RIP Geoffrey Hayes (Geoffrey from Rainbow)

Once took the afternoon off school to see Rainbow live (why it was on during the day ??) - bungle got locked in a cage and I was so inconsolable my mum had to take me outside to calm down. RIP

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Used to have a stuffed toy monkey when I was a kid. Infact its probably still at my parents so technically I still do.

Sorry - the monkey was called Bungle.

The original Bungle :scream::japanese_ogre:

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The original design of Bungle was terrifying! Think they decided to get rid of it quickly.

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Hah! Bet me to it! Same image as well

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It’s cool how this stuff stays around. My sisters kid’s been wearing my old jeans and he’s less than a year old.

I remember once seeing a man about the same age as my Dad wearing a Rainbow T-shirt. He would have been in his thirties when Rainbow was on! Borrowed nostalgia for the kids TV of the 80s?

I’ll never forget when England actually won Le Tournoi.

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How old is your dad? Rainbow was first broadcast on 1 September 1972.

I didn’t realise it had been running that long. I always associate it with the mid-80s.

Zippy was definitely an MRA wasn’t he, such a prick

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Well, at least we get an excuse watch this again.

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Bungle has hit hard times recently

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I believe this is the suit they used for the bear attack scenes in popular hit Lionel Dicaprio movie Les Revenants :+1:

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I love chow chows because they look like Bungle

But yeah, RIP Geoffrey :frowning:

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The guy who played Bungle once jumped out from behind a door dressed as George Michael and sung along to ‘Faith’ at a presentation that I once went to.