What kind of animal was Zippy?

[cisamcgu]

Zippy, zippy, zippy the bush kangaroo ... oh .. sorry, misread .. never mind

Andrew

 

[got-to-get-fit]

The previous link to rainbow on youtube was hillarious so i thought id include this one ......

 

[mr_hippo]

George is really my niece called Georgina. The producers wanted a male hippo but as I was not available, I suggested that they use my niece - she was always a tomboy! She has now retired from public life and now lives on the banks of the Limpopo

 

[Keith Oates]

That comes with age!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Give me Pipkins any day.

They were the most moth eaten bunch of skip rescued scruffs I've ever seen.
I just hope all the kids were up to date with their vaccinations .

Hartley has been likened to Kenneth Williams on many an occasion.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

What kind of animal was Zippy

Same argument applies to Goofy.

 

[purpleR]

I keep on clicking on this thread to find out what kind of animal zippy actually was, but no-one seems to have come up with a satisfactory answer yet.

Come on you lot, I want answers!

 

[mr_hippo]

Zippy - loud and domineering, who was actually a rugby ball (though with a body attached). (puppet; originally voiced and operated by Peter Hawkins, then voiced by Roy Skelton - best known for being the voice of the Daleks in Doctor Who) - and operated by Ronnie Le Drew.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_(TV_series)

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Whatever he was, Zippy ran the show.

 

[Melvil]

OK...we might have got closer to sorting out what kind of animal zippy was, but, right, where's his accent from??????

It sounds like he's from the south-east but too cultivated for london, I think. Kent? Any suggestions?

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Sounds and looks like an Essex boy to me.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

Actually come to think of it, what sex was Zippy?

 

[Melvil]

Actually come to think of it, what sex was Zippy?

He was a dude, of course, evidenced by his 'I've got a big red twanger' comment on the 'naughty' episode of Rainbow.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Did he have a YKK zip or some cheap crap?

 

[Mr Phoebus]

YKK - he was created in the early seventies before Mrs T had de-unionised British zipmaking, so a domestic zip would've been too unreliable for childrens' TV. And they say Japan lost the war...

I must admit I never saw it snag.

Try explaining to a load of doctors how you caught your cock in it. :