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Rainbow
Up above the streets and houses, rainbow climbing high, everyone can see
it smiling, all over the sky. Paint the whole world with a rainbow.
You know how your mind works when you're a child, and how you pick up on
the slightest thing? Well, I remember that I got really annoyed whenever I
heard the opening theme to Rainbow. The reason? Because the rainbow resembles a frown more than it does a smile. If it was a smile, it would be
up-side-down. Pathetic, I know, but it wouldn't be me otherwise.
Anyway, Rainbow. A true classic. If you never watched Rainbow as a kid
then you either didn't have a TV, or you were never a kid. Not on this
planet at least.
Here we have a bunch of the strangest going-ons you'll ever see all under
one happy roof. The head of the TV family was Geoffrey. Always happy.
Always smiling. And who could blame him since he didn't draw the short
straw and end up on TV in a bear costume.
The person who did draw the short straw however, was the poor old
guy who played Bungle.
Yes, we all find it entertaining to see some poor guy in a bear costume
dance around on TV, and no doubt the bloke in the Bungle outfit was quite
excited when he first started his new job, but please, just for one
moment, just try and imagine how hot he must have been under those studio
lights. Short straw? What straw? The straw was so short that there was
no straw. I suggest we bow our heads and give a moments silence as we
think about what that guy went though in the name of entertainment.
And then we have Zippy and George. Despite the fact that they both
permanently lived behind a table, not once did I ever wonder if they had
legs. That little enigma didn't enter my mind until I was a lot older.
When Geoffrey wasn't dancing around inside a cardboard box pretending to
be a robot, there were the other little bits that kept us
entertained in classic Rainbow style.
Who could forget the little drawings that were drawn piece by piece while accompanied with sounds of racing cars and pneumatic drills. Whoever thought that one up ought to be given a meddle because it certainly left me giggling. And any Rainbow episode would not be complete without an appearance from the infamous Rod, Jane and Freddy.
Rainbow. Yes! Grab a paint can right now and let's paint the whole world
with a rainbow!
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