| |
Mr.
Sage & Mr. Onion (The Leprechauns)
-
Two puppet leprechauns featured on the British children's
Saturday morning series LIVE AND KICKING/BBC/1993-2001. The
leprechauns first appeared on
February 4th, 1995. Soon after, the two zany little men received their names
(Sage & Onion) through a viewer "name those puppets" competition. Their main
job on the show was to joke around with the show's guests
which included such notables as Brittany Spears, The
Spice Girls, Westlife, Cher, Nanette Newman, French and
Saunders, BoyZone, Rolf Harris and Lionel Blair. A number of
hosts also shared the spotlight with Mr. Sage and
Mr. Onion over the years
including Andi Peters, Phillip Scofield, Emma Forbes, Zöe Ball, Jamie Theakston, Steve Wilson, Emma Ledden, Ortis Deley, Katy Hill,
Sarah Cawood, Trey Farley and Heather Suttie. The puppets were manipulated
through a combination of hand puppetry
and animatronics by Darryl Worbey, John Eccleston
and Don Austen. Mr. Sage and Mr. Onion the leprechauns
made a total of 150 appearances until, unfortunately,
the show ended on September 15, 2001.
|
|
|