That Classic Rainbow Episode.

[redrus]

Classic Rainbow Link.

If you've seen it, its always worth another look....

redrus

[ashacat]

My God, I'm shocked. Thats funny as <deleted>@k. Tell me that didn't get broadcast on TV...

[redrus]

My God, I'm shocked. Thats funny as <deleted>@k. Tell me that didn't get broadcast on TV...

I don't think so, I have another that is clearly dubbed but, is funny as. Can't post it though, I think the first is close enough for TV....

redrus

[ashacat]

I just showed everyone one in the office!!

So funny!!!

[Jockstar]

Is it just my internet connection thats <deleted>? Or is it the sites fault?

Edited August 23, 2006 by Jockstar

[redrus]

I sometimes have problems with youtube but, usually nowt that can't be sorted with a few tries. Unless you're using dial-up? you should be ok....

redrus

[daleyboy]

That is a classic mate

[mr_hippo]

The transcript

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."

[redrus]

I first got the transript a while ago, I think its just as funny. Now I got the video too... I never thought it really existed, its not the Holy Grail or owt but, cool anyway.....

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[Neeranam]

[Narachon]

Funny!

Was this show similar to Captain Kangaroo that was shown here in America years ago?

[kayo]

Stoners! Very Very good!

[Patsycat]

I love it!!! Reminds me of the Magic Roundabout!!

[mittheimp]

Funny!

Was this show similar to Captain Kangaroo that was shown here in America years ago?

no

[kayo]

Right then, I´ve done a bit of googling,

in here I present to you some findings relating to the life of this clip.

Firstly, there´s a 19 post light hearted discussion about it here:

Light hearted 19 post discussion

now,

tv.com (the telly.com, not us)

Rainbow ran on ITV for 20 years, mostly at lunchtimes. It became one of the highest rating childrens shows of all time and one of most enduringly popular.

After over 1500 shows, Rainbow came to an end in 1992, but the show remains a massive success with people of all ages.

It's about time the show was repeated, don't you think?!

Now finally, here´s what we all wanna know:

Back in the early days, before the days of VHS and now recordable DVDs etc the VT depts of both the BBC and ITV would make elaborate out-take, p*ss-take shows for sending out to their staff. The practice was stopped by the various TV managements once copies got out on Betamax and VHS around the early eighties for legal / taste reasons etc.

THE 'Twangers' clip was actually written by Roy Skelton, who not only voiced Zippy AND George, but was also a Dalek in many old Doctor Who stories.

It's a real tape with the real performers, but it was filmed as a joke and never intended for public consumption. There was a great tradition at the BBC and ITV companies of the videotape editing departments compiling tapes for their christmas parties - including clips with shows shot especially for the internal tape.

It was recorded in 1979, when the show had been running for several years.

It was never intended to be shown on TV. In fact, the sketch was performed simply for the amusement of the cast and crew, and would have been lost to history, were it not for the

OBA 1 Christmas tape put together by Thames TV engineers.

Source, and further info here.

Regards,

Wabbit Bait.

edit:

Daily Telegrah:

Peter Hawkins

(Filed: 18/07/2006)

Peter Hawkins, who died on July 8 aged 82, had a voice beloved by generations of young television viewers from the 1950s.

He produced the crisp military tones of Sir Prancelot, the electronically processed metallic menace of the Daleks' "Ex-ter-min-ate" and the high-pitched, blustering demands of Captain Pugwash; he also provided voices for The Woodentops, SuperTed, Rainbow (he was Zippy in the first series), The Family Ness, Jet-Set, Skylark and Penny Crayon.

But it was the language of Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men, which he called "oddle poddle", that became best known. Hawkins created this by rendering a script in plain English into gibberish which was comprehensible to small viewers. However, it remained largely a mystery to their elders, who had difficulty recognising that "flobbadob" meant flowerpot, even though the word has since become part of popular language.

Edited August 25, 2006 by kayo

[Narachon]

Funny!

Was this show similar to Captain Kangaroo that was shown here in America years ago?

no

Looks like it.

[redrus]

Funny!

Was this show similar to Captain Kangaroo that was shown here in America years ago?

no

Looks like it.

No it don't....

redrus

[sadman]

The group from Rainbow, Rod, Jane and Freddie, also did cabaret and were possibly the bluest, most outrageous act I've ever seen. I saw them years ago and was hurting from laughing so much. They were bluer than Bob Monkhouse, who was pretty strong himself.

[kayo]

aditionally had their own show...

Obviously, I did a google for rainbow in a previous post, but you can google,.

"rod, jane and freddy, and get lots of results too.

[Narachon]

Funny!

Was this show similar to Captain Kangaroo that was shown here in America years ago?

no

Looks like it.

No it don't....

redrus

Ok, So it looks like Captain Kangaroo if he had a British Accent and was 40 years younger...

[Totster]

totster

[The Dan Sai Kid]

The group from Rainbow, Rod, Jane and Freddie, also did cabaret and were possibly the bluest, most outrageous act I've ever seen. I saw them years ago and was hurting from laughing so much. They were bluer than Bob Monkhouse, who was pretty strong himself.

They're no Krankies!

[Narachon]

totster

Hey, That's not the Captain Kangaroo I remember!

(Must be that new show they had in syndication the late 90's that was a flop... )

This is the Captain that most of us Americans that watched him in the 70's remember....

I wonder if they will ever air the lost on-air brawl between Mr. Rodgers and Captain Kangaroo?