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Sooty & Sweep
In 1948, on Blackpool's North Pier, Harry Corbett paid 7 shillings and sixpence for a yellow bear he called Teddy. A little ear blackening later, Teddy became Sooty, and fifty years later he's worth £1.4M and still going strong. It was 1953 before Sweep - a squeaking dog - joined Sooty, and another 10 years before Sooty got a girlfriend in the form of Soo - a talking Panda. More friends appeared as time went on, including Butch the dog, and Ramsbottom the snake.
When, in 1975, Harry Corbett suffered a heart-attack, his son, Matthew bought the rights to the Sooty Show for £27,000. When Harry recovered, and wanted the show back, he had to settle for taking the tour round seaside resorts, and Matthew kept the Television rights. Harry Corbett died, in 1989.
"Bye-bye everybody, Bye-bye......"
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