# Is this show for real?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-show-for-real/288496>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 5, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-show-for-real/288496 "2005-02-05T06:42:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bclouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@bclouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bclouse)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-show-for-real/288496/1 "2005-02-05T06:42:58Z")

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[http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow\_tv\_episode.html](http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html)

**Holy cow!** You got to see this.

Apparently Rainbow was a real children’s show in England during the 70’s and 80’s. But it’s hard to believe that this is a typical example of the show. I can’t believe this even made it on the air. You’ll know what I mean when you see the clip. Does anyone know anything about this show? Was every episode like this one? Help me out my British friends.

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-show-for-real/288496/2 "2005-02-05T06:51:16Z")

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It was a normal kid’s show. That particular unaired segment was done as a [joke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=298927).