[Hephaestion]

[martdee]

Thanks Chris...not quite as I remembered it...and to think I let my son Gareth watch this all alone.....

[Mella]

Hahahahahahahaha absolutely Hil-air-rious!

Used to love this programme when I was a nipper, funny... it's not quite as I remember it either Maz.

I can't believe how perverted our minds have gotten since those days.

[Rhona]

Saw an extreemly funny live show of Rainbow a few years ago, very near the bone, and very very funny.

[anet]

the older you get the wise you get, the more perverted you get but hey we all think the same so who cares

[gazcraib]

That was plucking brilliant!!

[joy]

zippy will never be the same again to me.....Heee heee change alot chris!!!! or is this the copenhagen version

[jamela]

Originally Posted by Carmella

I can't believe how perverted our minds have gotten since those days.

That was so funny, I don't think that we got perverted, its just that we were innocent.

How did the presenters keep a straight face?

[Hephaestion]

I loved Rainbow as a child and even well into puberty!!
My faves were Zippy and George. I never liked Bungle for some strange reason.

Originally Posted by martdee

Thanks Chris...not quite as I remembered it...and to think I let my son Gareth watch this all alone.....

Ha ha ha Marie....please don´t tell me that he suddenly had the urge to play with twangers when he switched off the telly!

Originally Posted by joy

zippy will never be the same again to me.....Heee heee change alot chris!!!! or is this the copenhagen version

No Joy!!!
The Copenhagen version is simply unsuitable, for any age group!!!

Originally Posted by jamela

How did the presenters keep a straight face?

Video clip information
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

[martdee]

Originally Posted by Hephaestion

Ha ha ha Marie....please don´t tell me that he suddenly had the urge to play with twangers when he switched off the telly!

Not that he told me about but then would he? One of his favourite sayings at the time was , " It's mine and I'll wash it as fast as I want"