Imagine my joy today as William pulls out all of the videos and tosses them on the floor. Then imagine my ultimate delight as he pulls out Gumby. Yes, I am being sarcastic. I have already posted a while ago that I do not like Gumby. (Please forgive me if Gumby is your hero!) I was groaning on the inside. I tried to get Will to choose another show, and I almost had him. However, my supreme dedication to my son's happiness prevented me from preventing his enjoyment of the show. (And I didn't want to admit to myself that the reason I wouldn't let him watch it is because I have a Gumby phobia.) I quickly ran to my laptop after I pressed the play button, put on my earphones, and cursed my playlist for not starting quickly enough. I didn't even want to hear Gumby playing! I don't even want to post his picture and taint my blog!
I looked up "fear of Gumby" on the Internet. I recommend not doing this. While I saw many eye opening and even unpleasant views on Gumby, it seems no one else on the world wide web is afraid of Gumby. It seems I am alone in the universe. Who will go to therapy with me??? I have decided that you will now be in my therapy session. I'm going out on a limb here, sharing a deep inter part of my soul.......
Hi. My name is Meridy.
(Hi Meridy.)
I am afraid of that little green claymation figure named Gumby. In fact, I am afraid of all early claymation.
(Really? Why do you think Gumby has this affect on you?)
I think it is because it seems unnatural to me that objects, that look almost humanesc, but not human enough, are moving in strange environs, doing strange things, and having strange things happen to them. I imagine it is similar to how it would feel to see a zombie mother grocery shopping with her children one morning--strange and disconcerting, but not enough so that it causes absolute terror as it would if zombies were coming after you at night.
Actually, I've never been to therapy....what happens after the confession?
2 years ago
8 comments:
You pay them money. That's what comes next! I feel for you Meridy. Gumby is scary. You are not alone.
So where did you come up with your title? What does that mean? I, too, don't like Gumby. Not that I'm afraid of him, I just think he's weird. Same with his little horse or whatever Pokey, right? Weird. I'd go to therapy with you. :)
lol. Gumby is super creepo. Why do you even have a Gumby movie? It should be burned. With much fire and dancing and singing.
I actually came up with the name. I didn't know latin for clay, but I think terra is latin for earth, sediment, dirt...somewhat related to clay. Locomotion is movement, so I figured locomophobia would be the fear of movement. Put it all together and you have the fear of moving dirt...clay animation...Gumby.
HA! What does happen next? And zombies in the grocery store...yikes.
I agree, all early claymation is creepy, especially gumby. I remember turning it on as a child and being disturbed by it. I am with Sheri and think that you should burn the movie. Another possibility is accidently throwing it off a three story building.
Hey! That's my hero you're talking about!! (totally kidding :))
Yes, most stop-motion animation is a bit creepy, especially the earlier stuff. Wallace and Gromit is fun, but those shows have funny, clever scripts whereas in the Gumby shows, the stories/scrips are mostly just strange and creepy. The combined strangeness of the scrips and the moving clay figures combine to create some seriously unnerving creepy weirdness.
So don't worry, Meridy, we all feel for you. You just need to remember that Gumby cannot hurt you even if he wants to. You are a very special, normal person.
Now that will be $300.
Love,
Mandy (your sister:) )
I have not liked gumby since I was a child. I frequently had nightmares of him. I often experienced sleep paralysis as a child and gumby was part of the experience on many occasions. I believed gumby was the grim reaper at one point.
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