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01x45 - Sweep the Dogfish!

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Sooty Show". Aired: July 30, 1968.*
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Children's slapstick show with the little bear glove puppet and his friends.

01x45 - Sweep the Dogfish!

Post by bunniefuu »

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come on spread out boys

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free

thank you city

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oh dear sweet you're not very good at

catching why not try throwing go on

throw it to city

can you have a run up oh go on then but

make certain it's a really big throw at

the end

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i think this is going to be a record

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good idea if you can't catch and you

can't throw and how about we try

fetching

sweet

sotty will throw the frisbee and you

have to fetch it

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are you shaking

you look like you've got ants in your

pants go and go and fetch like a good

dog

you can't

what do you mean

you don't like the water

why not

you can't swim but all dogs can swim

you can't

well i've never heard anything as silly

in all my life

you think sweet needs swimming lessons

yes so do i

you don't why not

you might turn into a fish

what kind of fish

dogfish

sweet this is no laughing matter dogs

must be able to swim and nice that

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good

oh hello mr slater's put me in charge of

the swimming lesson today do you know i

love swimming and it's really important

to learn how to swim come on boys and

girls keep kicking your legs very good

keep going that's brilliant you're all

doing really well oh shitty what are you

doing here room for one more richard

well i suppose so but hang on a minute

you two are both brilliant swimmers you

don't need swimming lessons ah the

lesson isn't for us richard

oh no

sweet

what are you frightened for stop shaking

now listen

don't be frightened

sweep

don't be frightened all dogs can swim

you can swim

you can't yes you can don't be silly

look all you have to do is take a really

deep breath come on

okay get all your confidence up then

dive head first into the water and swim

as if your life depended on it

you can let go of your breath now sweep

this is not going to be easy

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well we eventually managed to persuade

sweep to take some swimming lessons mind

you i've had to bribe him a little bit

i've told him if he actually gets in the

water i'm gonna give him this nice juicy

bone as a reward

let's give it a go okay brandon

maddie

lewis

sue

hang on a minute

where's sweep

sweep if you're going to learn how to

swim you've got to get into the water

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you have to go he really will sweep you

just need to be more confident in the

water

i know what why don't you go and dip

your toe in the pool to start with just

show him how to do it

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now it's your turn sweep off you go

[Applause]

[Laughter]

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crikey i've never seen him run so fast

where's he gone

hey that way

i can't see what

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now that jolly well serves you right now

listen here sweet all dogs have to swim

and that is that but listen there's a

nice juicy reward for you at the end of

it

not yet

first of all sue and suti are going to

show you how it's done okay and you're

going to pay attention right

first of all sue and suti are going to

demonstrate the breaststroke

and now they're going to demonstrate the

front crawl

finally they're going to demonstrate a

wonderful backstroke

what do you think of that sweet

sweep

where is he

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sooty's just taken sweep to the diving

board that'll give him the courage he

needs and then he can have this nice

juicy bone

right are you ready

sweep are you ready

okay you'll go my first whistle

and sweep you'll go on the second

whistle

here we go

here we go

[Applause]

um

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hey

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[Applause]

hey i'm all wet

yes i can see that thank you very much

actually i'm all wet thanks to this

little scam

so it seems sweet that you could swim

after all

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all you needed was confidence yes you're

right what's that

and a greek big bone yes certainly

you're right there as well

what else

a great big bonehead to fall in the

water yeah

all right that'll do thank you very much

mind you i was very impressed with you

sweet do you know you scrub like a fish

you were a stun

oh no you're a starfish

no you're not sweet

mind you i tell you something why don't

we have a very special kind of fish to

celebrate we'll all have fish and chips

come on g*ng let's go home

where are they

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bye bye everybody

bye bye

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bye