Sweep - A phychopathic paint stripper murderer?
Up until just earlier this year, I had this childhood memory of the Sooty show where they introduce a new character, only for Sweep to burn him to ashes with Matthew Corbett's electric paint stipper. This image of Sweep actually killing another puppet had haunted me for some time, so I had to investigate.

After searching Wikipedia for episodes of The Sooty Show, and Sooty and Co, to no avail, I entered random permutations of words of my memory into Google. With someluck, one of the searches resulted in a Youtube link containing the description "Sweep........this is not a hairdryer, it is my electric paint stripper.? HAHAHAHA". ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CvP7sHlIwo ) I immediately remembered this line from the show, and clicked the link. Indeed, Sweep DID kill something, except it was just a toy, and not something that had Corbett's hand up it's arse. This put my mind at rest...

...Except, now I have another similar weird childhood memory. I seem to recall an episode of Through the Keyhole where, when David Frost interviews the guest who'se house we've just seen, the guest used a lot of filthy language. This was a daytime show, where children like me could've been watching. Does anyone know if somebody actually said swear words on this show?
(The Entity Remembered his login details on, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 0:46, 2 replies)

Patricia Hayes (although I don't think she actually swore)
I think it was an episode with Patricia Hayes. Obviously, her agent hadn't actually explained the basis of the show.
she sat and watched somebody walk through her house, filming all her private possessions and threw a wobbly on the show about the insult and invasion of her privacy.
(essexfriend, Sat 15 Oct 2011, 22:23, closed)

*audience clapping*
It could be. Was this episode broadcast sometime in the mid to late 90s? I'll probably never be sure, unless the episode (or the interview) are uploaded to the web.

Thanks anyway, though.
(The Entity Remembered his login details on, Sun 16 Oct 2011, 1:35, closed)