something that didn’t cross the pond

during a discussion i made a comment about not being as flexible as gumby…who? you know gumby and pokey? apparently that iconic american, flexible plastic little green man and his equally flexible orange horse, never made a splash in the UK, despite their celebrity status for us kids of the 60’s….so here they are in all their plastic bendable glory….

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i don’t think kids today would be much impressed with them because well….they don’t DO anything. it was all about imagination and play.

and because it would be nearly impossible to describe how simple and well, sad these cartoons were and thanks to youtube for providing a video for every obscure interest…