There is no character more indicative of the dot com bubble than the Pets.com Sock Puppet. Bursting onto the scene in the late 90s, he became a household name, a toy, and even an author. He wasn’t around for a long time, but in that time he caused a minor controversy when he was accused of being a ripoff, by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. This video is the story of a dotcom icon, and the ridiculous lawsuit he spawned. A lawsuit over puppet intellectual property.

Time Stamps
0:00 (The Origin of Pets.com)
03:09 ( Enter Jon Stewart)
03:35 ( Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)
05:10 (The Lawsuit)
08:20 (Conclusion)



For more information on the financial aspect of Pets.com collapse, check out these videos
   • Rise and Fall of Pets.com | Mistakes ...  
   • The Story of Pets.Com: The Biggest St...  
   • Pets.com: From IPO to Bankruptcy  

Music
Before by RKVC
Walking the Dog by Silent Partner

Video Sources are all in this pastebin link
https://pastebin.com/F2YWQMNR

Cited Sources
Chicago Tribune
May 10th 2000

The Los Angeles Times
May 4th 2000

Sun Herald
May 5th 2000

New York Daily News
March 16th 2000

Daily Oklahoman
December 23rd 2009

https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documen...

From Sock Puppet to Flop: The story of Pets.com
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...

Robert Smigel on getting sued by Pets.com
https://archive.org/details/soundclou...

Michael Ian Black on Fresh Air
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/10660...