Soo (puppet) Soo (puppet) Soo is a British glove puppet and TV character from the show Sooty and first appeared in 1964 as the girlfriend of Sooty. They still remain boyfriend and girlfriend today. In many episodes they kiss. Soo is a calm and collected female panda who acts as the foil for both Sooty and Sweep, and usually wears a red skirt. The original voice artist and puppeteer for Soo was Harry Corbett's wife, Marjorie Corbett, who voiced Soo until 1980. Brenda Longman took over in 1981 until 2001, when the then new owners of Sooty Hit Entertainment, overhauled the series
Sooty barbthroat Sooty barbthroat The sooty barbthroat ("Threnetes niger") is a hummingbird species in the family Trochilidae. It is found in French Guiana and the northeastern part of the Amazon Basin. Its natural habitat is humid tropical lowland forest. The taxonomy and systematics of the sooty/pale-tailed barbthroat complex has caused much confusion. Some authors consider the sooty barbthroat to be a melanistic variant of the pale-tailed barbthroat ("T. leucurus"). As "T. niger" was described first, this scientific name is the valid name for both when they are considered conspecific. On the other hand, the SACC for example considers "T. niger" and "T.