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Sooty
Sooty is a British children's television media franchise created by Harry Corbett incorporating primarily television and stage shows. The franchise originated with his fictional glove puppet character introduced to television in ''The Sooty Show'' in 1955. The main character, Sooty, is a muteness, mute yellow bear with black ears and nose, who is kind-hearted but also cheeky. Sooty performs magic tricks and practical jokes, and squirts his handler and other people with his water pistol. The franchise itself also includes several other puppet characters who were created for television, as well as an animated series, two spin-off series for the direct-to-video market, and a selection of toy merchandising. The franchise remained in the ownership of Corbett until his retirement in 1976, before being passed on to his son Matthew Corbett, Matthew. The rights to the franchise were sold in 1996 to a development firm who formed a holding company for the property, with Matthew later retir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sooty is a British Children's television series, children's television media franchise created by Harry Corbett incorporating primarily television and stage shows. The franchise originated with his fictional Glove puppetry, glove puppet character introduced to television in ''The Sooty Show'' in 1955. The main character, Sooty, is a muteness, mute yellow bear with black ears and nose, who is kind-hearted but also cheeky. Sooty performs magic tricks and practical jokes, and squirts his handler and other people with his water pistol. The franchise itself also includes several other puppet characters who were created for television, as well as an animated series, two spin-off series for the direct-to-video market, and a selection of toy merchandising. The franchise remained in the ownership of Corbett until his retirement in 1976, before being passed on to his son Matthew Corbett, Matthew. The rights to the franchise were sold in 1996 to a development firm who formed a holding comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |