UPDATE: 30 July 2015, 9:30am – Following reports that Chester Missing was lost on an Air France flight, the puppet has now been located by the aviation company.
Missing tweeted late last night that he has been found by Air France, view the tweet below:
I'm found! AF: baggage item XXXXX is currently being transported to your arrival airport JNB. We will contact you about delivery. Air France
— Chester Missing (@chestermissing) July 29, 2015
Initial report: 29 July 3015, 4pm – Conrad Koch is the voice of the famed puppet who has been taken to court by Steve Hofmeyr, after Koch performed a piece during which the puppet made defamatory comments about the Afrikaans singer.
Now the puppet has made it into the news once more – not for his unfiltered comments, but because he is lost.
Koch was accompanied by Goliath and Goliath’s Jason Goliath to the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal.
Throughout the festival Koch and Missing performed their ventriloquist act to the masses, but it was on the flight back to South Africa that Missing was misplaced.
Although Koch has arrived safely home, his partner in funny has not and is yet to be found.
Twitter has found a way to turn this tragedy into a comedy by posting their thoughts about the lost luggage incident on the social media platform.
@TimesLIVE Chester Missing is missing! LOL. Only in South Africa puppets go missing. Wait….. where's Fikile? @helenzille @MmusiMaimane
— ALETTAHA???????????????? (@ALETTAHA) July 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/Dawie150/status/626378014348156928
@TimesLIVE lmao, what's the big deal just sew another one.
— Phumie Sims (@Pika2ShoeZ) July 29, 2015
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