It’s been a big week for that green rubbery children’s show character Gumby.
First the man who introduced Gumby to an entire new generation of fans through his Saturday Night Live skits – Eddie Murphy – is tabbed to host the upcoming Oscars telecast. While Murphy has a new gig, the Cookie Monster is still waging a campaign to host SNL.
And now, the big green character is involved in an attempted convenience store robbery.
Granted, it was a failed attempt. Apparently Gumby is not quite the slickest crook. The man inside the Halloween costume couldn’t get his gun out from under the costume and then he actually spilled 27 cents in change out of his own pocket on his way out of the store without taking any money from the store’s cash register.