Frequently Asked Questions of PUKE & SNOT

For those of you still don't know which is Puke and which is Snot, we
thoughtfully provide you with a page of frequently asked questions about the
act, the performers, and the reasons why they do what they do. Or make up
your own and email them. They are lonely, isolated, dangerous men,
desperately seeking connections in cyberspace and beyond. They'll likely
respond. Maybe even show up on your birthday and do balloon sculptures.

WHAT IS  PUKE & SNOT?
It's a comedy act. Seriously.

WHERE DID THE NAME COME FROM?
All the good ones were taken. Truthfully, check out the 60's Broadway hit
BEYOND THE FRINGE, written and performed by Peter Cooke, Dudley Moore, Alan
Bennett and one other guy. The answer is in one of the sketches in that
satirical revue.

WHICH ONE'S PUKE AND WHICH ONE'S SNOT?
Puke is the taller one. Snot is the axe murderer look-alike.

DO THEY DO THIS FOR A LIVING?
No, they do it for the art. What kind of a stupid question is that?

HOW MANY FESTIVALS DO THEY DO?
Check out the schedule page. Currently, only Colorado and Maryland, June
through October. That's just about enough for two older guys whose parts
don't always work properly. What do you want from them?

CAN I HIRE THEM FOR MY EVENT?
You're too kind. You're too generous. You're too far away, you'll have to fly
them in.Sure, if it doesn't interfere with their regular golf outings, they'll be
there.

HAVE THEY EVER WORKED WITH ANY FAMOUS ACTORS?
Have you heard of Tom Hanks? Have you heard of Clint Eastwood? Have you heard
of Julia Roberts? Anna Nicole Smith? Jennifer Aniston? Well, so have they.

DID THEY ACTUALLY PERFORM AT DISNEY'S MAGIC KINGDOM IN ORLANDO?
Despite the denials from Disney top brass, Puke and Snot were recently seen
in Adventureland Plaza as "Perry and Slice," a couple of very funny pirates
doing seven shows a day outside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. The
constant autograph signing caused a recurrence of carpal tunnel syndrome in
Puke's right hand, so the gig was prematurely ended. It had nothing to do
with the incident with Snow White. Honestly.

ARE THEY REALLY ACTORS?
OK, now you're pissing them off. This interview is over.

** The Official Puke & Snot timeline **
THIRTY YEARS OF COMEDY IN THE DIRT:
"Turn The Crank, Frank, The Nuts Are Still Loose"

1974
First appearance of Puke & Snot at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival,
under the names Mouldy & Wart. Shows were ten minutes in length, largely
improvised, always in the paths and lanes, never onstage.

1975
Name change to Puke & Snot, joined at the Minnesota Festival by Penn &
Teller

1978
Puke & Snot branch out to Maryland and Texas Festivals, perform for
president's daughter Amy Carter and classmates at Friend's School in Washington, DC

1979
First Comedy club appearances in Minneapolis at the Comedy Cabaret. First
appearance of signature vegetable, handed to Puke by audience member as show
begins. (see photo of actual First Vegetable)

1980
Penn and Teller join P & S as their opening act at Comedy Cabaret, marking
the first public performances of Penn and Teller as a comedy-magic duo. Cabaret
show features P & S and P & T performing original songs to open and close each
show. Puke & Snot cross the border to entertain Canadians at Canada's Wonderland
in Toronto

1981
The Colorado Festival becomes an annual venue.
Florida also gets its first taste of P & S at the Sarasota Medieval Fair

1982
Comedy clubs in Denver and Los Angeles experience the costumed weirdness of
P & S. Clones begin to appear in Kansas City and Maryland. Festivals in Miami
and San Diego added to schedule

1983
Crowds at festivals become too large for street performances, P & S move
exclusively to stages. Drunks now must actually come up on stage to interfere
with show

1985
P & S leave the Texas Renaissance Festival, start appearances at the Kansas
City show. Bible Belt is outraged by double entrndres, but crowds number in
thousands

1986
Back to Canada, Summerfest in Edmonton and two weeks as featured U.S.
comedy at the World's Fair in Vancouver, sharing stages with the first season of
Cirque du Soleil

1987
College appearances escalate, P & S win Best Comedy Showcase at Western
Regional NACA Conference in San Jose, beating out Sinbad and a variety of
"known" performers, resulting in a 22 college booking throughout California,
Arizona and Utah

1988
Six weeks of performances at Disney World in Orlando, no lawsuits. More
comedy club appearances in Minneapolis, Denver and Colorado Springs. Legendary
professional golfer Tom Watson flies P & S to Kansas City to perform at his 40th
birthday party. Guests are puzzled but amused

1989
Corporate America discovers that men in tights are funny, P & S travel to
St. Thomas VI and other exotic locations, selling their souls for a paycheck and
an expense account.
Young women who used to approach P & S after each show and say "We really love
you guys" are now saying "Our moms really love you guys."

1990
Festivals now booked for 25 weeks annually, Puke & Snot merchandise selling
out everywhere. Snot hospitalized with kidney stones, Puke performs solo at
Minnesota festival, does five shows, "auditioning" potential Snots by getting
them to read most popular sketches with him onstage. Snot returns for Sunday
shows, minus stones

1991
First appearances on the Legend Stage at the Minnesota Festival, a gigantic
three masted frigate slapped down next to the parking lot. Crowds number over
2500 at most shows. Release of first P & S album, PUKE AND SNOT VS. THE BARD:
"Slipping Between The Cracks"

1992
P & S star in award winning video "The Legend of Luthario" for Lutheran
Brotherhood. Two week run of THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS CIRCLE OF DEATH FAMILY FUN
SHOW at Scott Hansens's Comedy Gallery in Minneapolis features Jonny Fox, Arsene
Dupin and Puke & Snot, huge crowds

1993
20th Anniversary of first appearance at Minnesota Festival
1994 Corporate shows for Fortune 500 companies in California and Florida
further legitimize mindless lunacy of P & S. Release of second album, PUKE AND
SNOT VS. THE BARD: "Vowel Obstruction"

1996
Puke experiences "cardiac incident," undergoes angioplasty in May. Later
that month P & S are doing five shows a day at Scarborough Fair in Dallas

1997
Release of award winning PUKE & SNOT'S COMICAL BUM, rip-roaring full length
tale of treachery and revenge, featuring the late Lee Walker as Sir Anthony
Bludgington

1998
25th Anniversary of P & S at Minnesota Festival

1995 -1999
Festivals in Sarasota, Colorado, Minnesota and Maryland
are now the primary venues each year, although comedy clubs, colleges and
corporate shows continue to bring P & S indoors and out of the rain
2000 A return to the magic of the Mouse: in April, the Magic Kingdom at
Orlando's Disney World features P & S as "Perry & Slice," two crotchety pirate
buccaneers performing daily at the Adventureland Plaza near the Pirates of the
Caribbean ride

2001
Release of first P & S video, HERE, HOLD THIS, featuring the best of the
classic P & S sketches. Young women now approaching P & S after each show saying
"My grandmother really loves you guys."

2002
P & S leave Minnesota Festival after 28 years of five shows per day, 75
shows per season, establishing some kind of record: only one half hour show
cancelled in 28 years, occurring when Puke is hauled off in an ambulance and
treated for dehydration at a local hospital. Maryland Festival welcomes P & S
for full nine week season.

2003
The astounding return of P & S to the Minnesota festival after a year’s sabbatical caused nary a ripple of excitement in the Twin Cities press.
And that’s as it should be. One too many pat-downs at the Baltimore airport by rough-handed NSA personnel convinced the boys that home is where the heart is.

2004
Tampa Bay is added to the schedule for an April-May run right before the Colorado festival. The release of SHIP OF FOOLS, the long-awaited fourth CD in the mind-numbing series of Puke & Snot audio discs caused small lines to form after shows throughout the season. The CD features the new “Puke Runs For Office” piece, written by long time P & S writer Michael Levin, a timely sketch just in time for the ’04 elections.

2005
Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happens.

2006
Tampa falls off the schedule, it’s way too hot in May to wear tights. Sarasota is added in November. This new Florida show is produced by a 19 year old phenomenon who demonstrates the chops to stage a festival that just might be a big one some day. P & S win “best theatrical show” honors, humbly accept on behalf of their families and all the little people who they’ve stepped on to get where they are today: working in a tent ten miles east of Route 75.