Baby Deltic Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Sad news today that Geoffrey Hayes who presented Rainbow has died. I can't post a link as I'm using my mobile. RIP to a brilliant children's TV entertainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted October 1, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2018 Asbolutely - he was part of some classics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSeEMf_rRkA This was always a favourite and the song still gets sung every time we drive along the A419 past https://www.arkells.com/pub/highwayman-inn-elkstone.htm Thanks Geoffrey - happy days! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Awww He's up above the streets and houses now. (unless St Peter's heard the rude version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westie7 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Awww He's up above the streets and houses now. (unless St Peter's heard the rude version) What? The Twangers one RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 1, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) Nice, slightly tongue in cheek ‘obituary’ courtesy of news thump (the last paragraph is a choker) http://newsthump.com/2018/10/01/geoffrey-now-above-the-streets-and-houses-forever/ As for the ‘twangers’ sketch, absolute classic, done as a gift/Christmas present for production crew apparently, was stuff of schoolyard folklore until YouTube bought it tontge world https://youtu.be/CgbcQIT7BMc How they keep a straight face is beyond me Edited October 1, 2018 by big jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 ....How they keep a straight face is beyond me That was probably the beauty of the show - whatever anarchic things the puppets and the bear fursuit might have been up to, the human presenters just kept going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Of course, for some, Zippy had a very big impact.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I have a mental picture of the funeral service being conducted by Zippy and George, strategically positioned behind the coffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 There was of course the adult episode- Viewer discretion is advised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Invisible ink, Jim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 This must be a generational thing, as the name Hay(e)s in connection with the world of entertainment only recalls keeping one foot on view and on the floor when a bed and a man and a woman appear in one shot on the cinema screen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 Look what happened to poor Bungle after the show finished: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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