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Long-running UK kids' show, intended to be the British equivalent of Sesame Street, which, for the bulk of its long-running time, centered around puppets Zippy, a creature with a zipper for a mouth and George, a Camp hippopotamus, as well as a bear named Bungle and their human caretaker Geoffrey. It started airing in 1972, and ended in 1992, followed by two spinoffs.

Many non-European viewers know the show for its infamous "twangers" episode which consisted of a half hour of proceedingly less veiled double entendres about the sexual escapades of the cast. The episode never actually aired as part of the show and was put together at a production party as a private joke, but has since migrated its way to YouTube and other such online video sites. Zippy and George also appeared on The Weakest Link.

Rainbow provides examples of:

Ambiguously Gay -- George
Anti Role Model -- Zippy is sometimes portrayed as this
Bumbling Dad -- Geoffrey
Cameo -- The characters have made brief appearances in shows like Ashes to Ashes and Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps.
Canon Foreigner -- Cleo the rabbit in one spin-off, Dale in the later 'Rainbow Days'
Cartoon Creature -- Zippy. Word of God calls him 'a unique'.
Crossover -- Sooty appeared a couple of times
Dream Sequence -- too many times to count
Edutainment Show
Everythings Better With Bunnies -- Cleo in the spinoff.
Everything's Better With Rainbows
Everything's Worse With Bears - Subverted and sort of played straight with Bungle. He's quite a nice character, but isn't exactly the brightest crayon in the box.
Fable Remake -- Plenty of these, even one imagining a backstory for Little Tommy Tucker
Getting Crap Past the Radar -- The infamous 'twangers' clip
Guilty Pleasure
Hey It's That Voice -- Zippy and George are voiced by Roy Skelton, who voiced the Daleks in Doctor Who
Kids Are Cruel -- Zippy
Long Runners -- Over 1000 episodes - even for a Japanese series, that's long!
Muppet
Odd Couple -- Zippy and George
Pink Girl, Blue Boy -- Inverted somewhat. George is male yet has pink fur (which is actually appropriate). In the first spinoff, Cleo, the female rabbit, had blue fur.
Pride -- Zippy has this in spades.
Sesame Street Cred
Spin-Off -- A series set in a toy shop, and 'Rainbow Days'.
Subverted Kids Show -- Undergone this treatment, with the 'twangers' clip and Zippy and George's appearance in Ashes to Ashes.
Talking to Himself -- Roy Skelton voices both Zippy and George
Uncanny Family Resemblance -- Zippy's cousin Zippo
"The Villain Sucks" Song -- Variation; a song is sung about how much of a 'bossy boots' Zippy is

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 * [[Edutainment Show]]
 * [[Everythings Better With Bunnies]] -- Cleo in the spinoff.
-* [[Everythings Better With Rainbows]]
+* [[Everything's Better With Rainbows]]
-* [[Everythings Worse With Bears]] - Subverted and sort of played straight with Bungle. He's quite a nice character, but isn't exactly the brightest crayon in the box.
+* [[Everything's Worse With Bears]] - Subverted and sort of played straight with Bungle. He's quite a nice character, but isn't exactly the brightest crayon in the box.
 * [[Fable Remake]] -- Plenty of these, even one imagining a backstory for Little Tommy Tucker
 * [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] -- The infamous 'twangers' clip
 * [[Guilty Pleasure]]
-* [[Hey Its That Voice]] -- Zippy and George are voiced by Roy Skelton, who voiced the Daleks in [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]
+* [[Hey It's That Voice]] -- Zippy and George are voiced by Roy Skelton, who voiced the Daleks in [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]
 * [[Kids Are Cruel]] -- Zippy
 * [[Long Runners]] -- Over 1000 episodes - even for a Japanese series, that's ''long''!
 * [[Muppet]]
 * [[Odd Couple]] -- Zippy and George
-* [[Pink Girl Blue Boy]] -- Inverted somewhat. George is male yet has pink fur (which is actually appropriate). In the first spinoff, Cleo, the female rabbit, had blue fur.
+* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]] -- Inverted somewhat. George is male yet has pink fur (which is actually appropriate). In the first spinoff, Cleo, the female rabbit, had blue fur.
 * [[Pride]] -- Zippy has this in spades.
 * [[Sesame Street Cred]]
-* [[Spin Off]] -- A series set in a toy shop, and 'Rainbow Days'.
+* [[Spin-Off]] -- A series set in a toy shop, and 'Rainbow Days'.
 * [[Subverted Kids Show]] -- Undergone this treatment, with the 'twangers' clip and Zippy and George's appearance in [[Ashes to Ashes]].
 * [[Talking to Himself]] -- Roy Skelton voices both Zippy and George
 * [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]] -- Zippy's cousin Zippo
-* [[The Villain Sucks Song]] -- Variation; a song is sung about how much of a 'bossy boots' Zippy is
+* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]] -- Variation; a song is sung about how much of a 'bossy boots' Zippy is
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