Rainbow pilot episode

[REDSCOUSER]

Dunno if some of you have seen this or not but it is bleedin' funny. I have not seen it for years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0JAVUQkzyo&mode=related&search=

[spud_gun]

It's an urban myth that this was the pilot episode.

[REDSCOUSER]

Is it ? I don't remember seeing it so I guess they never aired it. The script was written by the same bloke who wrote the "carry on" films, wots his face ?

[Laz]

From Wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_(television)

The 'adult' version
In 1979, the cast and crew of Rainbow made a special edition for the Thames TV staff Christmas tape, sometimes referred to as the "Twangers" episode. This show featured plenty of intended sexual innuendo (beginning with Zippy peeling a banana, saying "One skin, two skin, three skin, four..." before being interrupted!), and although not shown at the time (as it was never intended to air), it has since been aired for the amusement of those who grew up with the show. The clip became famous after being aired on Victor Lewis-Smith's Channel 4 programme TV Offal (1997) and was jokingly referred to as 'the pilot episode', which it clearly wasn't as Geoffrey Hayes was presenter at the time. (It should be noted that the external page, linked below, erroneously claims that the episode was publicly broadcast as a regular episode).[1]

TV Offal also broadcast some very risque material featuring members of the cast when they were guests on a variety show hosted by comedian Jim Davidson in the 1980's; the sketch in question,which featured former children's TV presenter Tommy Boyd, asking a question about Adam and Eve. Boyd and Davidson used some profanities in the sketch, along with some innuendo from George (presumably again not intended for broadcast like the above), but the most shocking moment was when Zippy exclaimed to Geoffrey: "The ****ing Garden of Eden!" [2].

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thanks Laz, that part "The ****ing Garden of Eden!" was hilarious.

[James]

Quality, sheer quality.