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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
 Posted - 01/23/2004 : 11:27:15
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| Years ago, a friend got a video of this old US kids show, 'Gumby'..we found it absolutely hilarious. We later found out he is something of a cultural icon, referenced here and there...he pops up in comedy classic 'This Is Spinal Tap' and was glimpsed briefly in an old coke commercial...how strange! |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 11:31:37
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| You just can't go leaving Pokey out now. ;) |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 11:40:32
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There was an episode with a 'wacky witch' or something...and one were all these gophers are digging up a farm, or something...oh, and the GROOBEE! (W.C Fields' accent):"It's the Groobee!"
I need serious mental help! |
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 12:01:51
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Lest we forget Eddie Murphy's immortal immitation
"I'm Gumby, Dammit." |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 12:04:11
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| The only Murphy routine I can recall is that 'Raw' thing..."I got my ice-cream!" |
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 12:05:16
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or kermit's. that IS why he was green, right?
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mikey wuz here |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 12:15:09
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| I wanna see Peter Jackson's 'Meet The Feebles'! |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 15:49:27
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MY BRAIN HURTS!
No, wait. Wrong Gumby.
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
http://vovat.blogspot.com/ |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 15:52:24
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I always thought a gumby was a trad metal throwback, with the denim jacket and mullet. I may be wrong.
 "I joined the Cult Of Cheese/E-Damn!" |
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 20:05:22
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I always though Gumby looked like a sexual device or an eraser. Never could decide which. Gave me a weird complex about erasers, though.
 I looked for a cult to join, then decided to just play "Sink". Hey! I sank WallaWalla Washington! |
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2004 : 14:23:03
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What Gumby? The clay animation one? Carolyn's post in this thread is the only one I understood.
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Tim, the only one who laughs |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2004 : 17:57:35
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NOT
 Today, we're gonna learn poodles how to fly. |
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Crispy Water
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
819 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2004 : 18:39:48
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I saw a guy getting out of his car, and his plate said "GUMBY." Of course I had to ask about it; he kinda looked at the ground and sheepishly admitted that his wife's car has a "POKEY" plate.
Nothing is ever something. |
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2004 : 19:53:02
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Did you kick him in the taco? I would have. Stupid erasers.
I looked for a cult to join, then decided to just play "Sink". Hey! I sank WallaWalla Washington! |
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Johnny Yen
= Cult of Ray =
USA
408 Posts |
Posted - 01/25/2004 : 20:26:36
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Have ya'll heard of "Davey & Goliath"? 
Art Clokey, the fella who did the Gumby stuff, did this show as well. It was backed by the Lutheran Church from 1956 to 1973, and it's all moral/religious. Whoa. The dog talks. Kinda weird. I heard they started making new episodes a couple years ago. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 10:33:48
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That seems familiar.
Great pics! And yes, Python's Gumbies are smashin'! |
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 10:56:19
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quote:
Originally posted by Johnny Yen
Have ya'll heard of "Davey & Goliath"?
Art Clokey, the fella who did the Gumby stuff, did this show as well. It was backed by the Lutheran Church from 1956 to 1973, and it's all moral/religious. Whoa. The dog talks. Kinda weird. I heard they started making new episodes a couple years ago.
Didn't they spoof it in a commercial recently where the dad drinks all their pop or something?
I have seen it. it's creepy sweet.
(Here comes Johnny Yen again - with a lust for life) |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 11:22:37
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I think I seen that spoofed too goddess.
Except it was a nightstalker kind of thing where the dog was telling him to kill people. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 14:55:33
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The Simpsons spoofed them too.
The pop commercial (cool, someone says pop!) was Mountain Dew, I think. "We got hosed, Davey."
 "Join the Cult of Brit / And let your oral hygiene go out the window." |
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 18:02:29
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I heard they did a limited edition porno anime displaying Gumby's spanking fetish before the creator got religion. Here's one of the animation cells...
I looked for a cult to join, then decided to just play "Sink". Hey! I sank WallaWalla Washington! |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2004 : 10:21:02
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 C'mon, folks...if we keep this up we can make GUMBY a 'HOT' topic!
CARL. |
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2004 : 15:54:55
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I just think the look in Gumby's eye is so demented in that picture. And Davey looks so damned proud of the whole thing! How vile.
I looked for a cult to join, then decided to just play "Sink". Hey! I sank WallaWalla Washington! |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2004 : 16:35:26
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Pokey in barbados means vagina.
Nibble's...chew through my ballsac. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2004 : 16:50:37
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"Pokey in Barbados" is a very cumbersome phrase. I guess I can see why it didn't catch on anywhere else.
"Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen." |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2004 : 17:12:17
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HAHAHahahaha...man.I'm sorry I misplaced that ","
Nibble's...chew through my ballsac. |
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2004 : 19:42:01
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What does 'Goliath in Barbados' mean? eh? eh?
I looked for a cult to join, then decided to just play "Sink". Hey! I sank WallaWalla Washington! |
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realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 02/03/2004 : 20:45:24
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you mean Gumby isn't known world wide? I used to have a bendable pokey toy and the metal from one of his legs broke out and used to poke my fingers:)
my roomate just gave me a bendable Woody from some cerial. what's with all the sexual bendables?
 "I joined the Cult of Popeye / The CoF required my good eye" |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2004 : 11:30:26
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| He's not known over here...in one scene in Spinal Tap, Nigel Tufnel has a bendy toy Gumby in his shirt pocket...and he's mentioned again by the 'Tap someplace. |
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2004 : 11:39:54
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quote:
Originally posted by realmeanmotorscutor
I used to have a bendable pokey toy and the metal from one of his legs broke out and used to poke my fingers:)
I thought that was WHY he ws called Pokey. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 08:34:38
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| Never mind the Pixies DVD, I want one of Gumby. It could include all the episodes, Gumby live at the Filmore East, backstage footage of Gumby and Pokey plus biographies/filmographies. |
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Chip Away Boy
= Cult of Ray =
914 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 11:26:00
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| I second that. Who's starting up the petition? |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 11:29:29
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| I am. Perhaps Jo can do something about this....it's an absolute outrage that the Pixies are getting their own DVD, while poor old Gumby is all but forgotten! |
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