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A strip published on 4/28/00 also references the show, where character Michael Caesar is seen lamenting its cancellation. Award-winning writer J. Michael Straczynski was also a noted fan of the show, and at one time Lynch and Crocco were planning a sock puppet character voiced by Straczynski until the show was cancelled.
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Jul 18, 2023 · The Pets.com dog sock puppet — with its black-and-white eyes, silver wristwatch collar and reporter-style microphone — was the newest breakout star on TV. He was a highlight of the 1999 Macy’s...
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Oct 8, 2015 · If there is a single image that sums up the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, it is the Pets.com sock puppet. The company hired the advertising agency that had recently had great success with the Taco Bell chihuahua. So they came back with the little dog puppet with a microphone.
Jan 12, 2017 · By November 6, 2000, the day before the presidential election, the company announced it was shutting down operations. (Fun fact: The voice of the sock puppet, which is still sold online for some reason, is Michael Ian Black. He described the job as "painful," due to all the hand movement.)
Jan 18, 2017 · That's a question that's been debated heavily for years, particularly in regards to a certain company, featuring a sock-puppet mascot, that came and went in less than three years. Here's the...
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Oct 23, 2020 · Pets.com advert via YouTube. It was from this goal to be outrageous that the sock puppet was born — a homemade-looking puppet, with buttons for eyes, a cardboard microphone taped to his hand, operated by comedian Michael Ian Black, who was left to improvise his lines entirely.
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The online pet supply company launched in 1998 went from IPO to liquidation in just 268 days. It built huge brand recognition with its major ads and the sock puppet mascot that inspired this toy.
