Now then. The following clips never fail to reduce me to hysterical tears, even though I’ve watched each one approximately 5000 times.
2. Silent but deadly
This episode is called What’s Wrong With Bungle? To which I would have to answer – so, so many things. One of the things wrong with Bungle is his waking up one morning and deciding he isn’t going to bother talking to anyone ever again. This lasts until the end of the episode, when he makes everyone a trifle for no apparent reason.
3. Screwing up his own picture
You have no need for logic when you’re Bungle. Need the whole table to yourself? George being a dick and demanding to have an eighth of the table? Never fear, simply destroy whatever it is you were doing in the first place, and use it as a rudimentary weapon.
5. Going in a mega strop because he can’t be Jill
Yes, you heard me right, Jill. Jill from Jack and Jill. Specifically, because he doesn’t get to wear a pretty hat anymore. Every time, every single time (and that’s around six times a day) I watch Bungle giving everyone else the cold shoulder I collapse laughing and a bit of wee comes out.
6. Doing kinging
Hands up who thinks Bungle should be king in real life? Okay, I do not have my hand up, that would be silly. Luckily, in this episode we are treated to a glimpse of this terrifying, dystopian reality. When she tries to snog him, he just sort of cries a bit.
7. Being Superman
A big letter B! Because B is for… Bellend!” Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a great big hairy bear clutching a sheet of yellow paper to his chest. In real life, Zippy has hogged all the toys, and Bungle thinks that imagining he’s Superman when Zippy’s not even in the room is somehow going to solve this problem.
8. Wallpapering over the door
Not only does he wallpaper over the door, but over the windows as well. On what planet would you do that? Anyway, it’s Geoffrey’s fault for letting him anywhere near wallpaper paste. Somehow, Geoffrey thinks it’s a good idea to let Bungle attempt to decorate the bedroom all by himself. Geoffrey, haven’t you ever seen Rainbow?
9. Ballet dancing
Complete with blue tutu, and introduced by Geoffrey in a wig who looks uncannily like Lionel Blair. Also he’s carrying a thing of flowers around while dancing, like Morrissey. Sorry about this page break. We’ve had people reporting that, due to the number of videos in this list, it’s been crashing the Safari browser in particular. We’re not quite sure what the problem is, but hopefully putting this page break in might help.
10. Making Hitler Cat even worse
Geoffrey draws a mournful looking cat. The cat looks like Hitler. Of course Bungle, in his infinite wisdom, has to ruin the cat even more by adding random bits of string to its face. Maybe it doesn’t look like Hitler to everyone, but at best it looks like a sad cat with a bit of string glued to its face.
12. Grabbing Geoffrey’s tits
You know what will cheer everyone up? Molesting Geoffrey! It’s what Batman would do.
13. Pretending to be Jane
Bungle does love Jane. The only thing he loves more than Jane is pretending to be Jane. The clothes and the wig are from his Jane shrine, which is full of her old clothes and pants and hair. I must say, he’s got Jane’s moves spot on. Also, shut up George, no one in their right mind is watching you being Freddy, not when Bungle’s being Jane.
15. Having a nervous breakdown over stuffing mix
Making Paxo is no laughing matter.
16. Patching Jack’s ‘nob’
The entire second verse of Jack and Jill was changed just so Bungle could do this, I am absolutely sure of it. Instead of singing “He went to bed and bound his head with vinegar and brown paper”, as is the standard, the Rainbow gang plump for the pre 20th century version – “…Old Dame Dob who patched his nob with vinegar and brown paper.” Anyway, this whole thing is a deliberate set up so Geoffrey can say to Bungle “If you’re wondering what Jack’s nob is Bungle…” much to the sniggering delight of the crew. Okay, I guess this one isn’t entirely Bungle’s fault, but it would have been wrong of me not to include it.
18. Pretending to be Geoffrey’s French girlfriend
Later on in Geoffrey Learns French, Bungle is given the task of pretending to be Michelle so Geoffrey can practice his French. As you can see, he does a less than sterling job, instead sounding like an extra from Carry On Abroad. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article, then support organisations are on hand to take your call.