Remember Zippy, George and Bungle playing with each other's twangers?

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Below is a transcript from an episode of Rainbow, there's a video clip HERE. I can't believe they got away with it. It certainly puts the alleged Captain Pugwash innuendo in the shade.
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The sketch opens with Zippy peeling a banana...

Zippy: "One skin, two skin, three skin, four.... "

George: "Zippy, where is Bungle?"

Zippy: "I think Geoffrey is trying to get him up"

We see a view of the door and hear Bungle moaning from behind it.

Bungle: "Geoffrey, I can't get it in"

Geoffrey: "You managed it last night"

Bungle: "I know, let's try it round the other way around. Ooooooh, I've got it in"

Bungle and Geoffrey enter the studio with Bungle carrying a hammer and peg kit

Bungle: "Would you stick this on the shelf, George"

George: "I can't reach, you'll have to stick it up yourself,

Geoffrey (to camera) " Hello everyone, today we are talking about playing"

Bungle: "Playing with each other, Geoffrey?"

Geoffrey: "Yes Bungle, do you have a special friend that you like to play with?"

George: "Yesterday we played with our balls.

Are we going to play with our friend's balls today?"

Bungle: "Yes, and we can play with our twangers as well."

Geoffrey (to camera): Have you seen Bungles twanger?

Zippy: "Oh I have, I showed him how to pluck with it."

Bungle: "It's my plucking instrument."

Geoffrey asks the audience if they can pluck like Bungle

Zippy: "I can, I'm the best plucker here."

George: "And I'm good at banging. My peg's hard isn't it Zippy?"

Zippy: "Well of course it is, Your peg wouldn't go in if it was soft."

Geoffrey: "Let's get back to Bungle's twanger."

Bungle (excited): "Oooooh Geoffrey, we could all paint our twangers couldn't we?"

George: "Let's sing that plucking song."

Bungle: "Rod and Roger can get their instruments out and Jane has got two lovely Maracas."

Singers Rod, Roger and Jane enter.

Rod: "We could hear you all banging away."

Roger: "Banging can be fun."

Jane: "Ooooh yes, and I was banging away all last night with Rod and Roger."

Roger (looking sad): "Yes, but it broke my plucking instrument."

Geoffrey: "Never mind Roger, let sing the plucking song, come on everybody get your instruments out."

Rod (to Jane): "Do you want to blow on my pipe while I'm twanging away?"

Jane: "Oh no Rod, I was blowing a lot with Roger last night. But would you like to play with my maracas?"

Zippy: "No, let's just pluck away with our twangers."

Bungle: "Yes, it doesn't matter what size your twanger is."

Zippy: "I've got a big red one."

George: "I've only got a tiny twanger. But it works well and I like to play with it."

Geoffrey (to viewers): "Well, have you got your twangers out? And remember, you can bounce your balls at the same time. If you haven't got any balls,

ask a friend if you can play with his. Now, let's all sing the plucking song."

Everyone in studio: "Pluck, pluck, pluck away, we're going to pluck all day today."

"Pluck, pluck, pluck away, we're going to pluck all day."

Geoffrey (to viewers): " It's time for us all to go now, but don't forget to get your twangers out and play with your balls." "See you soon. Bye."

Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 12 November 2004 12:55 (twenty years ago)

is it a legit episode or a deliberate joke one made at the time to amuse students of the future? i still can't decide

Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:00 (twenty years ago)

um, i don't think this was actually broadcast. IRC it was put together for a company party as an amusement for the people who worked at the tv station.

zappi (joni), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:02 (twenty years ago)

Aye, it's from a "Christmas Tape", isn't it?

aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:05 (twenty years ago)

see SOTCAA for (tediously) full details.


piscesboy, Friday, 12 November 2004 13:07 (twenty years ago)

Fair enough, I confess to not making any effort whatsoever to verify its legitimacy. This is t'internet after all, posting unverified information and letting others rebut it is de rigour

Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago)

that's rigeur ;)

Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:48 (twenty years ago)

Posting bad French on t'internet and letting others correct it is the done thing

:-)

Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago)

mange tout rodders

Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago)

I always thought it was "Rod, Jane and Freddy" not "Rod, Roger and Jane".

3underscore (___), Friday, 12 November 2004 13:58 (twenty years ago)

Indeed, Roger was probably used here for comic effect as no-one's ever Freddied the cabin boy.

Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:00 (twenty years ago)

The three did change from first series to last.

mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:03 (twenty years ago)

in the end Rod was replaced by a chimp. no-one noticed.

Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:06 (twenty years ago)

Rod, Jane and Freddy had their own spin-off series. Maybe they split over artistic differences.

On the subject of singing in kid's shows, has anyone seen The Wiggles? Must be the single most awful show ever, and I'm including that fucking purple dinosaur in that.

Someone told me they replaced Josie Jump in Balamory. Is this true? Was there scandal?

Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:07 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't Roger the chubby one who ended up as Bunny in El Dorado?

x-post - Rod replaced by Maggie the orang-utan before her extreme makeover, surely?

aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 12 November 2004 14:08 (twenty years ago)


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