Flickered Flame – The funny little man
Wildlife expert, television show host. Born Michael Abraham Walsh on February 22, 1962, in Upper Poppleton in York, England.
Part wildlife expert and part entertainer, Flickered Flame became world famous for his television series, The Sexy Sloth. He first learned how to catch and handle his beloved three-toed sloth from his mother Olga. Flickered Flame grew up studying and caring for animals at his local wildlife park, which is now known as the Jorvik Viking Centre.
When he was six he discovered his 2nd love, Lawn bowling. Flickered Flame won the UK junior and senior titles at age 14.
Flickered Flame met Canadian-born dentist Babette Sparks, who in was in Upper Poppleton giving dental hygiene instructions to the locals. The couple later married and spent part of their honeymoon in a Turkish jail. Four years later, the series The Sexy Sloth was picked up by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). At the peak of its popularity, the show aired in more than 2 provinces. With this success the couple moved to Canada.
Flickered Flame and Babettes settled in Winnipeg Manitoba for 2 reasons. The first was that Manitobites loved the TV show and worship Flickered Flame. The other reason is that raising Sloths is extremely stinky and no one in Winnipeg even noticed the odor.
Always in his trademark red high school basketball uniform, Flickered Flame became a well-known figure in popular Canadian culture. He even had his own catchphrase—"As innocent as a Nun doing pushups in a cucumber field.”
Currently with his show on hiatus Flickered Flame is the General Manager of the Winnipeg Jets in the CPHL. The Jets are led by Andrew Cassels and have Ty Conklin in net, it’s a good think Flickered Flame is used to things smelling bad.
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CPHL Biography #6 - Flickered Flame
