Now Playing at Reason.tv: Where's Sock Puppet's Bailout?

 

The great, unlamented mascot of Pets.com and the tech bubble, Sock Puppet, comes to Congress with a paw out for taxpayer money and inadvertently suggests a way forward through the current moment that doesn't involve massive giveaways.

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Comments

chrissy | November 26, 2008, 10:31am | #

wtf?

joe | November 26, 2008, 10:36am | #

I can't see that puppet without thinking about his interlude with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

Seer | November 26, 2008, 10:52am | #

I remember sock puppet.

ed | November 26, 2008, 10:53am | #

Barney Frank: Do you have a last comment?

Sock Puppet: Yes I do, you complicit cocksucker.

(sigh) If only reason's puppet had some balls.

Mr. Hat | November 26, 2008, 12:55pm | #

Yeah, what about the bailout for alter-egos of gay 3rd grade teachers?

joe | November 26, 2008, 3:29pm | #

*Mr. Slave opens his IRA statement.*

Jesus Christ!

FatDrunkAndStupid | November 26, 2008, 10:50pm | #

Gisele's last name is not pronounced "boon". A linguist would be better at explaining the nuances of a rounded vowel, but "bin" or "bn" is a sufficient approximation. If you wanted to pronounce her first name properly, it's actually a long "e" (Giseli) at the end but she's doesn't mind the anglicized version*. Mispronouncing the last name however, is just rude and more than a little ignorant.

*But you're still better off getting in the habit of pronouncing it right. Other Brazilian hotties like Caroline (rhymes with weenie) Trentini (also rhymes with weenie) aren't so forgiving as Gisele and prefer their first names be pronounced properly.

Cactus | November 27, 2008, 12:35am | #

If anyone needs a bailout it is Sifl and Olly.

Chester for President 2012! He's a wanderer, a rebel. He's balls out. You got it?

John | November 27, 2008, 3:45am | #

Maybe instead of throwing a few billion at a sock puppet, Congress could consider one of the options on the list of the Top 10 Better Ways to Use the Bailout Money.

Hell, they might even learn something.

suntcmellersINC | November 27, 2008, 5:44am | #

You probably could have gotten Michael Ian Black to reprise the role. He's big into the internet.

mk | November 27, 2008, 5:59pm | #

I could have sworn that I saw that puppet in a commercial for car loans recently.

The Internet | November 28, 2008, 3:54pm | #

You probably could have gotten Michael Ian Black to reprise the role. He's big into the internet.

Yeah, but I'm not so big into Michael Ian Black.

a name before submitting the form | November 28, 2008, 4:50pm | #

Shhhh... Don't give those congress types any ideas about bailing out Pets.com.

I, Kahn O'Clast | November 28, 2008, 5:06pm | #

That puppet is employed as spokespuppet for Bar None, a firm that will lend regardless of credit for the purchase of a car. That puppet must be a first indicator of a very bad business model.

During the bubble I bought one of them ... it remains in the original packaging. Certainly a better bet that the pets.com stock.

Gary G | November 28, 2008, 7:22pm | #

Very cleaver! Hits the nail on the head

Xmas | November 30, 2008, 8:27pm | #

Sifl and Ollie...

Men ahead of their time. I should have bought these Pirate Cripplers before my boat trip to East Coast of Africa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owouynBXC4g&feature=related