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

I didn't know they made an episode like this


The sketch opens with Zippy peeling a banana

Zippy: "One skin, two skin, three skin, four"

George: "Zippy, where is Bungle?"

Zippy: "I think Geoffrey is trying to get him up"

We see a view of the door and hear Bungle moaning from behind it.

Bungle: "Geoffrey, I can't get it in"

Geoffrey: "You managed it last night"

Bungle: "I know, lets try it round the other way. Ooooooh, I've got it

in"

Bungle and Geoffrey enter the studio with Bungle carrying a hammer and

peg

kit.

Bungle: "Would you stick this on the shelf, George"

George: "I can't reach, you'll have to stick it up yourself.

Geoffrey: (to camera) "Hello everyone, today we are talking about

playing"

Bungle: "Playing with each other, Geoffrey?"

Geoffrey: "Yes Bungle, do you have a special friend that you like to

play

with?"

George: "Yesterday we played with each other's balls. Are we going to

play

with our friend's balls today?

Bungle: "Yes, and we can play with our twangers as well."

Geoffrey (to camera) Have you seen Bungles twanger?

Zippy: "Oh I have, I showed him how to pluck with it."

Bungle: "It's my plucking instrument."

Geoffrey asks the audience if they can pluck like Bungle

Zippy: "I can, I'm the best plucker here."

George: "And I'm good at banging. My peg's hard isn't it Zippy?"

Zippy: "Well of course it is, your peg wouldn't go in if it was soft."

Geoffrey: "Let's get back to Bungle's twanger."

Bungle: (excited) "Oooooh Geoffrey, we could all play with our twangers

couldn't we? Let's play the plucking song. Rod and Freddy can get their

instruments out and Jane has got two lovely Maracas."

Singers Rod, Freddy and Jane enter.

Freddy: "We could hear you all banging away"

Rod: "Banging can be fun."

Jane: "Ooooh yes, and I was banging away all last night with Rod and

Freddy."

Freddy: (looking sad) "Yes, but it broke my plucking instrument."

Rod: (to Jane) "Do you want to blow on my pipe while I'm twanging away?"

Jane: "Oh no, I was banging away with Freddy last night. But would you

like

to play with my maracas?

Zippy; "No, let's just pluck away with our twangers."

George: "Yes, it doesn't matter what size our twanger is."

Zippy: "I've got a big red one."

George: "I've only got a tiny twanger. But it works well and I like to

play

with it."

Geoffrey: (to viewers) "Well, have you got your twangers out? And

remember,

you can bang your balls at the same time. If you haven't got any, ask a

friend if you can play with his. Now, let's all play the plucking song."

Everyone in studio: "Pluck, pluck, pluck along, we're going to pluck all

day."



Apparently the scriptwriter and the director got the sack, but not until

after the show had been broadcast and several complaints from parents

had

been received!