# Anyone else see Puppetry of the Penis? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119 "2002-10-27T16:18:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/1 "2002-10-27T16:18:36Z")
I found a BBQ Pit thread about it, but nothing here. We went, we were amused, the hubby was somewhat weirded out that he just spent $45 a ticket to watch men play with their penises. Hey, just think of THAT when you plop $60 at a strip club to watch a lady play with HERself! šŸ˜‰ All in all, I was amused. Aside from the actual ā€œpuppetry,ā€ it was just a funny show. It is a bit odd, and may be a bit of Emperorā€™s New Clothingā€¦but regardless, I laughed pretty damn hard. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![effac3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@effac3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effac3d)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/2 "2002-10-27T16:26:24Z")
Morbid curiosity forces me to ask,exactly what puppetry ā€œactsā€ were performed with the penii? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/3 "2002-10-27T16:34:49Z")
They just make various shapes with the penis, scrotum, and testicles. Best known is the Hamburgerā€¦but they also do two variations of The Woman, as well as a hot dog, snail, squirrel, Loch Ness Monster, windsurfing, etc. ---
**Author:** ![tclouie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@tclouie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tclouie)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/4 "2002-10-27T16:42:17Z")
I saw ā€œThe Vagina Monologues,ā€ but thankfully it was all oral interpretation, with no nudity. But some of that ā€œoralā€ stuff ā€“ wow!!! For instance, an older Broadway actress giving a demonstration of different moans! As one of the other actresses said, ā€œI need a cigarette!ā€ Actually, it sounds to me like ā€œPuppetryā€ had nothing at all to do with sex, despite the nudity. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/5 "2002-10-29T02:16:04Z")
Aw, _cā€™mon_, you canā€™t tell me weā€™re the ONLY ONES out of yā€™all whoā€™ve seen this thing, right? Right?? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/6 "2002-10-29T03:08:24Z")
I hate to say itā€¦but I did see something about it on the Anna Nichole Smith Show last night. They blurred out the peni though so I had to use my imagination. I would really want to see it if I got a chance but I have a feeling my imagination was much more intertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/7 "2002-10-29T05:10:04Z")
**In Conceivable** , I hate to say itā€¦but we got the idea to see it when we saw it on the ANS show (which I must qualify with saying it was the third time weā€™ve ever seen the show). And you know, the theater is just up the street from that annoying Bobby Trendyā€™s store. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/8 "2002-10-29T07:10:28Z")
Some of my friends saw it here in Australia. They said it was pretty darn funny, but the tickets were overpriced, all things considered. For the curious, there was an email circulating a while back (here in Aus, at least), that, uh, _documented_ the ā€œorigamiā€. Iā€™m sure it could be Googled up. BTW, the plural of ā€œpenisā€ is, apparently, ā€œpenisesā€ or ā€œpenesā€. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/9 "2002-10-29T08:42:39Z")
I saw it. A bawdy friend from San Fran heard about it and bought tix for me, him and our GFs before he came to NYC. It was utterly dreadful. (Though the warm-up comic was not bad.) Thank goodness I was not paying. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/10 "2002-10-29T09:27:25Z")
Iā€™m guessing the penises/penes/penii have to be floppy, quite stretchy, and long-ish? What would happen if one of the actors accidentally got a hard-on? Or is that the climax(!) of the performance? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/11 "2002-10-29T11:57:28Z")
We do know that **Narrad** - but isnā€™t it more fun to say penii ? I just rolls off the tongue so to speakā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![panache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@panache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-puppetry-of-the-penis/134119/12 "2002-10-29T14:49:19Z")
Well, I have to say I own snapshot of the poster for the show- I spent a couple days in London and ran accross promoā€™s for it on the street there. I was desperately curious about it, but didnā€™t have the time or $$ to go that trip. I hadnā€™t even realized that I could see it here, Calloo Callay!