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What happens to famous puppets?
Hank1234
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Whatver happend to ED the Duck and Gordon the Goffer
What will happen to Orville?
What happend to Emu?
Did they go up for auction?
What will happen to Orville?
What happend to Emu?
Did they go up for auction?
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If you think about it, now that Keith Harris has died, Orville has died too. No one else will be able to revive him.
edit - I was typing at the same time as the previous respondent!
It wasn't the same Emu as the original was ruined as Rod Hull kept it in the attic in a old box.
As daft as it sounds he hated and was jealous of Emu as he relised Emu was the star and was the ones fans cared about and anyone could have done it.
If it's something like Sooty then Harry past that onto Matthew before he died and then Matthew in turn past the act onto Richard Cadell.
If of course the family doesn't want to carry on the act then they can keep the puppet, sell it or don't it to a museum.
Typical split personality where he saw the Emu as a separate entity even to the point where anyone could do it. The fact was that Emu's personality was just an extension of Rod's. So no not anyone could do it.
I have heard that if he didn't like someone he used to genuinely hurt them on purpose when "Emu bit" them then blame it on Emu and not in a joking way like he acted like it wasn't him at all.
Not British ones
Why have you answered your own question?
I used to get REALLY upset as a kid at poor Orville not being able to fly.
I know "schnorbitz" was sold by the family of Bernie Winters, but
1) It was a dog not a puppet
2) It was the name only, as the "original" dog had died.
Kermit would sort of come under this. He became an asset of Henson productions, the "muppets" were eventually sold to Disney.
However you would think that puppets such as "spit the dog", "nooky bear", "Tim the brick" had a worth and would be sold on.
EDIT: Just noticed someone has mentioned this!
Maybe thats just puppets in America
He had a orange monkey freind