But Lynch will not tour, beyond a handful of television appearances, possibly backed by members of No Doubt. Recording and publishing deals based on the single’s early success mean he was able to pay off his house. Not that any of this is life-changing for Lynch. “I don’t think that song could be four minutes long, or you’d want to slit your wrists. “We think it’s funny, and KROQ’s all about pushing the boundaries,” says Worden. KROQ inflicts “United States of Whatever” on its audience about 30 times a week, says station music director Lisa Worden, who had a friend provide her with an MP3 copy of the song.

“I think they view it as such a prime example of obnoxious irreverence of Americans,” says Lynch. 10 on the charts in England, which was no surprise to Lynch, who released the single there as a “litmus test.” Lynch, who was the creator of MTV’s “Sifl & Olly Show,” studied at Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts for four years. And it shows, which is part of the song’s reckless, idiotic genius. 'Cinders Blue, Cinders Blue, underneath your bed I stew! Eating children ages 6 through 8.I'm bad to the bone!' There is a sifl & Olly website out there somewhere.maybe someday they will start selling videos.It was all a big accident, an early-morning recording done at home in just one take, with Lynch making it up as he went along, thumping a big, stupid bass line along to his stupid lyrics. 'I don't know who you are, but I hear you spit far!' Okay, to sum up, Sifl & Olly ROCK! MTV is just so un crecent fresh it makes me sick to my stomach. Maybe Sifl & Olly didn't catch on because they were always changing the times and you never knew when they would be on. You've got some serious ass, going to the bathroom problems, Sifl! MTV really did do a crappy thing by cutting the show. Yes, they're sock puppets but they have so much character and emotion for socks. I have about six or seven episodes recorded but that is only a fraction of all the really funny stuff I remember and quote. I too have friends that quote this show was just so Crecent Fresh! I would pay large amounts of money to see this show come to VHS or DVD. Yes, this show had me busting a gut everytime I even thought about it. The guys behind Sifl & Olly probably didn't intend it this way, but they made out lives a lot more bearable. We'd print out signs saying 'Buy my waffles! SUCKERS!' and put them up where customers would see them (usually over a picture of Shel Silverstein, but that's another story).

'Suckers!', the theme song, the name 'Chester', drawings of the characters, Chester's voice- all of these became catch-phrases or common occurrences at work with my friends. I can't really explain how the results would be appealing, but they were- this is one of the few shows that has ever made me cry because I was laughing so hard. The whole show smacked of what a couple of guys would do if they had access to a public access station, and a bag of pot. Alas- like the State, Sifl & Olly apparently appealed to too few teenagers to be worth carrying it hasn't been on the air for a while now. I beg anyone and everyone who either worked on this show, or works for MTV- *please* bring it back, or release a set of videos! *Ahem* One of the saving graces of MTV last year was this whacked-out sock-puppet show I figure if MTV can't play music videos anymore, this is the next best thing.

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