How popular culture gets popular.

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• The Hardest-Working Hand in Show Business How ventriloquist Jeff Dunham became the country's most popular stand-up comedian.
  Josh Levin Feb. 18, 2009
  
• Monster Truck Is the Ford F-series' 27-year reign at the top of America's sales charts about to end?
  Josh Levin Feb. 2, 2009