[3] At the time of their meeting, Mal Sharpe had just graduated from college and was interested in the burgeoning San Francisco scene.
In 1964, the duo was hired by radio station KGO (AM) in San Francisco to pull pranks, or as they jokingly referred to them, "terrorizations."
Shortly after these broadcasts aired, they released two records on the Warner Bros. label: The Absurd Imposters and The Insane Minds Of Coyle And Sharpe.
In 1963 Coyle & Sharpe shot a few skits on San Francisco's Market Street, and soon they made a pilot for a TV show in Los Angeles.
In the year 2000, Sharpe hosted a centennial exhibit at the Whitney Museum called "The American Century".