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21-06-2006, 16:15
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SOOTY - Matthew Corbett - Alive/Dead/Ill ???
Does anyone know, is Matthew Corbett (of Sooty fame) alive, dead or ill?? Having scanned the internet there seems to be a difference of opinion on the matter.
One site suggests he retired because of Leukemia another because he just wanted to spend time with his family. I've also read that he can't make a come back on the Sooty Show because he's too ill. Does anyone really know the truth? 
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21-06-2006, 16:21
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Didn't his son get the rights to the bear and won't let his dad do it any more?
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21-06-2006, 16:24
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I saw Sooty and Sweep in panto the year before last
 No mention was made of Matthew Corbett. Last year we saw Basil Brush and this year it's Nigel Havers turn  
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21-06-2006, 16:24
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21-06-2006, 16:24
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Errrrr ... No ... Harry Corbett did it originally. Retired after a heart attack I believe... Matthew took over then retired handing it on to Richard Cadell who still does it. Matthew's son got arrested for being in possession of E at med school ... but never went near the rear of a half stuffed bear.
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21-06-2006, 16:28
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Seem to recall Basil's operator had a rather shady past ..
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21-06-2006, 16:35
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Did'nt Matthew get arthritis? thats why he retired
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21-06-2006, 16:36
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21-06-2006, 16:46
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Matthew Corbett will always be Sootys 'right hand man' (no pun intented) for me, but thats my genereation i guess.
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21-06-2006, 17:01
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More to the point, how's Sooty? Last time I watched, the poor little sod had lost his voice and couldn't say a word.
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21-06-2006, 17:47
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He hand-picked Richard Cadell to take over from him and its been nearly eight years since this has happen. You can see the new Sooty series on the CITV Channel every Sundays at 2pm The last time i checked a new series is being planned. And you can check out my Sooty website which has just passed 100,000 hits here. |
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22-06-2006, 21:27
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Thanks for the info .. I presume his illness is all sorted now??
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22-06-2006, 21:33
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the last time i saw it was when i went to corination street on the tour they had a sootie show i think it was where rools rolls and all that road rosumand street i think is.. they use to have burger king also there
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22-06-2006, 21:34
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It all went downhill when they got cousin scampy or whatever he was called
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22-06-2006, 21:51
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I am almost certain that Matthew Corbett retired because he had been diagnosed with leukaemia. Sooty celebrated fifty years in showbusiness (not bad for a bear who has always lied about his age - he's always claimed to be five years old) in 1998 and Matthew retired in the same year.
ITV did a documentary about it with Matthew saying that he was retiring at the end of the 1998 series. When Chris Tarrant appeared as a guest on Room 101, he wanted to put Sooty into there. 
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22-06-2006, 21:55
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thats not nice i have videos of him cris is mean...
i use to go with my grandparents to see them on stage i think i have these felts of them and ou could make collages |
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22-06-2006, 21:57
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22-06-2006, 22:08
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1.4 million pounds- that is what sotty was worth
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22-06-2006, 23:11
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Matthew Corbett
He lives in a house by a canal in Lymn in Cheshire. My kids look for Sooty every time they pass
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22-06-2006, 23:57
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As to Sooty, I think he still has a hand in it
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23-06-2006, 00:09
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Yes, Matthews children didn't want to take over Sooty so he went outside of the family to find someone. However the transfer from Harry to Matthew wasn't entirely straight forward. Harry gave it up due to ill-health and handed over to Matthew who performed Sooty on TV and on stage. But then Harry recovered, got itchy feet and started touring with Sooty too! Matthew had to take action (don't think it got as far as the courts) against his father to stop him. |
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23-06-2006, 10:03
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I'm sure Matthew could do something like a guest role around Sooty's 60th Year in 2008.
And not forget the new series of Sooty with Richard Cadell is on the CITV Channel every Sundays at 2pm |
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23-06-2006, 10:56
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I always used to watch Sooty years ago but I think they've ruined it with the newer series - it doesn't resemble anything like it once was.
I presume that Matthew recovered OK from leukaemia, and he also had Raynaud's disease (which affects the circulation in your hands) so I suppose that's why he had to quit. |
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23-06-2006, 11:40
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23-06-2006, 12:06
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That is going to be a bit difficult. We will have to take Paul Merton's word for it. Gonna be like a monologue. |
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