I was looking over some of my vintage Sooty books and I think Calico Joe the cat character was only ever in the comics and books. There was also a clown in many of the early annuals (hate clowns). There was a cat puppet named Kipper though in some of the later tv series... they've also had Butch back in later ones as a sort of Windsor Davies type of fellow who things often backfire on. And there's a young bear in schoolboy uni named Scampi that looks like an early '50s b&w Sooty!
I remember some episode, perhaps Matthew Corbett era, where there are a whole lot of Sweep type dogs, his extended family visiting! The Matthew Sooties are quite manic I find, but all three hosts bring their own strengths. Harry was a bit more paternal and longer suffering, Matthew maybe more on their own level and of shorter fuse, and Richard Cadell something of both and with his own good nature taking the edge off things inevitably going awry!
I did a browse on ebay and can hardly imagine how many different egg cups were made! The more unusual have the top of Sooty's head off! There are various tv framed ones with Sooty, but I didn't see a single Sweep egg cup! Perhaps something more associated with sausages for him?
I remember some episode, perhaps Matthew Corbett era, where there are a whole lot of Sweep type dogs, his extended family visiting! The Matthew Sooties are quite manic I find, but all three hosts bring their own strengths. Harry was a bit more paternal and longer suffering, Matthew maybe more on their own level and of shorter fuse, and Richard Cadell something of both and with his own good nature taking the edge off things inevitably going awry!
I did a browse on ebay and can hardly imagine how many different egg cups were made! The more unusual have the top of Sooty's head off! There are various tv framed ones with Sooty, but I didn't see a single Sweep egg cup! Perhaps something more associated with sausages for him?
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