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I was a little stuck for a survey this week, so I decided to get some inspiration by visiting a few random pages on this site using the new(ish) random post feature that I added a few weeks back. If you haven’t spotted it yet (I probably ought to make it a bit more prominent!) it’s at the bottom of every posts individual page, and also at the very bottom of any page with multiple posts (e.g. the main page).
Anyway, I clicked this a few times and up came the entry for the classic old kids lunchtime show Rainbow, so that’s what this weeks survey is about. I want to know which of the puppet characters was your favourite. For the sake of argument I’m including Bungle loosely as a puppet even though he was a bloke in a bear suit, but I refuse to include Geoffrey, Rod, Jane or even Freddy (even though they were a bit wooden at times – ho ho!).
Was it George the effeminate pink hippo (he was a boy apparently), Bungle the aforementioned bloke in a bear suit (who definitely deserved his nickname Bungle Bonce) or Zippy the yellow, er, thing with a zip for a mouth?
Without recourse to internet research, who – whom I expect at some point to pop up onn this site – worked with Rod & Jane before Freddy ? And what is Jane’s connection to Doctor Who ?
And while we’re at it what connects Bungle and Zippy & George to Dr Who ?
OK, with no Google involvement…
Matthew Corbett worked with Rod & Jane before Freddy (and was quite bitter about giving up the job by all accounts).
Interesting Rod, Jane & Freddy aside – apparently Rod & Jane were married, but split once Jane & Freddy had an affair (all whilst Rainbow was still on the air!)
As to the Doctor Who connections – I believe Bungle was Roy Skelton who was a cyberman, but I have no idea what Jane’s connection was.
Indeed Jane & Freddy live together now.
Jane is Jane Tucker, daughter of Rex Tucker, director of several 60s episodes.
No to Bungle. Roy Skelton was the voice of Zippy & George as well as the Cybermen & Daleks. Inside Bungle (for a while at least) was John leeson the voice of K9
Almost right then with the Bungle on the Tardis then… Never knew John Leeson was Bungle, even if only for a bit…
That’s true about Rod, Jane & Freddy? Hehe. Not that any of us kid’s noticed eh! and all the time they were…hehe, terrible!
I voted for Zippy just because George used to get on my nerves and so did Bungle a bit!
Why Zippy, of course! I mean, George was a weird pink hippo thing and Bungle was too much of a goody two shoes. Zippy had all the best lines and all.