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?

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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.
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agree John Bowden : Just beat me to it!
1 min
Thanks. At least you remembered the guy's name!
agree Aisha Maniar : izzy wizzy, let's get busy! ( I was an 80s child myself :-))
8 mins
Thanks.
agree David Knowles : I remember Sooty!
20 mins
Thanks.
agree mportal
2 hrs
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agree Java Cafe
8 hrs
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agree Sarah Downing : Well, I'm an 80s child too, so I ended up seeing it pretty regularly
18 hrs
I had forgotten her! I only watched about 6 episodes.//I think they made a whole lot more of them in the 80s.
agree Mario Marcolin
3 days 14 hrs
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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
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