Monday, March 19, 2007

Happy Birthday Gumby

Gumby is 50 today, and to celebrate, I found the first short he was ever in online(apparently, they are all coming to Google/Youtube soon legally).

Gumby on the Moon

And a few more funny Gumby related videos. One is a Gumby Christmas special from Saturday Night Live starring Eddie Murphy... and Mystery Science Theatre 3000's take on a short called "Robot Rumpus" is also hilarious.

I remember watching Gumby on tv back in the mid-1980's, and it is comforting to think that soon the entire back catalog of shorts will be available. I miss quality claymation, I really do.

Watching these shorts really take me back to my childhood. Ah Sweet Gooey Nostalgia.

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15 comments:

  1. Anonymous3/19/2007 10:07:00 PM

    "Pecker Song!" -- Oh man, Piscopo, he killed.

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  2. Becca3/19/2007 10:24:00 PM

    I love Gumby and that is my favorite Gumby cartoon!

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  3. MC3/20/2007 01:35:00 AM

    schad: Too bad he isn't still in the limelight eh?

    Becca: I was looking into some of the shorts I liked and I remembered Gopher Trouble and Rain for Roo. Those are both surreal masterpieces. :)

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  4. Anonymous3/20/2007 03:27:00 AM

    He is cute. Love that cartoon. Good luck with your blog.
    Drop into my blog on birthday greeting cards for loads of fun stuffs.

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  5. Anonymous3/20/2007 05:36:00 AM

    hey, we have something in common - gumby and that cartoon is one of my all time favorites!

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  6. Mayren3/20/2007 10:32:00 AM

    oh no! not Gumby! in the 80's you were the one who got up early on Sunday morningings to watch Davy and Goliath too huh! MC there is hope for you yet... come to the darkside - step away from the light. Tim Burton is your friend

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  7. MC3/20/2007 12:40:00 PM

    mayren: Gumby was on daily in my market in 1984-5. We never had Davy and Goliath, so while I know who they are, I've never watched anything they were in. And getting up early on a Sunday is a no go for me... even as a kid.

    Robert: Thank you.

    Carol: Good to hear.

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  8. Anonymous3/20/2007 01:51:00 PM

    OMG! I can't believe all the stuff we have to miss out on in Dutchyland!

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  9. MC3/20/2007 03:08:00 PM

    Gumby didn't cross the pond?

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  10. Anonymous3/21/2007 11:52:00 AM

    Not as far as I noticed... but then we're all on legal drugs and shit which basically makes everyone look like Gumby most of the day so he'd blend in perfectly...

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  11. MC3/21/2007 03:39:00 PM

    Well, that and the fact that your country has some weird shit of its own going on.

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  12. Maven3/21/2007 04:25:00 PM

    :) Great stuff!!

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  13. MC3/21/2007 07:11:00 PM

    Thank you

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  14. Karl3/23/2007 09:57:00 AM

    Happy birthday, Gumby! You da man!

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  15. MC3/23/2007 05:19:00 PM

    Well, you've got a heart Karl... I guess Gumby's a part of you too.

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