Jan 14, 2005 18:06
19 yrs ago
English term
Oofle Dust
English
Other
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
magic
I'm translating a document on magic tricks and this has come up. What is it, really?
Responses
5 +7 | vide infra |
Richard Benham
![]() |
4 +2 | Pretend magic dust... |
John Bowden
![]() |
Responses
+7
17 mins
Selected
vide infra
When I was a kid in the 1960s, there was a TV show called "Sooty and Sweep". The two title characters were glove puppets, but there was also an adult male human character as well as other puppets. Sooty was supposed to have magic powers, which he exercised either by waving a magic wand or by sprinkling "oofle dust", which was a glittery sort of dust which made things happen.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Yay!"
+2
18 mins
Pretend magic dust...
from Harry Corbett's "Sooty and Sweep" glove puppets, when Sooty used to scatter "oofle dust" to make his tricks work - probably an invention of Harry Corbett's.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Aisha Maniar
7 mins
|
agree |
Richard Benham
: Yes, Harry Corbett, that was his name!
17 mins
|
Something went wrong...