Orville the Duck Orville the Duck Orville the Duck was the most famous puppet often used by the ventriloquist Keith Harris (1947–2015) and was named after Orville Wright (one of the Wright Brothers). Orville is a green duckling who wears nothing but a nappy with a large safety pin on the front. He speaks with a falsetto voice. Orville appeared on BBC television from 1982 to 1990 on "The Keith Harris Show", which featured assorted puppets such as Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey. At the peak of their popularity in December 1982, Harris and Orville released the single "Orville's Song", reaching
Cuddles and Dimples While Dimples started out in "The Dandy" on 27 October 1984, Cuddles had already been in "Nutty" since March 1981. When "Nutty" merged with "The Dandy" in 1985, Cuddles did not follow, instead becoming the cover character of "Hoot". "Hoot" combined with "The Dandy" the following year, and the first "Cuddles and Dimples" story showed Cuddles' family moving to Dandytown, where he met Dimples. This took place in issue 2345, dated 1 November 1986. By late 1987, without explanation, one set of parents disappeared (Cuddles'), and the toddlers were said to be twins. Grounds for this change had been somewhat