Nominate a Biography: the charcters' quotes

Sooty

"…Sooty and I were introduced to the Queen. She shook hands with Sooty's paw and was surprised to find that he was orange and not white as he appeared on her black and white set. In those days, even royalty could only get black and white.

"Then she asked: 'Has he been behaving himself today?'

"I said: 'Yes, he's been very good, knowing you were coming along Ma'am.'

"'Oh,' she said, 'he hasn't bonked you on the head with his hammer this morning…?'

"I knew that the Queen watched Sooty avidly, because it was said that we were Princess Anne's favourite programme and that she often used to watch it in her nursery. Naturally, I had the water-pistol handy and I was trying to pluck up courage to squirt the Queen, but she was wearing velvet so I thought perhaps I'd better not. Instead I swung round and let Prince Philip have it - straight in the face! The Queen really howled with laughter..." p.41

The secret life of Sooty, by Geoff Tibballs, 1990.

The Clangers

"As the second General Election of 1974 was drawing near, I persuaded Monica Sims, the Head of Children's Programmes at BBC Television, to let me make a very short Clangers film which would expose some of the absurdities of political electioneering.

I made Vote for Froglet in record time - three days. I delivered it and it was shown, I believe, twice. It was all right, a pleasant little Morality Play, but not something that would bring the world to its senses." p.306

Seeing things: an autobiography, by Oliver Postgate, 2000

Basil Brush

"So I went to the dentist. He said, "Say Aaah." I said, "Why?" He said, "My dog's died." Ha! Ha! My First Professional Joke - Basil Brush" p.1

From Basil Brush: my story by Andy Merriman, 2001