It’ll Never Work
I was five or six when the Saturday morning kids show, The Banana Splits was on originally. Besides the live-action-people-in-costumes Splits portions of the show, they also ran cartoons, one of which was The Adventures of Gulliver. It’s not much to speak of, but memorable for one of the Lilliputian characters, a grim little dude named Glum.
He was a real downer, always interjecting things like “We’re doomed,” “Don’t be too sure,” “He’ll never make it,” “I knew we’d be in trouble.” But my favorite, and one I remember best, is a saying I use around here to this day to tease friends, family or myself whenever one’s down in the dumps or feeling pessimistic: “It’ll never work.”
But for some reason, lately I’ve been thinking Glum was on to something. I’m sure it’ll pass. It always does.
To hear him utter the words for the first time, it’s about 3:10 into the video below:
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Glum! I was wondering who this guy was, I quote him all the time — “we’re doomed”, the froggy voice was perfect. Thanks for reminding me who this was.
- Mitch
Here you are, Glum.
for our Glum, aka Karen.
Glum is my all time favourite cartoon character. I think he should have a bigger role.