This week on Jackalope Tales, Charles and Lisa unzip the lip-syncing scandal vault in Our Lips Are Sealed.

Charles revisits the Mamas and the Papas’ chaotic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, where Michelle Phillips famously “sang” into a banana—yes, a real banana. But it wasn’t just stoner antics or 60s weirdness. It was a middle finger with a peel, aimed at the man who made her life hell offstage.

Then Lisa dives into the tragic saga of Milli Vanilli, two dancers with dreams who thought they’d be singing to the world—only to find out they were just pretty faces in someone else’s soundtrack. Contracts were signed, songs were mimed, and Grammy history was made… and unmade.

It’s a tale of deception, denial, and the dark side of keeping up appearances in the music biz. Sometimes the mic is off—but the drama is very, very live. [EP 97]

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Produced by: Charles Mooney

Original Music by: Charles Mooney and Lisa Umbarger

Kazoo Solo by: Courtney Mooney