Larry & Phyllis

[bigbird]

Does anyone remember from the early days the duo known as Larry & Phyllis? They were 2 folks who tried to accomplish things but always seemed to get stuck until they finally agreed on c-c-coop---cooperation! I know there were a few skits that they did. One them involving Larry telling Phyllis something like " My hand has just been crushed by a ten pound sack of potatoes"! Who were these peope and did they ever appear again in any SS episodes under other names or voices?

 

[minor muppetz]

I dn't know much about them, but larry was played by Alan Arkin, before he was famous.

 

[mikebennidict]

there was 1 where Larry was dressing in these winter cloths matter of fact putting on all kinds of stuff where it was hard for him to walk and while I can't remember the whole skit, somehow I was able to see the shadow of the michrphone that 1 of the stage crew was holding. I wonder if they noticed it themselves at the time that sketch was made?

 

[SesameMike]

Most of the Larry and Phyllis sketches had a narrator introduce each skit, describing what their dilemna was to the sound of soap-opera organ music. I don't recall any regular ambient background music, unlike the Buddy & Jim/Wally & Ralph sketches.

One such Larry and Phyllis routine involved hanging a poster on the wall. Larry had a poster of himself, Phyllis had one of her, and they kept tearing each other's poster down and putting up their own.

Larry: (in an angered voice) "PASTING on the WALL??"
Phyllis: (while calmly applying glue, I think with a paintbrush) "On the wall..."

When they reached their "Cooper... copper... co-operation" stage, they hung up a poster of the both of them. (if only real life were that simple) They then lovingly put their arms around each others back, in a stance similar to that in the picture.

Exactly once I saw a L&R routine in which they were arguing over what TV show to watch. With the back of the TV aimed away from us, we had them constantly changing the channel using the "turret" changer (read: clunk-clunk) that was (gasp!) on the set itself! (Although remote control was around since the 60s, it was quite rare until, I'd say, 1980) They did co-operate at the end, but I cannot remember how they resolved this one, since this was the year before the VCR was invented. Maybe it was like the Berenstain Bears solution; today we watch my show, tomorrow yours -- as if regular network TV scheduling would enable that.

 

[MuppetDude]

*Sigh* I love it when older members are here.