In the UK childrens programme "Rainbow"- if George was a hippo & Bungle was a bear, what was Zippy?

Question

Any suggestions gratefully recieved - this is an on-going argument at work, and so far the only offer we have is "a yellow frog", which seems unlikely to me....

Answer 1

I always thought zippy was a dog! Okay maybe not.

Edit: I just got this from Wikipedia. Turns out Zippy isn't 'anything'.

"What in God's name is Zippy meant to be?" You have me, a big bear, and a pink hippo and then there's Zippy. I don't think anyone has a clue what he's meant to be, but I do know why he's tangerine. It's because - like me - he's a Dundee United fan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zippy_(Rainbow)

Answer 2

If we had a Euro for each time we've been asked "what's Zippy?" we might have £5.60 at present day substitute costs. Zippy is, in accordance to valid aspects, a 'unique'. a different what precisely, has never been totally defined. concepts have ranged from a frog, a snake, a hamburger to an area alien, even an S&M accessory (to no longer be puzzled with M&S the place Geoffrey have been given maximum of his well-liked 1970's tank tops and sweaters). constantly loud, brash and the naughtiest of the Rainbow relatives, Zippy generally ended up down interior the dumps, head in hand with an anguished cry of "it quite is not uncomplicated!". each so often, and this did no longer take place as generally as we want to bear in mind, he could undergo the ideal sanction of being zipped up. however why he ought to never in basic terms un-zip himself maintains to be yet another unexplained secret. Zippy symbolises the 1980's toddler of the Thatcher era, the have now and pay the outcomes later. in case you like, having his cake, sausages, bread 'n jam and ingesting it. If we might in basic terms accompanied George's careful occasion and stored our pennies for a wet day...

Answer 3

I don't think he is meant to be any animal. He's just a zippy, the only of his kind. Geoffrey Hayes said once:

"One of the most common questions I'm asked is "What in God's name is Zippy meant to be?" You have me, a big bear, and a pink hippo and then there's Zippy. I don't think anyone has a clue what he's meant to be"

Interestingly, he is coloured yellow/orange as tribute to Dundee FC.

Answer 4

If I said what exactly I considered Zippy to be, based on his personality and how he acted, I'd get reported for foul language faster than Zippy could zip up his mouth!

Answer 5

Zippy was annoying other than that I couldn't say.

Answer 6

Zippy was just a monster nothing more.....

Answer 7

Officially he like Gonzo is a 'whatever' - but he was a tortoise or something in some early publicity

Answer 8

A zipposaurus.