Nominations for the Splosh! Veteran's League

[DungeonMasterOne]

I remember How Dare You. IIRC Floella Benjamin was the original female presenter (and ISTR she'd been doing the odd wam scene for years before that, though only occasionally).

There was supposed to be a big uprating of the show and Cheryl Baker was to take over as female lead, except Bucks Fizz (which she was part of) were then involved in a horrific tour coach crash which put all of them in hospital. Cheryl did recover but it took a long time, she'd been very badly hurt in the crash. She appeared once, I think, but stayed dry. ISTR she also appeared in On Safari, but obviously hated being gunged.

I remember the scenes of teachers sitting on swings above pools of porrage-like goo, and having buckets of mess thrown over them, but I erased all my tapes a good few years back.

Some day I'd like to have a go at recreating the bucket throwing game up here at the Hall - that'd be a blast!

[piemeplease]

Wasn't On Safari presented by Christopher Biggins with Gillian Taylforth?

[messylou]

For me , a great telly splosher must show disdain on the outside for what is being done to them but deep down you know they are loving it! To this end you can keep Sally James and Jan Hunt , for me there is only one star - Soo the panda off Sooty and Sweep.
She was introduced by Harry Corbett in the early 70`s to provide a love interest for Sooty .
Whilst not often on the receiving end , she could take a water pistol or shaving foam pie with the best of them . Whilst you or I can simply towel ourselves down after this , for Soo it meant a visit to the dry cleaners . Here she would spend hours in cramped and stuffy conditions until ( as his finances improved ) Harry stepped in and Soo was upgraded from Economy to Sketchleys Priviledge.
With the advent of colour TV came `The Talkies` . Soo was not blessed with the strongest of voices and so had to whisper her lines to Mr Corbett who with advancing years was now very deaf . This led to controversy when her line ` He`s a fellow who has a nice hat ` was translated in front of millions as ` He`s a yellow rice eating twat!` The public was outraged . Offcom was flooded with a complaint and Soo was splashed over the tabloid front pages . Questions were asked in Parliament and poor Soo was voted out of the show.
The death of Harry brought new work for Soo when Harry`s son Matthew took over . They failed to get on from the start and there was always friction between them . This friction was not caused by professional differences but by Matthews beard and Soos cotton and polyester mix.
After one static shock too many Matthew removed his support and his hand . Soo fell from grace and the table .
The hours spent in Sketchleys ( or The Priory as it is known in puppet circles) drying out had left her addicted to cleaning chemicals . She was hooked on Febreeze and returned to her native China unloved , financially ruined but smelling of fresh summer meadows.
The last time Soo was spotted on TV was on The Asia golf tour as a 5 wood cover for P J Choy.
Soo the panda - sadly missed .

[BillShipton]

Wasn't On Safari presented by Christopher Biggins with Gillian Taylforth?

It certainly was with the Queen of the Range Rover Blow-Job in an orange jumpsuit that DM1 would have loved!

Glad we sorted out the Chery Baker "How Dare You" question cos I have publicity pictures of her in the cast but never remember her actually being in it. I do, of course, remember the others including Floella doing the Clive Webb magic cabinet gag so completely ripped off by myself in WSM 6 (Mucky Kind of Magic). Sadly I don't remember Carrie getting that messy so a copy of Andy's tape would be appreciated. I do recall the teachers and have some of those on a video somewhere. Now I have all all-singing, all dancing HDD/DVD/VCR I must have a sort out of my clips etc.

Thanks, Lou, for the much needed (and very funny) tribute to Soo. My Mum very kindly queued up for Harry Corbet's autograph when he opened their village fete (long after Matthew took over) with Sooty. Of course, when she said the autograph was for her son, he asked what's his name and how old is he? The reply "Bill and he's 42" came as a bit of a shock. I am sure Soo will end her days in Brinksworth House where Charlie Drake finally kicked the bucket of slosh. She'll be happy there so long as Pussycat Willum, Fred Barker and Olly Beak don't keep her awake with their drunken singing.

[andy250]

I would have to let Miss Helen have the tape so it could get converted onto dvd their are loads of bits off game shows their about 5 sections from how dare you with the teachers getting messy. In one Carrie and Clive Dunn throw buckets of goo all over each other. In another Carrie gets some wellies filled with gunge tipped over her.

regards

Andy

[TraderJones]

If anyone could manage to get those clips uploaded on the web, id love to see them!