whatever happened to..........bella emberg?

hello all

before i start

would like to apologise for the lack of blogs over the last week

lots of personal problems going on

and i was working nights

so im hoping to get back on track

saying that im going away for the weekend so there will be another small gap

ok then

in todays blog

another one in the whaever happened to series

whatever happened to bella emberg?

i remember her has that chubby woman on the russ abbot show

to be honest for a long time i thought she was dead

but shes not

so i consulted wikapedia

sadly theres not a lot on her

but this is what i found

Bella Emberg (born Sybil I. Dyke 16 September 1937 in Hove, Sussex, England, UK) is a British actress probably best known for her appearances on The Benny Hill Show and The Russ Abbot Show, where she notably played Blunderwoman. She has also appeared in Softly, Softly and Z Cars.
Her professional debut was in weekly repertory in Ryde, Isle of Wight — the summer season 1962.
Bella has featured in Doctor Who, BBC One's ever-popular science fiction series, a total of 3 times. In the 1970s, she had uncredited roles in the Third Doctor serials Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Time Warrior. More recently, in 2006, she was seen in the Tenth Doctor episode "Love & Monsters", where she played Mrs Croot. A second appearance as Mrs Croot was recorded for "The Runaway Bride" but cut before transmission.

i do remember seeing her in doctor who in 2006 shes lost a lot of weight

i tried to find the clip of it

but sadly i failed

but instead i will leave you with a classic clip of her and russ abbot

the way things change .......munch bunch

i grew up in the 80s and this is how i remember the adverts for munch bunch yoghurt






i think thats how we all remember it

fruit advertising fruit yoghurt

good capaign right?

they have stuck to this for years

but not any more



they are now using a cow




not the same is it?

what ever happened to.........matthew corbett?

ok

i want to start a new regular segment on the blog

i wanna look up old celebrities from yestaryear and see what they are up to nowadays

so the first one i wanna look at is matthew corbett

i remember from the sooty show in the 80s

of course you dont hear of him now

so i hit the web to find out his whereabouts

this is what wikipedia has to say

Matthew Corbett (born 28 March 1948) in Guiseley, West Yorkshire, born Peter Graham Corbett, is an English television personality best known for The Sooty Show and latterly Sooty and Co.

He took over Sooty from his father Harry Corbett in 1976, and retired in 1998.
Corbett was born in Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire. In the late 1960s or early 1970s, he had to choose another stage name, as there was already another Peter Corbett registered. He kept his surname, but when choosing his new first name he was told it must be a name that is long, and so he chose the name of Matthew; for television purposes he has always remained as Matthew Corbett.
He appeared in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Dæmons and was a regular performer in the Thames Television children's show Rainbow, where he sang and performed and wrote with Rod Burton and Jane Tucker as Rod, Matt and Jane, later better known as Rod, Jane and Freddy.
In 1976 Corbett left Rainbow to take over The Sooty Show from his father, Harry Corbett, on his retirement. He himself retired in 1998 after 22 years, and hand-picked Richard Cadell to replace him, and the show is still going strong.
Of late, Matthew Corbett has withdrawn from most public and media attention. The former Sooty Show presenter lives in Lymm with his wife Sallie. Back in 2005, he noted that he would be playing guitar with his friend John Gray around pubs in Manchester. For this, he has gone back to his real name Peter Corbett.
In January 2008, Corbett reappeared on television, presenting local interest programme shown on the Granada Television region of ITV, Locks and Quays, featuring a journey from the east coast of England to the west coast along waterways such as the River Humber, Aire and Calder Navigation and Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
On Sooty's 60th birthday in 2008, he said that the bear was "in, or should I say on, the right hands".[1]

well there u go

he joined a band

then made a show on canals

heres a clip