Cuthbert Lilly - He's Dead Silly

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Cuthbert Lilly - He's Dead Silly is a sketch from children's television show, ZZZap!.

Cuthbert Lilly was one of the two characters (other being the handymen) to have appeared in every episode. Cuthbert's scenes were always the same, a slapstick comedy scene where Cuthbert would try his hand out at something but make a total mess of. At the end of each scene he would always puts his thumbs up. A running gag throughout the series showed Cuthbert reaching out and taking the 'square' that read "next", or "then" off the camera and throwing it away, which occurred once every episode starting from Episode Three of Series One. In Series 12 Cuthbert would take off the square when the caption "And So" appeared on the screen. The first 'Cuthbert Lilly' scene was when Cuthbert had to walk a dog and the last one was when he visited a charity shop. Cuthbert's voice at the start sounded like he had a cold but for some unknown reason, Cuthbert's voice changes in series twelve, it changed to a more high-pitched, sillier voice. The reason for this is not known. Cuthbert's captions on the screen were a sort of pink colour. In the early Series of Zzzap! Cuthbert's outfit was a more dark pink, but in the later Series Cuthbert's outfit was more of a lighter pink. Cuthbert's square was always on the top row on the left side.