A good way to get parents to watch children’s programs with their kids is to make the shows more Benny Hill, less Teletubbies. Which seems to have been the case with a series called Rainbow that aired in England in the ’70s and ’80s. In this clip, humans and giant puppets talk dirty, engage in implied sex. Pluckers, maracas, twangers, balls – the script doesn’t even qualify as double entendre. Sample dialogue:
(Singers Rod, Roger and Jane enter)
Rod: “We could hear you all banging away.”
Roger: “Banging can be fun.”
Jane: “Ooooh yes, and I was banging away all last night with Rod and Roger.”
Roger: (looking sad) “Yes, but it broke my plucking instrument.”
Geoffrey: “Never mind Roger, let sing the plucking song, come on
everybody get your instruments out.”
Rod: (to Jane) “Do you want to blow on my pipe while I’m twanging away?”
Jane: “Oh no Rod, I was blowing a lot with Roger last night. But would you
like to play with my maracas?”
Zippy: “No, let’s just pluck away with our twangers.”
Bungle: “Yes, it doesn’t matter what size your 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 bounce your balls at the same time. If you haven’t got any balls, ask a friend if you can play with his. Now, let’s all sing the plucking song.”
