Central special that has sold more than 1 million DVDs since 2006 ) as a lead-in for his hosting the third season premiere of “Live at Gotham.”
On June 7, the channel will again air “Arguing With Myself.” Then, the network will twice broadcast his 2007 Comedy Central special, “Spark of Insanity,”  which also became his second 1 million-selling DVD and the title of his tour.
Check local listings for the exact times for these programs.
On June 7, Dunham also will be taping his first Christmas special in front of a live audience in Milwaukee at The Pabst Theater.
-BAM
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