Loren Feldman is getting a lot of attention right now for creating the Shel Israel puppet. The videos are hilarious. Being the big fan-boy of Jason Calacanis that I am, I loved his current set of Mahalo interviews.
Watching these videos though, something kept ringing in my head. It took me a few hours to figure out – but I recalled a great source of humor from my childhood that the Shel puppet seems to channel in a great way – Ed the Sock.
As I’m sure most Canadians will remember, Ed was a hilarious (well, to most of us anyway) puppet that used to be featured pretty regularly on Much Music. I don’t really know what Ed is up to these days, but I thought I’d draw this comparison out anyway.
Ed, I’d encourage a trip to California, some meetings with Mahalo and Calacanis and give the Shel puppet a run for his money. Canadians need to represent.
