Coyle and Sharpe were United States comedians that appeared on television and radio during the early nineteen sixties, exhibiting their mastery of the "man on the street" interview, with humorous results.
Coyle and Sharpe began their comedy team in 1958 in a boarding house. On their official website, Jim Coyle is described as a "benign conman who talked his way into 119 jobs by the time he was 25". At the time of their meeting, Mal Sharpe had just graduated from college and was interested in the burgeoning San Francisco scene.