Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 16:33:12 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Well you asked . . .Re: And the camera was pointed where . . . ?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/07/103353889
>2815.html
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>". . .origamists???"  Puppeteers?  I am *so* confused!
>
>Barry
>
Here . . .be unconfused . . .

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In perhaps the biggest challenge yet to David
Letterman 's "Stupid Human Tricks," late-night TV talk show rival
Jay Leno  has booked two men who are famous worldwide for
shaping their penises into fast food icons and landmarks.

But censors at NBC, which broadcasts "The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno," can breathe a sigh of
relief. Genital contortionists David "Friendly" Friend
and Simon Morley will not be exposing their private
parts on national television.

Rather, they will appear fully clothed on Leno's
Wednesday night program merely to talk about
their wildly popular stage show, "Puppetry of the
Penis," a network spokeswoman said.

The Australian duo originated the show in their
native country as a series of barroom tricks but
have gone on to perform their act for incredulous,
yet curious, audiences on three continents.

The show is currently being staged in Los Angeles.

Dressed only in shoes, socks and fantastically
decorated capes, Morley and Friend twist and
shape their genitals into such objects as a
hamburger, the Eiffel Tower and the Loch Ness monster. On stage, the
contorted creations are projected onto gigantic 16-foot screens behind the
performers.

The stage act goes far beyond any of the oddball antics performed on the
"Stupid Human Tricks" segment of Leno's lower-rated CBS competitor, the
"Late Show with David Letterman."

A "Tonight Show" spokeswoman said there was never any question that a
straight interview -- sans the demonstrations -- was the only "appropriate"=
 way
to have Morley and Friend on network TV.

She said a "Tonight Show" producer recently caught the "Penis" act, found =
it
funny and "invited the guys on to talk about what they do without showing =
it."

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Gentlemen of WSFA, you may now uncross your legs . . .

mjw