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A fact from Phil Fletcher appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Phil Fletcher as Hacker T. Dog caused Lauren Layfield to make "the most famous snort in the [UK]" in 2016? Source: " In the 18-second clip, brazen puppet Hacker T Dog (performed by Phil Fletcher) makes co-presenter Lauren Layfield crack up with the most bizarre exchange a children’s television live link is likely to have ever had ... Now she has the most famous snort in the country. “Pretty sure that snort is when my career peaked,” she tweeted" from: MacKenzie, Steven (27 June 2022). "Lauren Layfield: 'Normal men, innocent men' and me". The Big Issue. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
ALT1: ... that English puppeteer Phil Fletcher founded his company between primary and secondary school? Source: "“In the summer holiday between leaving primary and starting secondary school I started doing shows with a whole cast of puppets I had created and I named the company Gluvets – which is still in existence today 30 years on." from: "Meet the Wigan puppet master behind Hacker T Dog". Wigan Today. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
ALT2: ... that English puppeteer Phil Fletcher, who has been nominated for three BAFTAs for his performances as Hacker T. Dog, had to be persuaded to audition for the role? Source: Three Baftas as per "BAFTA Awards Search". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved 19 January 2023. and "“Out of the blue I was contacted by the BBC asking if I would like to audition to operate Hacker The Dog. I didn’t want to do it: I was so busy and it was only for four months, but they persuaded me to give it a try, I attended the audition and got the job." from: "Meet the Wigan puppet master behind Hacker T Dog". Wigan Today. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
@Dumelow: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:59, 22 January 2023 (UTC)