Live Hot Puppet Chat
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| Live Hot Puppet Chat | |
|---|---|
 Barry Bible |
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| Format | Independent/College show |
| Starring | Tristan Newcomb (all the puppets), Jesse Chapo (as various Jesses), Brian Ugia (as Blinky the Robot), and Huong Ly (as Carmen) |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | Six (plus several test & cameo segments). In broadcast order: Skiddles, Prickle, Al the Slug, Reducey-Risk Reindeer, Barry Bible, Dobo Disty |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Tristan Newcomb |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | SRTV (local broadcast cable channel) and worldwide via live online streaming |
| Original run | Sept. 2005 – Nov. 2005 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Live Hot Puppet Chat gained its initial popularity on a student-run college television station (SRTV) in the Fall of 2005 at the University of California, San Diego, with a series of shows they titled "Season 2" (never having really had a first season). The puppet characters were created and performed by Tristan Newcomb, and each episode had a different host: they were, in episode order, Skiddles, Prickle, Al the Slug, Reducey-Risk Reindeer, Barry Bible, and Dobo Disty (aka Nintendobo).
The theme of the show was that, in-between the scripted moments of puppet monologue, the students would telephone from their dorms and try to shock the puppets with as filthy a question as they could manage. The puppets would have varying reactions based upon the puppet's uncooperative personality, and most of the time the puppets would lead the callers into conversations that can best be described as a mix of tasteless Kafkaesque rants laced with surrealistic smut. Some students began to issue complaints with college officials. After episode six, the student-run television station was shut down upon charges of obscenity, stemming from (it is believed) the Barry Bible episode, though there is also evidence that the administration was unhappy with a couple of scattered porn broadcasts on the channel. This debate between what got the station shut down is now roughly equally divided among those who say it was the porn, which is what the press articles focused upon, and those who say it was the Barry Bible episode, which is the claim of several student council members who dealt directly with the school administration on the controversy.[1][2] All of the episodes, including the uncut Barry Bible episode, are available on a new retail DVD from Decovo, a production company set-up for the distribution of several college media properties, including the cult animation series "Ratty Mouse". The puppet characters continue to appear in new clips around the web, often in spin-off series such as "Executive Inbox", "Capre Diem in Fur" and "Nintendobo".
