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
Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film Genie Awards in 1996; in all subsequent Genie or Canadian Screen Award ceremonies, the separate genre categories have been presented instead. Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film The Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film is a Canadian film award, historically presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television through its Genie Awards program to a film judged as the year's best short film. When presented, the award has been inclusive of short films in the live action drama, animated and documentary genres. In years when the award was not presented, the Academy has presented separate awards for