Mal Sharpe
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| - | Coyle and Sharpe are a comedy team that appeared on television and radio during the early sixties, exhibiting their mastery of the "man on the street" interview, with humorous results. | + | '''Malcolm Sharpe''' (born 1936) is a [[television]] and [[radio]] personality with roots in [[San Francisco]]. |
| - | Coyle and Sharpe began their comedy team in 1958 in a boarding house. In their official website | + | In the early 1960s, Sharpe teamed with [[Jim Coyle]] to create a series of comic on-the-street interviews for San Francisco radio station [[KGO-AM|KGO]]. Armed with a tape recorder, Coyle and Sharpe confronted pedestrians with unusual questions or strange behavior. In a 1964 interview with [[Newsweek]] magazine, Sharpe explained "We try to pose an almost plausible question, then proceed step by step into absurdity until the interviewee is seething."[http://www.coyleandsharpe.com/9.html] |
| - | Jim Coyle is described as a "benign conman who talked his way into 119 jobs by the time he was 25". | + | |
| - | Mal Sharpe. At the time of their meeting, Mal Sharpe had just graduated college and was interested in the | + | |
| - | burgeoning scene that was happening in in the San Francisco area in that time. | + | |
| - | In 1964, they were hired by radio station KGO in San Francisco to pull pranks, or as they jokingly referred to them, "Terrorizations". The radio show was called "Coyle and Sharpe On The Loose". Shortly after these broadcasts aired, they released two records: "The Absurd Imposters" and "The Insane Minds Of Coyle And Sharpe", which were released on the Warner Bros. label. | + | After four years of recording short skits for KGO, [[Coyle & Sharpe]] recorded a hidden camera television pilot in 1964 called [[The Imposters]] with host [[George Fenneman]] but it remained unsold and was never aired in full. A 2007 four disc box set of 1960's material titled [[These 2 Men Are Impostors]] contains The Imposters pilot in addition to KGO radio recordings and previously unreleased pranks. |
| - | The where-abouts of Jim Coyle is unkown, but in their website, a supposition is offered that he left the act to pursue a career in "tunneling" and that he died in 1993 burrowing under the city of Barcelona. | + | Along with Coyle, he also recorded two comedy albums of street pranks in 1964 for the [[Warner Brothers]] record label. As a solo performer, he later released 2 albums. |
| - | Mal Sharpe continued to do the "Man on the Street" interviews. In the year 2000, Sharpe hosted a centennial exhibit at the Whitney Museum, called "The American Century". Coyle and Sharpe were featured in the Soundworks Exhibit for this presentation. | + | In 1971, Sharpe continued as a solo interviewer with a syndicated TV series titled [[The Street People]]. In the 1980's he hosted a series of public television specials titled [[Mal Sharpe's San Francisco]] which included a mixture of new material and older clips. |
| - | They have one record that re-presented their seminal comedy material in 2000 from Thirsty Ear, entitled | + | Sharpe currently resides in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]] with his wife. He hosts a [[jazz]] show, ''Back on Basin Street,'' from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. Sunday Pacific Time on [[KCSM (FM)|KCSM]] at the [[College of San Mateo]] in [[California]]. |
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Malcolm Sharpe (born 1936) is a television and radio personality with roots in San Francisco.
In the early 1960s, Sharpe teamed with Jim Coyle to create a series of comic on-the-street interviews for San Francisco radio station KGO. Armed with a tape recorder, Coyle and Sharpe confronted pedestrians with unusual questions or strange behavior. In a 1964 interview with Newsweek magazine, Sharpe explained "We try to pose an almost plausible question, then proceed step by step into absurdity until the interviewee is seething."[1]
After four years of recording short skits for KGO, Coyle & Sharpe recorded a hidden camera television pilot in 1964 called The Imposters with host George Fenneman but it remained unsold and was never aired in full. A 2007 four disc box set of 1960's material titled These 2 Men Are Impostors contains The Imposters pilot in addition to KGO radio recordings and previously unreleased pranks.
Along with Coyle, he also recorded two comedy albums of street pranks in 1964 for the Warner Brothers record label. As a solo performer, he later released 2 albums.
In 1971, Sharpe continued as a solo interviewer with a syndicated TV series titled The Street People. In the 1980's he hosted a series of public television specials titled Mal Sharpe's San Francisco which included a mixture of new material and older clips.
Sharpe currently resides in Berkeley, California with his wife. He hosts a jazz show, Back on Basin Street, from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. Sunday Pacific Time on KCSM at the College of San Mateo in California.
