In true competition fashion, Gumby hosted a cable reality show for those contestants who thought they looked like the famous (the one and only) Gumby. The show, called “Everybody Is Gumby”, started with 16 people (and other sentient beings) and one per week was voted off.
This photo shows the final two contestants; both considered favorites since the reality series began. The taller one not only had the perfect Gumby look, but also the Gumby voice down so well it made Gumby’s little plastic skin get goose bumps. He even fooled Gumby’s Mother, Gabby, in a fake phone call as part of one episode. The final winner was the small one. Exit polls from the judges table indicated the feature that won them over were the ears. The semi-finalist was heard complaining “Hey wait a darn minute! Gumby ain’t even got no ears! I had mine taken off!”
Besides host Gumby, voting judges included fellow “greenies” the GEICO Gecko, Mr Green Jeans (from the Capt Kangaroo TV show), Kermit (the frog), Paula Abdul (in green face paint), and special guest ex-politician Rod Blagojevich (as the token white guy with big hair).
Everyone was in tears during the last show while the judge’s votes were tallied and Paula Abdul sang a slow sultry version of “It Ain’t Easy Being Green”. Kermit the frog fainted from emotion and was taken to a local hospital for observation.
Blagojevich denies any money changed hands for his final or any semi-final look-alike vote. His book about the Gumby show and the defense of his voting is to be published later this year to coincide with an 87-city publicity tour and talk show circuit (watch for upcoming press release).
This photo shows the final two contestants; both considered favorites since the reality series began. The taller one not only had the perfect Gumby look, but also the Gumby voice down so well it made Gumby’s little plastic skin get goose bumps. He even fooled Gumby’s Mother, Gabby, in a fake phone call as part of one episode. The final winner was the small one. Exit polls from the judges table indicated the feature that won them over were the ears. The semi-finalist was heard complaining “Hey wait a darn minute! Gumby ain’t even got no ears! I had mine taken off!”
Besides host Gumby, voting judges included fellow “greenies” the GEICO Gecko, Mr Green Jeans (from the Capt Kangaroo TV show), Kermit (the frog), Paula Abdul (in green face paint), and special guest ex-politician Rod Blagojevich (as the token white guy with big hair).
Everyone was in tears during the last show while the judge’s votes were tallied and Paula Abdul sang a slow sultry version of “It Ain’t Easy Being Green”. Kermit the frog fainted from emotion and was taken to a local hospital for observation.
Blagojevich denies any money changed hands for his final or any semi-final look-alike vote. His book about the Gumby show and the defense of his voting is to be published later this year to coincide with an 87-city publicity tour and talk show circuit (watch for upcoming press release).
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