Tragic news
Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:10 pm
Paul Daniels Treated After Sooty Pizza Attack
Last Updated 15:18 03/08/2011
Veteran TV magician Paul Daniels has admitted needing medical treatment after being hit in the face with a pizza thrown by Sooty, the puppet.
The 73-year-old was filming a scene for the new series of ITV's The Sooty Show when the wayward snack struck him harder than expected on the head.
The incident was witnessed by a shocked Sweep.
But Daniels attempted to play down reports of the incident when he spoke to Sky News.
He said he had driven himself to a "village hospital" after his eye began to sting but was given the all clear after receiving an eye drop.
"It was over a month ago," he said. "I wasn't hospitalised by Sooty, there was a slapstick scene, I got pizza in my eye.
"It stung so on the way home that evening I called into a local wonderful village hospital.
"A nurse said, 'Oh no that's all right'...
"That was it it was all over, she put a little drop in my eye, it did sting for about a minute, and then gone."
Co-star Richard Cadell, who had been operating Sooty the puppet, was devastated after throwing the pizza much softer in the first take.
He told Sky News: "Paul turned round and said 'Come on Sooty, give it some welly!', so I did. The second throw hit him hard.
"Debbie (McGee, Paul's wife and assistant) laughed when it hit him but soon realised he'd been hurt.
"Paul was a childhood hero of mine so you can imagine how I felt."
Daniels - who is performing at his year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival - later denied asking for the pizza to be thrown harder when speaking to Sky News.
He also denied appearing dazed, saying this was his "normal walking state".
The offending scene can be viewed when The Sooty Show returns to ITV in September.
Last Updated 15:18 03/08/2011
Veteran TV magician Paul Daniels has admitted needing medical treatment after being hit in the face with a pizza thrown by Sooty, the puppet.
The 73-year-old was filming a scene for the new series of ITV's The Sooty Show when the wayward snack struck him harder than expected on the head.
The incident was witnessed by a shocked Sweep.
But Daniels attempted to play down reports of the incident when he spoke to Sky News.
He said he had driven himself to a "village hospital" after his eye began to sting but was given the all clear after receiving an eye drop.
"It was over a month ago," he said. "I wasn't hospitalised by Sooty, there was a slapstick scene, I got pizza in my eye.
"It stung so on the way home that evening I called into a local wonderful village hospital.
"A nurse said, 'Oh no that's all right'...
"That was it it was all over, she put a little drop in my eye, it did sting for about a minute, and then gone."
Co-star Richard Cadell, who had been operating Sooty the puppet, was devastated after throwing the pizza much softer in the first take.
He told Sky News: "Paul turned round and said 'Come on Sooty, give it some welly!', so I did. The second throw hit him hard.
"Debbie (McGee, Paul's wife and assistant) laughed when it hit him but soon realised he'd been hurt.
"Paul was a childhood hero of mine so you can imagine how I felt."
Daniels - who is performing at his year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival - later denied asking for the pizza to be thrown harder when speaking to Sky News.
He also denied appearing dazed, saying this was his "normal walking state".
The offending scene can be viewed when The Sooty Show returns to ITV in September.
Re: Tragic news
Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:50 am
shame it couldnt of hit him harder .... 
Re: Tragic news
Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:08 am
Ive never understood but Debbie Magee ever saw in the MULTI MILLIONAIRE
Re: Tragic news
Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:08 am
Ive never understood but Debbie Magee ever saw in the MULTI MILLIONAIRE
Re: Tragic news
Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:21 am
NIBluebird wrote:Ive never understood but Debbie Magee ever saw in the MULTI MILLIONAIRE
I've never understood what people ever see in stealing jokes, tbh...