Unwashed Village
General Discussion => Unwashed Village => Topic started by: AcdQueen89 on January 09, 2010, 08:40:50 PM
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link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_on_en_ot/us_obit_gumby_creator)
i never saw the show. but i had a gumby figurine i used to play with legos and a pokey t-shirt that i always wore to bed.
(i realize that this should probably be in links, but in light of the potential combiningness i figured this works as wel)
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I used to watch it in reruns after school.
He was once a little green ball of clay...
GUMBY!!!
You should see what Gumby can do today....
GUMBY!!!
He can walk into any book with his horsey pal Pokey too....
If you have a heart, then Gumby's a part of you...
GUMBY!!!
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Writing from memory so the lyrics may be off.
(http://www.offthemark.com/Images/gumby/gumby11.gif)
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[Eddie Murphy on SNL]
Not Gum. Gumby. I'm Gumby, dammit!
[/Eddie Murphy on SNL]
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[Eddie Murphy on SNL]
Not Gum. Gumby. I'm Gumby, dammit!
[/Eddie Murphy on SNL]
I remember that! That skit caused my Dad to forbid me from watching SNL.
(He didn't like me hearing such language and I was a wee bot back then).
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I used to watch it in reruns after school.
He was once a little green ball of clay...
GUMBY!!!
You should see what Gumby can do today....
GUMBY!!!
He can walk into any book with his horsey pal Pokey too....
If you have a heart, then Gumby's a part of you...
GUMBY!!!
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Writing from memory so the lyrics may be off.
GUMBY! GUMBY! He's here and he will be sure to stay! GUM-BY!
Let's all see what magical games he can play!
He can change into anything,
With his pals; Pokey Prickle and Goo!
He can walk through a wall if you want him to!
I remember the first time I saw a rerun of Gumby, because prior to that, my knowledge of Gumby was from the little bendy Gumby and Pokey toys I had. I never realized that Gumby had this whole cadre of clay creatures that followed him around and also that no one ever rode Pokey.
They also had an elephant or baby mastodon in there at some point. I think they pulled him out of a book. That was one of Gumby's eerie powers. He could go into books like they were a holodeck and bring stuff out of them into the real world.
I have to wonder about his origins. He's a little clay man with magic powers. Was he some medieval wizard's failed homunculus or something?
Anyway, looks like he's fallen on some hard times since his show got canceled. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDJBk17pSrA)