Sooty Snap Card Game

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

21280

Title

Sooty Snap Card Game

Description

A set of Sooty Snap playing cards. There are forty cards in a set with twelve designs, four cards of each design. The cards have colour illustrations on them showing Sooty, Sweep and other characters from the 1950s television programme.
The back of the cards feature a photographic image of Sooty holding a wand. There is also a card printed with instructions. The game comes in a cardboard box with an illustration of Sooty on the cover with his magic wand. The text on the box reads 'Sooty Snap - Fun with your TV Favorite.'

Artist / maker

Ariel Productions Ltd

Date

1960

Size

8.9 x 5.9

Type

Toy

Location

Museum of Childhood

Accession number

MC257.93

Sooty was a concept devised by part - time magician Harry Corbett, who bought the puppet as a gift for his son, while on holiday in Blackpool. Corbett incorporated the puppet bear in to his magic show as an assistant to his magic tricks. Sooty first appeared on the screen in 1952, on the BBC's Talent Night. Over ten days there had been nightly heats of hopefuls in the theatre, culminating in each of the winners performing live on the Saturday night variety show transmitted nationally. Harry Corbett won his heat and then, by public vote the overall winner on the live television show. There was only the BBC1 TV channel available at this time and Harry Corbett became instantly famous nationwide. Sooty and Harry then became regulars on the BBC children's show Saturday Special from 1952-1955. In 1957 Sooty was joined on the television show by a sausage obsessed dog called Sweep. The double act were best known for their mischievous adventures and for the well loved saying 'Izzy Whizzy, Let's get busy.'

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