History Series / DCFollies

Joining the puppet cast were Creator/FredWillard – who played [[TheDanza Bartender Fred Willard]] – and a Guest of the Week.

-->'''Santa''': "And what would you like for Christmas, Mr. Meese?"
-->'''Meese''': "Fewer chins."

* JuryDuty: One early 1988 episode prior to the South Carolina primary has the Presidential candidates still in the race at this point having been campaigning in the state so long they were called in for jury duty in a room with no air conditioning, resulting in Pat Robertson praying for the air to turn on and Dick Gephardt complaining that the air conditioner failed because it was [[MadeInCountryX made in South Korea]][[note]]a reference to Gephardt's "[[https://youtu.be/wiTg7zcNgP0 Hyundai]]" ad often credited with giving him enough union support to win that year's Iowa Caucus[[/note]].

Created by TV puppet show legends [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]], this 1987–89 syndicated American show could be seen as a less biting version of the UK's ''Series/SpittingImage''. Set in the Washington, DC bar "D.C. Follies", the series featured life-size puppets, depicting celebrated people from both the political and entertainment worlds, as they engaged in various storylines.

* VoiceActor: Although there were puppeteers working the puppets, the Kroffts usually employ voice actors to dub the voices; this series had the likes of Creator/JoeAlaskey and Creator/MauriceLaMarche (both of whom also having done voices for one of the Creator/{{NBC}} ''Spitting Image'' specials).

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Created by TV puppet show legends [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]], this 1988–90 syndicated American show could be seen as a less biting version of the UK's ''Series/SpittingImage''. Set in the Washington, DC bar "D.C. Follies", lifesize puppets depicting celebrated people from both the world of Entertainment and the world of Politics engaged in various storylines.

The cast were all puppets except for Creator/FredWillard -- who played [[TheDanza Bartender Fred Willard]] -- and a Guest of the Week.

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Created by TV puppet show legends [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]], this 1988–90 syndicated American show could be seen as a less biting version of the UK's ''Series/SpittingImage''. Set in the Washington DC bar "D.C. Follies", lifesize puppets depicting celebrated people from both the world of Entertainment and the world of Politics engaged in various storylines.

The cast were all puppets except for Fred Willard -- who played [[TheDanza Bartender Fred Willard]] -- and a Guest of the Week.

Created by TV puppet show legends [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid and Marty Krofft]], this 1988-1990 syndicated American show could be seen as a less biting version of the UK's ''Series/SpittingImage''. Set in the Washington DC bar "D.C. Follies", lifesize puppets depicting celebrated people from both the world of Entertainment and the world of Politics engaged in various storylines.

* JuryDuty: One early 1988 episode prior to the South Carolina primary has the Presidential candidates still in the race at this point having been campaigning in the state so long they were called in for jury duty in a room with no air conditioning, resulting in [[Series/The700Club Pat Robertson]] praying for the air to turn on and Dick Gephardt complaining that the air conditioner failed because it was [[MadeInCountryX made in South Korea]][[note]]a reference to Gephardt's "[[https://youtu.be/wiTg7zcNgP0 Hyundai]]" ad often credited with giving him enough union support to win that year's Iowa Caucus[[/note]].

Created by TV puppet show legends Sid and Marty Krofft, this 1988-1990 syndicated American show could be seen as a less biting version of the UK's ''Series/SpittingImage''. Set in the Washington DC bar "D.C. Follies", lifesize puppets depicting celebrated people from both the world of Entertainment and the world of Politics engaged in various storylines.

Created by TV puppet show legends Sid and Marty Krofft, this 1988-1990 syndicated American show could be seen as a less biting version of the UK's ''Series/SpittingImage''. Set in the Washington DC bar "D.C. Follies", lifesize puppets depicting celebrated people from both the world of Entertainment and the world of Politics engaged in various storylines. The cast were all puppets except for Fred Willard -- who played [[TheDanza Bartender Fred Willard]] -- and a Guest of the Week.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: GeraldFord is capable of disarming a nuclear bomb disguised as a caste-tape using the below mentioned NoodleInplements.

* ElvisLives: Elvis becomes a recurring character during season 2. [[Spoiler:Elvis faked his death thanks to the Ford Administration so he could work undercover for Ford. Unfortunately Ford was too busy with the 76' campaign that he forgot all about it. Elivs, who was working odd jobs as a busboy for 12 years waiting for his mission, is not happy he faked his death for nothing]]

** Every time Creator/WoodyAllen appears in a scene with Fred; Allen would whine about his really being a guy named Karl Malden[[note]]though not '''THE''' Karl Malden[[/note]].

* VoiceActor: Although there were puppeteers working the puppets, the Kroffts usually employ voice actors to dub the voices; this series had the likes of Creator/JoeAlaskey and Creator/MauriceLaMarche.

* DeadpanSnarker: Most often RichardNixon.

* NoodleImplements: The items UsefulNotes/GeraldFord needs to disarm the Operation: Doomsday A-bomb tape include wire cutters; jumper cables; jar of leeches; [[{{Squick}} enema bottle]]; jaws of life; wet swimsuit; sand wedge; [[VodkaDrunkenski bottle of vodka]] [[note]]which UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev emphasizes is "a gift from the [[GloriousMotherRussia people of Russia" when he brings it in[[/note]]; a [[ProfessionalSlacker Teamster]] (who quickly asks "Which way to the donuts?"); two plastic explosives and an Symbionese Liberation Army beret once worn by Hearst heiress and hostage-turned-accomplice Patty Hearst".

* NoodleImplements: The items UsefulNotes/GeraldFord needs to disarm the Operation: Doomsday A-bomb tape include wire cutters; jumper cables; jar of leeches; [[Squick enema bottle]]; jaws of life; wet swimsuit; sand wedge; [[VodkaDrunkenski bottle of vodka]] [[note]]which UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev emphasizes is "a gift from the [[GloriousMotherRussia people of Russia" when he brings it in[[/note]]; a [[ProfessionalSlacker Teamster]] (who quickly asks "Which way to the donuts?"); two plastic explosives and an Symbionese Liberation Army beret once worn by Hearst heiress and hostage-turned-accomplice Patty Hearst".

* RunningGag: In the second season, each episode would end with the puppet caricatures of Sid and Marty arguing or bantering with each other; some thing like Sid and Marty themselves later said it was an in-joke for the writers.

* TransAtlanticEquivalent: Of ''Spitting Image''

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The only reason [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] doesn't go through with killing UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush is because it would make DanQuayle [[TakeThat President of the United States]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The only reason [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] doesn't go through with killing GeorgeHWBush is because it would make DanQuayle [[TakeThat President of the United States]].

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Inverted, as Marty said in one interview about the show, "If you were in the paper, you were going to be on this show."