Rhubarb (1969 film) Rhubarb (1969 film) Rhubarb was a 1969 British short film written and directed by Eric Sykes, starring Sykes and Harry Secombe. The dialogue consisted entirely of repetitions of the word ""rhubarb"", all the characters last names were "Rhubarb", and even the number plates on vehicles were "RHU BAR B". A baby "spoke" by holding a sign with the word ""Rhubarb"" written on it. "Rhubarb" is a radio idiom for unintelligible background speech. Typically extras would mutter the word over and over to provide ambience for a crowd or party scene. In "The Goon Show" the cast was usually only the
Melanie Sykes viewers sent in short clips and the winner got to present TV Pick of the Day and win a trip to Las Vegas. In 2010, Sykes guest presented five episodes of "The 5 O'Clock Show" with Denise van Outen on Channel 4. In August 2011, Sykes returned to daytime television, co-hosting "Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel" and "Let's Do Christmas with Gino & Mel" with Gino D'Acampo on ITV. The show was cancelled in 2014. On 13 September 2011, Sykes co-hosted the three-part series "Missing Millions" with Paul Heiney on ITV. In February 2014, BT Sport announced that