Playing with the Rainbow puppetsAs a kid I used to watch Rainbow all the time. I thought Zippy was probably the funniest character alive, and I longed to zip him up during one of his more outrageous tirades against the slow-thinking, slow-talking George.

As with all good kid's telly, it was a multi-layered show that appealed to adults as much as kids. I wonder if my mum was watching over me and my siblings' shoulders and laughing to herself during this particularly double entendre'd laden episode, only a bit of which I'm pasting here...

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."

And, honestly, it gets worse. Much worse. Rod, Roger and Jane turn up...

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?"

You can see the whole transcription, and indeed, watch the episode in question here. Classic.

[via Radiation]
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