h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm not even sure what question to ask, but maybe you have an answer?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/uk_enl_1226923652/html/1.stm

.. one answer would be "yes, I like carrots as well. I don't need a glove puppet though"

Bless you Icy.

'Can you see Sooty down there or are we too late?'

Did the Zoo Keeper have to dress up like Geoffrey too?

...and where's Zippy?!

ah .. Rainbow, isn't it? I've never seen that, I've just seen the Twangers episode

Yes the show featured two glove puppets one, an annoying thing called Zippy becuase it's mouth could be sealed shut with a built-in zipper.

The other was a hippo called George

Geoffrey was a human presenter.

Don't even ask about Bungle

You mean this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n4iqocDXr4

In which case you've seen them all I guess.

That wasn't seriously broadcast was it?

well .. I'm not from the UK and I wouldn't know if it was broadcast and in fact this is the only bit I've seen of the series

http://web.archive.org/web/20040811035407/http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html

I was slightly surprised when I first heard it then again .. hippo's aren't easily shocked

It has the look to me of a short they did for their own amusement.

I'm pretty sure the show lasted a good 20 minutes to half and hour - certainly not 3 minutes.

It was done for a Christmas type wrap party for the crew and themselves.

I too have seen only the Twangers episode of that show. A classic.

TRiG.

The story I had heard was that they were invited to perform for the Queen at some big public do, then produced that, and obviously weren't allowed to show it.

I have no idea of the truth of the matter, it's just something I saw on the goggle-box. Probably one of those '100 somethingist somethings' programmes.

I never noticed George was a hippo

Well quite, he was mostly just second in line against the wall come the revolution...

Bungle being first of course

what?? a hippo against the wall?? I'm not sure about that...

If you'd watched Rainbow you'd understand

if the twangers bit is anything like the rest I have no further questions