Skippy the Wisecracking Puppet

ByNalts

Recent discovery on YouTube… SkippyShorts, an online series of puppet short videos starring Skippy, the fast-talking wisecracking puppet. Skippy reviews pop-culture, fairy tales, movies, and other videos. Skippy also has an “Ask Skippy” feature, where Skippy answers emails from fans in video form.

Coming soon… Skippy Mega Battles, and Skippy film spoofs. Skippy also has some friends, Including Finney, the fuzzy white monster.

P.S. Unrelated to Skippy… it’s Drunk David Hasselhoff (The Puppet Version).

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  5. this is off-topic, but dude, when are you going to address the appalling failure of youtube to include you as a partner? The suspense is killing me!

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