Sigh.
Another little piece of my childhood has toddled off to the great brightly-coloured television studio in the sky, with the sad news of the death of Geoffrey Hayes, the host/chief combatant of ITV's Rainbow - a show that, quite remarkably, he fronted for twenty years (1972 to 1992).
There's a rather touching tribute to the man over at Den of Geek blog.
However, the sad demise of such an "icon" only gives me a greater excuse to post this, possibly Mr Hayes' - and the show's - finest hour!
I cried with laughter when I first saw it! [Read a transcription.]
RIP, Charles Geoffrey Hayes (13th March 1942 – 1st October 2018)
Oh, no! Who's going to look after Bungle, Zippy and George now??
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that plucking finest hour show. It's incredible! I've seen it before on the internet, but surely it was never actually broadcast on the telly, was it?
Apparently it was filmed entirely for the amusement of the whole crew at their Xmas party... I think even George was shit-faced. Jx
DeleteGood grief! It reads like a drunken students' script for a Rag Revue.
ReplyDeleteDrunken students probably made up about 60% of the show's daytime telly audience. Jx
DeleteHighly likely.
DeleteI've just played that clip.John Noakes were nowt like that on Playschool.
Brian Cant, however, probably had a bloody good laugh! Jx
DeleteDidn;t we all. x
DeleteWe did. Jx
DeleteAlso.... If people are going around outibo Bert and Ernie... This whole show's called Rainbow for gods sake
ReplyDeleteIt was as camp as old tits, dear! Jx
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