Sock puppet

The arrangement of the fingers forms the shape of a mouth, which is sometimes padded with a hard piece of felt, often with a tongue glued inside.

In Bo Burnham's Inside, one of his skits (How the World Works) is a parody of these shows where his sock puppet "Socko" tries to teach children about various injustices and conspiracy theories (such as the FBI killing Martin Luther King or the possibility of an elitist pedophile ring).

The 1980s saw the introduction of the Ed the Sock character on local cable in Toronto, and the Sifl and Olly show aired on MTV in the 1990s.

[3] Sock puppets have also been used as the main figures in comedy videos on the internet, mostly to parody other media phenomena such as films and television series.

Additionally, sock puppets have been used in a variety of Human Resource videos to aid in the education of employees regarding effective business practices.

On World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw program, this has traditionally been a cue for commentator Jerry Lawler to complain about "that stinking, sweaty sock!"