Talk:Rainbow (TV series)
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Bungle was a female bear???? I always thought he was male and it was George who was neither one or the other Penrithguy 22:41, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
According to an interview with one of Rainbows production team in the book "The A-Z of Classic Childrens Television" by Simon Sheridan Bungle was definately MALE!!!
Of course Bungle (and Zippy) were male. Oh, and by the way so was George. Haines said so himself in an interview in the late-1990s. He said little girls would ask if George was a boy or girl and when he confirmed that George was a boy, they would argue that he was a girl... lol. 66.66.161.1 12:00, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
I always thought that George was just gay. Seriously, I asked my mum about it when I was about 4, taking as my 'evidence' the fact that all the (male) characters shared a bed. My mum laughed, then asked me what difference it made whether he was gay or straight, (none), so I put the matter from my young mind and just assumed that he WAS gay from then on. The 'social integration' thing was hot all through my childhood, with the first ever gay/lesbian, rape, drug abuse etc storylines and characters appearing all over the shop. Was George the first ever childrens' TV gay rights activist - a mere "puppet" (!) to illustrate the finer points of integration?!!
I think someone needs to check a bit more carefully about the nature of reality in this article. For example, the assertions that George and Zippy were nothing more than "hand puppets", and Bungle a "costume" are clearly untrue. The whole cast are REAL, living and breathing entities.
To suggest that Geoffrey would just leave Zippy and George alone for long periods in the rainbow house, and that Bungle would strip off his suit and go 'home' to somewhere other than the Rainbow House is just ludicrous, and very possibly libellous.
Zippy went off the rails a bit as a teenager, which is really why the programme ended its run. After coming home to work battered out of his tiny rugby-ball shaped mind on dozens of occasions, Zippy discovered the S&M scene, where he found a talent for sexual humilation. His behaviour degenerated rapidly both on- and off-screen. The famous "Gimp-Mask" episode, in which Bungle nearly died live on the show, was the last straw in the eyes of the show's makers, who settled with Geoffrey that he could keep the house and have full custody of it's inhabitants. (Excepting Rod, Jane and Freddy.) Despite some tough love from Geoffrey after seeing the state Zippy was in, George went on to become a rent-boy at King's Cross station, got addicted to crack, dyed his hair brown and eventually started a business with Zippy, the "BDSM Rainbow-Chamber". Based in their family home the Rainbow House, clients would pay to be dominated by zippy or to dominate George, a natural submissive with an arse the size of a Hippo's. Bungle became rapper "MC Bunglist", and Geoffrey continues to act as receptionist and "madam" of the torture-studio he calls home.
Or at least, that's what I heard! Niall Brady 82.19.97.121 03:12, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
