Now obviuosly all the puppets have their "connective tissue" to each other because they're all voiced by Jeff, but Larry was WAY too similar. He talked similarly to Peanut, his moves were almost identical to Peanut's, and his joke delivery was also reminiscent. Without getting into politics, Larry is basically Peanut if he were human and had insomnia. Though I and everyone else in the arena were genuinely laughing at certain jokes, they definitely lifted the volume in post for others. The main critique I have for the special (hense the 8/10 rating) is the introduction of the new puppet Larry the White House Twitter Advisor. I won't spoil them, but as stated earlier, there were unscripted goofs that Jeff made, but he played them off so well that they made the show even more of a scream. The classic puppets (Walter, Bubba J, Peanut, Jose, and Achmed) were hilarious, though I'd argue they're even funnier in real life. If there was any splicing between nights, I couldn't perceive it, so the editing team did a fatastic job.
There was a certain electicity in the arena, and it definitely carried over into the final cut. But this issue actually illustrated his authenticity in trying to deliver the best show he could give his audience, even when the puppets weren't talking.
Half the stopping and starting was due to him losing his train of thought or bad line deliveries (as himself, he had no trouble at all when talking through the puppets). Whether it was because he was in his hometown of Dallas, or the fact that the event was for a Netflix special, or both, I don't know. In fact, a lot of the laughs at the beginning of Bubba J's segment was edited for the final cut, as Jeff had to completely restart that bit, and people had trouble laughing with the same level of enthusiasm as the first time (and yes there were other instances where the laughing was "fixed"). It felt like being on a movie set, as time after time they would stop, start, adjust Jeff's clothing, and even redo entire jokes. The actual event was over 2 hours, so about half the show was cut out. There's so much we don't see when big comedians prepare and produce these specials.
I know this because a few unscripted moments within the final cut happened on our night. Though technically comedians film over the course of two days so they can cross-edit footage if something goes wrong, they chose the night I was there for the alpha roll. Yes, not making that up, I was among the 10 - 11 thousand people in the American Airlines arena on June 21st, 2019.
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