JL;DR SUMMARY Alison Darcy and Joseph Shragge, co-artistic directors of Scapegoat Carnivale in Montreal, premiered their puppet show Vertip in March 2023, featuring a puppeteer using stereotypical puppets including a Jewish loan shark named Zyhd from old Eastern European traditions. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.