Rainbow - New Friends (part 1)

Two of Geoffrey's old friends, Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion visit the Rainbow house. Bungle and George are a little anxious about meeting a lion, but they soon discover that Lennie is a very friendly lion and they get along with their new friend very well.

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Entertainment

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• Zippy
• Bungle
• George
• Geoffrey
• Rod
• Jane
• Freddy

[xneverwalkalonex]

forgot about Lenny The Lion until yesterday driving down a road about 5 minutes from where i live (Oldham) stopped at traffic lights and looked across to see one of those blue plaques that commemorate famous people born in the area, It was for Terry Hall.

but somethings bugging me, apart from this where would i have seen Lenny on tv in the early 80'? i know i instantly recognised that flippin lion (as i said the plaque reminded me of 'him') but cant think whether they had a show on tv?

[nostalgiamaniac]

@xneverwalkalonex Terry and Lenny presented an ITV schools programme in the late '70s and early '80s teaching kids to read. It was called Reading With Lenny and it ran until about 1983 I think.

[crashodeane]

What does zippy say at 1:09? "my _ ganging up against me as well". grrr! its driving me nuts. please help!

[nostalgiamaniac]

@crashodeane Zippy says to Geoffrey "now you're ganging up against me as well".

[stingray4real]

Iremember meeting Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion in the early 1970's when I was a infant shoolkid.I had the privilege of shaking Lenny the Lion's hand,RIP Terry Hall !

[xneverwalkalonex]

@nostalgiamaniac

that would have been it, I was born in '74 so the right sort of age for that

[helltopay1]

Bless old terry hall ,he should have worked with sid the syrup

[mrslmathers]

LOL - Geoffrey Haystacks!!

Love the bits where George and Zippy walk past the camera in front of the desk - don't think we've seen that before!

That's a hell of a syrup on Terry there!!

[SilverRanger92]

thanks for uploading this episode

[SilverRanger92]

well he was being a bit naughty and being very silly