I'd forgotten how much fun the Sooty show is. My daughter is now 4, so I picked up a couple of Sooty DVDs to see if she might like them. She loves them, but I think I probably love them more than she does
Needless to say I've now hoovered up all the official DVD releases I can find (still looking for the Times promo). Even as I write this, my daughter is a different room playing with some toys while I'm sitting here cracking up at Sweep trying to put a cover on his book
I was born in 1976, so I grew up during the Matthew Corbett era. Towards the end of the 80s I probably thought I was way to grown-up/cool (but in reality was a teenager, so was probably way too moody/angry) to still be watching Sooty - so as a result I don't remember cousin Scampi (although he's popped up a couple of times on the DVD releases we've now got).
I found this site when trying to find out what DVD releases were out there, and am now quite seriously considering spending a few quid on a decent so I can record from video (and then starting on a mission to get as many video releases as I can find)
This site looks like a great resource and has already been very useful (thank you to site admins!) I'll be using the episode guide to work out which videos to get, and will start building my own archive (not for me obviously; for my daughter, you understand).