Episode 58: Feature Way

Episode 58

19th March 2009

Welcome to season two of Coyle & Sharpe: The Imposters! In the early 1960s, James P. Coyle and Mal Sharpe roamed the streets of San Francisco, microphone in hand, roping strangers into bizarre schemes and surreal stunts. These original recordings are from the Sharpe family archive, which is tended by Mal’s daughter, Jennifer Sharpe. You […]

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Welcome to season two of Coyle & Sharpe: The Imposters! In the early 1960s, James P. Coyle and Mal Sharpe roamed the streets of San Francisco, microphone in hand, roping strangers into bizarre schemes and surreal stunts. These original recordings are from the Sharpe family archive, which is tended by Mal’s daughter, Jennifer Sharpe. You can learn more about Coyle & Sharpe on their website or on MySpace. Their recent box set is These 2 Men Are Imposters.

On this episode: Coyle and Sharpe use their series Sounds of San Francisco to segue into asking a man to donate one of his facial features to a Feature Way, a bank of human facial features, to show his love for San Francisco.

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Jim Coyle and Mal Sharpe roamed the streets of San Francisco in the early 1960s, performing bizarre pranks and put-ons. This podcast is drawn from their extensive archives, originally recorded for KGO radio and Warner Brothers Records more than 40 years ago, and preserved by Mal’s daughter, Jennifer Sharpe.

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