The Sifl & Olly Show

Most of MTV's original programming is hit or miss, but this was one of their best. The show was hilarious. However, like another poster hinted, it might have been too hip for the teenagers to get. Also, there had been complaints about some of the raunchy content (for example, the puppets interviewed an orgasm once), which I believe led to the show being toned down in later episodes. However, MTV made a mistake when it included videos in the show, and cut out a lot of the comedy. The show then looked too much like "Beavis and Butthead".

Wow! I thought I would never hear of those wonderful sock puppets ever again! Even if I was only 11 at the time, I still enjoyed the songs, which made up the humor and charm of the show. I still can recall the 'Girl from Zanzibar' song: "Her name was Zanzibar, Z-Z-Z-Zanzibar!", Sifl banging on the pots and pans, and when the two interviewed the planet Mars. Those were great times! Though I can understand why MTV would cancel the show, it still is alive and kicking!

Vive Sifl and Olly!

I beg anyone and everyone who either worked on this show, or works for MTV- *please* bring it back, or release a set of videos!

*Ahem* One of the saving graces of MTV last year was this whacked-out sock-puppet show; I figure if MTV can't play music videos anymore, this is the next best thing.

Alas- like the State, Sifl & Olly apparently appealed to too few teenagers to be worth carrying; it hasn't been on the air for a while now.

The whole show smacked of what a couple of guys would do if they had access to a public access station, and a bag of pot. I can't really explain how the results would be appealing, but they were- this is one of the few shows that has ever made me cry because I was laughing so hard.

"Suckers!", the theme song, the name "Chester", drawings of the characters, Chester's voice- all of these became catch-phrases or common occurrences at work with my friends. We'd print out signs saying "Buy my waffles! SUCKERS!" and put them up where customers would see them (usually over a picture of Shel Silverstein, but that's another story). The guys behind Sifl & Olly probably didn't intend it this way, but they made out lives a lot more bearable.

The show needs to come back.

In the grand tradition of WAYNE'S WORLD, two friends taping a cheap-looking show with the most generic elements of comedy is always the way to go. Two sock puppets (one white, the other dark green) and friends answer video calls from fans and sing wickedly funny musical numbers in the privacy of their own half-hour. Chester had very little to say and Precious Roy (my favorite character) delighted in selling children dangerous and useless contraptions. While this show was sadly short-lived, the memory of my favorite song "Even Bears Have Heart-attacks" will always ring true to my heart.

This show is so great. Shows like this only come once in a blue moon, and sadly, most American viewers don't get the wacky brilliance. This was one of the last MTV shows I was happy to see. There were so many great segments, most notably precious Roy and calls from the public. I also really enjoyed the main characters' totally inane conversations. It was hilarious in such an absurd way. So many of my friends I went to high school with also loved this show. It's too damn bad a show like this didn't get picked up by Comedy Central or Adult Swim, because those channels were better at dealing with more out of the box shows. It's surprising that no other shows have tried to do something like this, considering how little money it would cost to make