Basil Brush
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Basil Brush is a reddish-brown fox glove-puppet who has appeared in British children's (and later adult) television programmes from the 1960s to the present day. He was originally voiced by Ivan Owen. He is noted for his catchphrase Boom! Boom!. His most prized possession is his tail, or brush.
He was created in 1963 by Peter Firmin for The Three Scampys children's show. In 1970 he was given his own television series The Basil Brush Show. His act often involved a "straight man", one of whom was Derek Fowlds of later Yes, Minister fame. Others included the magician David Nixon, Rodney Bewes famous for being one half of The Likely Lads and Roy North. Basil made two albums (both with the same title): Boom! Boom! It's Basil Brush (1970) and Boom! Boom! It's Basil Brush (1977).
In 2002, Basil made a comeback in a BBC sitcom called The Basil Brush Show in which his new "straight man" was played by Christopher Pizzey.
He also briefly appeared as a presenter for several Friday episodes of the popular British children's programme Blue Peter in 2003 in which he had his own joke segment.
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- Official Basil Brush website (http://www.basilbrush.com/)
- BBC website on Basil Brush (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/tv/basilbrush/index.shtml)