History
(The Sooty Show) If history says it, we go along with it. But what about what history doesn't tell us? One-shot. Slash.
Ah, my last fic of 2006… (cries)
The Sooty Show. Sooty and Co.. Izzy Whizzy Let's Get Busy. Harry Corbett, Matthew Corbett. Richard Cadell. Whatever version you happen to have seen, the fact is that most children have grown up with the magic-making bear known as Sooty. Along with his best friend Sweep and girlfriend Soo, he's dazzled 3 generations of magic-aspiring kids everywhere across the world.
So I'm going to respect his dignity. I won't befoul him. I will not put a new spin on it.
Yeah right.
Disclaimer: I don't own SpongeBob SquarePants.
Whoopsie, I've gotten so used to writing that, that came automatically. Let's try that again.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sooty, Sweep, Soo or any affiliates associated with him. Or her.
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FORMAL NOTE: This story is set in the late 2000's, possibly 2009. Any events dictated in this book beyond 2005 are fictional predictions, and any similarities to what does happen next year onwards are purely coincidental.
In 1948, Harry Corbett came out of a Blackpool shop holding a little yellow bear with jet-black ears. He called it Sooty.
History takes that down.
In 1952, Sooty started his own show and (much later) going on live tours. He struck a chord with thousands of children of that generation.
History takes that down.
In 1976, Harry Corbett's son Matthew took over. He is to this day the most famous Sooty Show presenter.
History takes that down.
Earlier, in 1957, Sooty was joined by a grey-haired (and sometimes giddy) dog called Sweep. They became best friends quickly.
History takes that down.
In 1964, Soo (panda bear) was established as Sooty's girlfriend.
History takes that down.
In 1998, Matthew Corbett retired and Richard Cadell took over. Some say Sooty jumped the shark then, but to most he remains one of the most famous little bears ever.
History takes that down too. History takes a lot of things down.
What is history?
More like what it isn't. History is anything and everything that can take down the past and store it for future generations. History is your memory, your exercise books at school, your grandparents, Wikipedia.
Usually we believe what history tells us. It doesn't matter if there's conflicting information or gaps that need to be filled in; if history says it, we go along with it.
Mostly.
But what about what history doesn't tell us?If it doesn't say that something is happening, it truly means it isn't, right?
Wrong.
For example…
On New Year's Eve 2006 (after a startling rendition of Nessun Dorma), Sweep finally confided in a close friend the reason he gave Sooty all those hugs before.
In the middle of 2007, Sooty secretly told Richard Cadell that he too had a wobbly sexual orientation.
February 2008, Soo sat counting jelly babies obliviously as Sooty and Sweep started a new game all to themselves.
History doesn't take that down. Why? History just doesn't think it important. So what if a few crazy things go on behind Soo's back, it thinks. The important thing is that Futurama are doing a fifth season or something.
So it turns its back on a small and insignificant new document in history to search out something bigger. It doesn't care.
But even if history doesn't say it, it's happening just the same. We can't ignore it. It won't go away. But we still have to accept it, sight unseen, as is.
And if history doesn't care that Sooty and Sweep are currently making out in Richard's dressing room with Soo still blissfully unaware…
who are we to judge?
Bye bye, everybody. Bye bye.