Lawrence.com Podcasts: Punditocracy

Adding an extra layer of depravity to the term "lewd hand gestures," the Lawrence-born "Shitty Deal Puppet Theater" will be re-emerging this week with fists raised triumphantly in their hind-quarters. Life for the puppets began in 1998 as part of the comedy/variety/gin-bender known as The Victor Continental Show, but the "Shitty Deal Puppets" have spent recent years gaining notoriety in the UK as part of Axis of Evil Productions. Before performing a month long stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, Mr. Doper, Burp, Bobby, Dr. Sludgebucket, and the rest of this ill mannered Punch & Doody show will be returning for a heartland homecoming in the sweaty bosom which first suckled them to fame-Victor Continental. Will Averill and Kitty Steffens wrangled the puerile puppets into the Punditocracy studio for a chat about Lawrence politics, rival puppet troupes, and the latest Victor Continental extravaganza, "Free Victor."