Ahem:
Harry Corbett was well known for his role as Harold in Steptoe and Son – a show that attracted millions over the years. He also created the famous puppet Sooty back in 1952 and performed with it until 1975, when he reportedly suffered one of his many heart attacks. Sooty was then passed down to Harry’s son Matthew Corbett and then Richard Cadell in 1998 who has recently finished a Sooty and Friends tour.
The star’s daughter Savannah, who was only 14 when he died, has opened up about the puppet master’s final moments.
The perils of churnalism. The Express ran a piece about the daughter opening up etc. Which was then picked up and re-written by Luke Whelan. Who added the bit about Sooty because Mr. Whelan is a kno-nothing – or has just made a ghastly error, your choice.
Tee Hee.
FFS. Wikipedia has a “Harry Corbett (disambiguation)” page to clear this up. Don’t journalists even look at Wikipedia these days?
I’ve just noticed this wonderful bit in the Wiki. It appears it’s not only journos who get it wrong.
OBE
When Prime minister Harold Wilson wished to have Steptoe and Son actor Harry H. Corbett awarded an OBE, the middle initial “H” was lost in the bureaucratic process, and the award went to Harry Corbett instead.
That’s why he had to call himself Harry H. Corbett.
An easy mistake to make. After his first heart attack, though, Harry married an American soap actress and went to live in America.
Are we allowed to say sooty?
“Harry married an American soap actress and went to live in America”
Plus ça change..
O/T
I just got e-mail from the Tax Payers Alliance about a public consultation your government’s running on putting a levy on home deliveries. You know about this? They reckon there’s only until Friday to contribute. You knew about this? Or is this one of these “consultations” that local authorities run from the locked office in the basement with the “Beware the Leopard” sign on the door, where only those in favour get to hear about it?
https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/you_click_taxman_collects
Harry married an American soap actress and went to live in America
Which Harry ?
Wave goodbye to the boys and girls Albert
@BiS
Bricks’n mortar shops have an unfair advantage, because their customers cart the stuff home themselves, whereas online dealers have to pay for delivery.
So I propose a levy on all real shops to support the online dealers.
🙂
bis,
The link doesn’t help but its referring to this:
I think the simple answer to that is: “We don’t want the government levelling the playing field at our expense and to the benefit of shopkeepers like Tesco, thank you.”
The government should impose the same tax on on-line sales as was imposed on supermarkets when they were putting small retailers out of business.
Incidentally Tim – might be a case of retreading old ground criticising the Spud as apparently all Andrew Bailey needed to do was adopt his policies in totalis and the cost of living crisis would dissipate. However, both his post on Labour shortages and the one on the lack of demand pull inflation are tasty morsels however. Apparently, it’s all caused by COVID and Brexit and shortages don’t create demand pull inflation…
I still maintain we could be seeing the onset of dementia….
Re: the online tax thing. HM Government imposed taxes on shops a big reason for the woes of shop owners and the explosion of online retailers.
HM government solution = tax the online retailers, increasing the cost to the consumer / staff /shareholder.
Not for one second do they consider reducing the burden on shops (i’m not getting into the ‘it’s incident on the landlord’ stuff), they simply want “moar tax”!
p.s. Sooty is five years old. And always has been.
p.p.s I preferred Sweep.
Squeak squeak squeak squeak idiot squeak!
Sooty emerging from David Copperfield’s chest in the Three Of A Kind spoof of John Hurt’s horrific scene from Alien is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.
Brilliant
https://youtu.be/S8FlKwp1G78
“It’s only a puppet !” Oh no that’s the other bloke.
Chap at my school was white but had a dark member, hence got called “Sooty Cock”. Provoked quite a few fights.
I liked Steptoe when a child, still like watching now
Harry Corbett in Carry On Screaming – my favourite Carry On movie
Also liked totally unrelated Sooty & Sweep – idiot, and I do mean idiot, journo should be sacked
@BiS, BiND
Thanks, reposting elsewhere