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...seem to be sock puppets who sound stoned. But soon they're your friends. Sifl and Olly sing songs, argue and interview the likes of an orgasm, a nine-volt battery, the Grim Reaper and an atom in one of Elvis' combs. The show's unscripted feel and sub-Kukla production values make the bizarre punch lines even more jolting. The chemistry between the puppets springs from the longtime friendship of Liam Lynch and Matt Crocco, two childhood friends from Nashville who, while in different colleges, used the voices on each other's answering machines. Now struggling musicians with radically...
...part of a major shift in weather patterns that affected the climate in many different areas of the globe 4,000 years ago. From Egypt to the Aegean to India, rainfall diminished and temperatures dropped. "This is opposite to what you might expect from global warming," explains George Kukla, senior research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York. "And it was an entirely natural change...
Abbie Hoffman, '60s radical, on an article suggesting Howdy Doody was a subversive show: "I was into Kukla, Fran and Ollie. Howdy Doody was obviously a puppet being controlled by Authoritarian Bob Smith...
Shales first lost his socks watching '50s favorites such as I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Playhouse 90 and Kukla, Fran and Ollie in front of a 14-in. RCA in Elgin, Ill. (pop. then: 45,000). After graduating from American University in Washington, D.C., with a degree in journalism, he freelanced for several small publications. On his second try, he landed a general assignment slot at the Post. Shales now lives alone in a suburban ranch-style house in Virginia. He is a mildly neurotic M & M addict who, when he is not worrying about his weight...
...telephoned me to ask how I felt about my puppets becoming part of the language. I couldn't be happier (or more flattered) with your choice of "Kuklapolitan" to describe the charm and innocence of MTM. I shall miss those good friends who do bear a resemblance to Kukla's troupe (I've always thought) in their love and respect for each other...