Eventually rips of the show’s music made the rounds on Napster but they were often very low quality, as though someone held up a tape recorder to their TV. There was no VHS and there would be no DVD (outside of a ‘lost’ 3rd season), as MTV took the rights and basically just sat on ’em. Luckily I had a few episodes on tape, because unless they aired it at 2 AM or whatever the show was just gone. Given the show’s budget I doubt they were losing money on it but the network was moving in a more reality-based direction that didn’t have room for shows that appealed to weird kids and stoners. Unsurprisingly, it was cancelled after two seasons. You would never see something like that on a major network today. It must’ve been the least focus-grouped show on the planet. It’s the sort of thing that couldn’t have come from anyone but those specific two people, and for that reason I felt a real kinship with it it was like something I could’ve made. It was all over the place, interviewing odd characters, airing fake infomercials, doing these goofy little songs…just whatever the guys with their hands in the socks thought was funny. I’d caught so many tail-ends of episodes that I almost didn’t believe it was a real show. Too old for Nickelodeon, too young for…whatever this was, but I still preferred to punch above my weight class, so to speak.īut there was one show I understood completely, a sock puppet variety show called Sifl and Olly. Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch, Tom Green, that one cartoon with the alien who lived inside the dude’s gigantic head, and so on. What I really liked was the oddball original programming they came up with. If I’m being honest, I wasn’t really into the music videos at the time even as a pre-teen dipshit, I knew when I was being pandered to.
What’s that? Grandpa already told you that one? Huh? “What’s MTV?” Alright, let’s start over. Olly: You called a girl "Sugar Butt"? Chester: Yeah, and I keep cereal in my pocket, to feed them.Sit down, children, and I’ll tell you a tale of a time when MTV used to play music videos.
come on, come on home with me sugar butt." Olly: Sugar Butt? Chester: Yeah. Olly: How's it go? Chester: Sure, "Hey fruity lips. Olly: Do you know the language of love? Chester: Yeah, it's like. What do you guys say? Sifl: No, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we're not interested, sir. Jargon Scott: They're safe around children. Jargon Scott: Like cats with personality. Jargon Scott: They're like cuddly throw pillows. Olly: No, I'm sorry, we're not interested. Jargon Scott: Today I am offering legless dogs. Olly: Hi, Jargon, what's your question? Jargon Scott: Well, I was gonna ask you boys if you'd be interested in, uh, purchasing a little item I've got here. Olly: Why would we be lying if we were on television? Sifl: Yeah, I've had serious problems with squirrels. Olly: My friend, what about electric dog fences? What about the fact that squirrels are responsible for 70% of all deaths? Caller: No, they're not. Caller: I think these Squirrel Zappers are so inhumane. I'm standing here in the middle of, hell, I dunno where I was at this point, with like, six cartons of eggs, and all this guy can say is "him go up the cricker." What the hell is that?ĭialogue Olly: Next caller.You're cuddled up in bed, you hear that "step, thump, step, thump" of a pirate coming up your stairs. Now folks, here's a nightmare scenario.
The show stars a black sock puppet named Sifl with grass for hair, a white sock puppet named Olly with a flower on the top, and a yellow sock puppet named Chester that looks like a dog. The Sifl and Olly Show (1998-1999) was a sock puppet show created by Liam Lynch and shown on MTV.
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