Coyle & Sharpe

Early masters of the street prank and put-on

“Coyle and Sharpe were pioneers of an entire genre of comedy, the Man on the Street bit. Every late-night host and YouTube prankster owes a bit of their act to Coyle and Sharpe.”

— Charlie Todd, founder of the comedy collective Improv Everywhere

Audio Visionaries, (CD) 1999
On the Loose (CD), 1995
The Insane (But Hilarious) Minds of Coyle & Sharpe (LP), 1964
The Absurd Imposters (LP), 1963

The rest of the Coyle & Sharpe catalog,
plus Mal Sharpe’s “Meaning of Life”
coming soon…

A black and white military identification card for Coyle and Sharpe, from Los Angeles Invasion Army, featuring photos of two men, Jim Coyle and Mal Sharpe, with a quote about swimming poolism, smog, neonism, and sunglasses.