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At the turn of the century, he was about as famous as a white ribbed sock could get. Playful, a bit naughty and ever so snarky, the mascot for the San Francisco-based company was voiced by comedian ...

“I don’t know why, but people like to see puppets swear and have sex,” says Andrew McNeal. “There’s a lot of vulgarity and curse words you shouldn’t say in public but can get away with if you have a ...

The search is over. The ultimate symbol for the meteoric rise, painful fall and slow, strange resurrection of the dot-com empire has been found. Starting next month, the one-time Pets.com sock puppet ...

What's an e-tailer to do when it's one of the worst performing initial public offerings of 2000, Wall Street isn't interested and the competition is intense? If you're Pets.com, you make use of your ...

What begins as a church sock-puppet show quickly gets out of hand in the dark comedy “Hand to God.” Short North Stage will present the Ohio premiere of the Broadway hit about good and evil that opens ...

It sounds like something you'd expect to hear on Radio Disney, but nope, this gem comes to you straight from Sock Puppet Parody. Like the various other metal parodies tackled by the YouTube troupe, ...

A phony name made up by a user in order to masquerade as someone else on the Internet. Sock puppets can make controversial comments or vote for or against a cause without revealing their identity.