D.C. Follies

D.C. Follies
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Sid & Marty Krofft
Written by	Larry Arnstein Steve Barker Wayne Kline Bob Dolan Smith John Debilis Mike Kirchenbaum E. Jeffrey Smith Jeff Zimmer
Directed by	Rick Locke
Presented by	Fred Willard
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	33 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Sid & Marty Krofft
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures Cannon Films (1988-1989) Negative Entertainment (1987-1988)
Distributor	Access Syndication (1987-1988) Raymond Horn Syndication (1988-1989) MGM International Television Distribution (current)
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	26 September 1987 – 1 September 1989

D.C. Follies is a syndicated sitcom which aired from 1987–1989 and was set in a Washington, D.C. bar, where bartender Fred Willard would welcome puppet caricatures of politicians and pop culture figures. The show was satirical, and frequently commented on politicians and the political process. Although Willard was the only live actor appearing regularly, each episode brought a celebrity guest into the bar, such as Martin Mull, Robin Leach, Bob Uecker, and Betty White. In one episode, Robert Englund showed up as his Freddy Kruger character, and in a special Christmas episode an un-billed actor played Santa Claus. Another episode had Mike Tyson confront his own puppet character.

The show's use of puppets that mimicked pop culture and political figures was similar to the British series Spitting Image; it was produced by Sid and Marty Krofft, well-known puppeteers in the United States who were responsible for popular children's television shows including The Banana Splits, H.R. Pufnstuf, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. The show was originally funded and syndicated nationally by New York based Syndicast Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian based Network Media Limited.

A series of three "Best of D. C. Follies" VHS tapes were released, with each volume containing two episodes.

The show has been made available via video on demand at Hulu, Amazon Video, and iTunes.

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