People keep saying he ripped this guy off or that guy off, it's not his own material, etc. But the thing is, this is ventriloquism. There is a standard set of tricks that you perform to verify your talent and skill. So throwing your voice into a suitcase/box/offstage or making it seem like your mic is out of sync or drinking water while talking or arguing with your puppet very briskly back and forth are all things that all ventriloquists do. It is not easy to come up with an original display of skill in this profession.

he just won AGT well deserved

Paul you are absolutely brilliant love you. You are very funny I would love to see you live

Zerdin is awesome and so effortlessly he's doing it and it's really funny as well

Love the "sound check" bit!

He can copy who he likes..... He makes their material even funnier.

He's Taking Some Of Jeff Dunham's Jokes With Peanut

People who think this guy was around before Jeff Dunham have no clue. Jeff Dunham was opening for Bob Hope and Rodney Dangerfield in 1983

This takes so much skill. Respect.

He moves his lips way less then Jeff so props to hin

he combines bits and pieces of a bunch of famous ventriloquists.

Why do people keep saying he's ripping off Jeff Dunham.... He came way before him. Paul zerdin has been going since the early 90s, I know as he performed at my school with this very puppet.

hahaha i love this guy. Hits my funny bone everytime I watch him :P

I love him he needs to win agt!!!!

This guy was around before Jeff so not a rip off

Being UK Ive watched this guy for YEARS - before I knew Nina or Jeff, when I did see their stuff I was all "THATS PAULS!", search his name. :)

This was Great so funny I teared up. Thank you..

Paul Zerdin is the best tbh

I thought he was Hilarious and Very Talented. The Gentleman from the audience was a Great Sport. Have a Wonderful Day~~

Guys he was in the industry longer than the others! He may or may not have stollen some of his material, but that's what singers do. They take bits and pieces of other songs and Inbed them into their own original songs. That's how life works people, calm tf down

I liked him during the competition but I didn't think he'd be doing the same act every single time

PEOPLE OF THE COMMENT SECTION. to settle it down, this guy won AGT this year

heey, that "niaaau" i'ts of peanut

This is the exact same beginning he used for his audition for America's got talent

First time I saw Paul Zerdin.

Guys guys guys I don't mean to be rude but u guys need to give this guy a break if u don't like it then don't watch it and if u don't have anything nice to say about someone, don't say it's that simple😐 the point of all of this video is that it should be fun to watch but if u guys don't like it then idk u can do something else😕

What happened to Sam? He looks different then on Americas got talent

This guy has been in the industry for a long time. Longer than Jeff and Nina Conti. So I don't see how he could have "stolen" his act..

I enjoyed it where ever it came from It was funny so I hope I get to see more thanks

everyone shut up! Jeff Dunham is great, but he doesn't own the ventriloquist act!

Make me! Wat make me! Ok oh shit XD FAV LINE 10/10

Reminds me of Nina Conti. Jeff and Paul, so amazing

Going back to the 90's then, who' s the original out of Paul and Jeff!??

his puppet sounded like a British Version of The Character Butter's from the TV Show South Park.

He's brilliant love him so funny

Paul, You are one of the best ventriloquist but i've seen the same acts in AGT and seems like you perform the same all time. I like to see some different acts from you. We all love to see them. Though being a Ventriloquist is tough, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE SAME STUFF BRO! (I've seen your AGT's performances, i liked you much and i searched for your videos, but sadly i'm getting the same stuff all the time, DISAPPOINTED :( ) But, I love Sam, He is too funny. Cheers mate!

Watching in 2015 noticing that this is the winner of agt and that this is the same act he used in his first audition

First thing,every videos you guys see about this man, 100 vids were recorded in like maybe 10 of his show so you guys can always feel that he repeat the same joke.Watch his new dvd,there are all new jokes

2:54 Sam " oh sh©t" 😂😂😂

He won Americas got talent

Americas got talent winner

I saw him live! He was so funny

There is something I don't understand. Paul Zerdin is far to be a beginner. He has performed on many stages, he has played in different TV shows, and also won a few contests. As I guess (but maybe I'm wrong) that there aren't thousands of professional ventriloquists, and if really he has copied his jokes, his acts, and his puppets of some of them, how does it happen that none hasn't protested before he becomes the big winner of America's got talent in 2015?

I'm guessing he gets some of his inspiration from Jeff Dunham

You Won AGT!!!

ok smarties, ok, we got it. He stole it from Jeff Dunham. Now move on !!!!!!

he did the same exact lines on America's got talent

Funny thanks for the laugh...

He was on Americas got Talent

I love it

multiple ventriloquists would Sue him

Jeff and peanut have been around before this guy, so don't even say Jeff copied this Paul dude

Clever Jokes guy. it's almost like that's NOT a shameless clone of peanut! seriously...

I'm the 30 000K, woop woop, great video anyways ! :D

I LOVED Him,

this video is very fun i kile it

Halerious who would of thought of that

It's common for comedians to steal material from other comedians. That's been going on since the beginning of comedy. So while a lot of you are complaining about Paul stealing from Jeff...Jeff stole stuff from Ronn. Ronn's Row, Row, Row your boat is a long time exercise from ventriloquists. Nina has a mostly original act because of her gift in ad libbing. Terry Fator is an impressionist Ventriloquist, so his also becomes an original, but I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard to find another that did the same thing.

Brilliant best ever

This guy went to americas got talent!

He was "okay" until he stole the peanut hair thing.....

this guy is hilarious

lol paul zerdin is hilarious

He did that performance but different in Americas got talent

Very good

dear peanut, watch this and joke about him please

Paul zerdin is the best and venqoulism

now this was funny 😂😅

Awesome

isnt he on Americans Got Talent now ?

wooow that was a total jeff dunham rip off wtf

I understand ventriloquism is a very hard thing to do, but this man does the same acts over and over and occasionally adds in a joke that is CLEARLY someone else's *Cough cough* Peanut's signature moves and tones that Jeff created to give his puppet a real character... Not to mention all his characters sound extremely similar.. the more i see him perform the more i think he wasn't exactly the best choice to win America's got talent... It's a shame because he's a good ventriloquist.

hahaha that was funny

Just like peanut

A lot of Jeff Dunham here

I'm just wondering why 'Just for Laughs' thought it was okay to air this. The first half is plagiarized from Jeff Dunham, and the second half is plagiarized from Nina Conti. Did they not notice...?

Actually Ron Lucas did the human puppet before Jeff and Nina :)

He's so good I want to do his act for my school talent show I have been playing with dummies for over 5 years now but I will tell them I didn't make this up

Was that miniladd on the end

Jeff did come up with almost all of this stuff with peanut plus he's done it longer than this guy I know for a fact

Nope, nope, nope...he can't be taking Jeff Dunham's stuff and call it his own.

is anyone gonna point out that he took a good few of Jeff Dunham's material? like the over the head bit for example

is it me... or when he does hand over the head with his puppet and that noise... he has got that from Jeff Dunham ??

It's Paul Zerdin... why isn't he in the title? He is in the description... not the title...

This is almost the exact thing that was on agt

2:53 2:54 oh my gooooodddd

He did the same exact thing in AGT

his lips moved so many times

This is for Darcey farmer I love u now I am lerning how to be a ventriloquist. I'm so bad at it but I'll keep trying hard. From Grace. I LOVE YOU DARCY.

Seen the mask routine from Nina Conti.Not sure who cam up with that idea first, but they both seem to have the same elements in their routine.

I watched for 2 minutes and saw him knock off 2 of jeff dunhams jokes

Paul Zerdin, although a capable ventriloquist has no original material... The first half was blatantly Jeff Dunham with the hair zoom thing and the Second Half was blatantly Nina Conti with the forcing an audience member to dance with the mask. Sure he was funny, but it wasn't him being funny. Those kinds of people are the worst, people who steal jokes to form their act.

when did jeff get famous becouse if you think about it jeff might be takeing this guys jokes

The sad thing is a good amount of what i watched is either ripped off from someone else or i just seen others thats stole it from him.

Jeff Dunham did it

The start is the same as in Americas Got Talent

He get this from Jeff Dunham

Is it just me or did he stole some jokes from Jeff Dunham?

Oh damn, this was PAINFUL to watch.

There's a video of Nina Conti from 2012 doing almost the same act as he did in the second half. One of them must have taken it from the other. Question is was it taken with their consent.