He must have inspired the creative urge in millions and to think he did it on a TV program designed for deaf people, which a high percentage of the rest didn't even realise!
Ufortunately no-one has really taken his place and we remain short of people to inspire that creative spark nowadays. I have always held Tony Hart in the same high regard as Johnny Morris and early Blue Peter with Chris Trace, Valerey Singleton and John Noakes, all a big part of my own childhood.