The bear who will not sleep alone tonight
October 26, 2017 1:29 AM Subscribe
Grumly, a toy bear talking in squeaky grunts, was the star of 12-second commercials aired on French TV in 1999, that ended with the "The bear who..." followed by a deadpan anti-joke. Translations under the fold.
The bear who finds out that he didn't retract the aerial / who tells you when to turn the page / who says oh wait oh wait stop / who could at least pick up the phone / who passes / who can barely speak Dutch / who washes at 40 / who says ... and not ... / who says 1, 2, 1, 2 / who makes super cheap pranks / who doesn't know how to say "radiator" / who knows the same old song / who prefers his eggs as omelette / who warns about the banana / who also says hello in the tube / who tells when the light turns green / who'd better do his homework / who uses his bike to show off / who says "olé" / who asks if the fish are biting / who does not like chickens / who will outlive us all / who cannot pronounce his name / who will not sleep alone tonight.
Grumly attained (minor, very minor) cult status and was briefly revived in 2014 with a series of new videos: AutoGrum - NoWiFiGrum - WaterGrum - BombGrum - ExtremGrum - ChaGrum - HelloGrum
The bear who finds out that he didn't retract the aerial / who tells you when to turn the page / who says oh wait oh wait stop / who could at least pick up the phone / who passes / who can barely speak Dutch / who washes at 40 / who says ... and not ... / who says 1, 2, 1, 2 / who makes super cheap pranks / who doesn't know how to say "radiator" / who knows the same old song / who prefers his eggs as omelette / who warns about the banana / who also says hello in the tube / who tells when the light turns green / who'd better do his homework / who uses his bike to show off / who says "olé" / who asks if the fish are biting / who does not like chickens / who will outlive us all / who cannot pronounce his name / who will not sleep alone tonight.
Grumly attained (minor, very minor) cult status and was briefly revived in 2014 with a series of new videos: AutoGrum - NoWiFiGrum - WaterGrum - BombGrum - ExtremGrum - ChaGrum - HelloGrum
The radiator one in the middle somewhere (2 minutes 14) is strangely wonderful. Poor grumly
posted by dng at 3:31 AM on October 26, 2017
posted by dng at 3:31 AM on October 26, 2017
Somewhere I have a purple dinosaur (no, not Barney) from roughly the same time period who makes exactly the same noise as Grumly when squeezed. I wonder if they sold some surplus noisemakers to the US.
Also, stay for the "does not like chickens" one. Trust me.
posted by mmoncur at 5:00 AM on October 26, 2017 [5 favorites]
Also, stay for the "does not like chickens" one. Trust me.
posted by mmoncur at 5:00 AM on October 26, 2017 [5 favorites]
I am the bear who knocks.
I am reminded of A.G. Bear, a stuffed toy from my sister's youth that "talks to your kids when squeezed!". In the fine print was that he spoke "bear talk."
My aunt picked him up and squeezed him. Grrmmh hrrgh mrrmph. She did it again, Mrrrgph frrmph hrrgh. "What did he say?" she asked. "He said 'I just screwed your dad out of $22.95,'" replied my dad.
posted by delfin at 5:57 AM on October 26, 2017 [7 favorites]
I am reminded of A.G. Bear, a stuffed toy from my sister's youth that "talks to your kids when squeezed!". In the fine print was that he spoke "bear talk."
My aunt picked him up and squeezed him. Grrmmh hrrgh mrrmph. She did it again, Mrrrgph frrmph hrrgh. "What did he say?" she asked. "He said 'I just screwed your dad out of $22.95,'" replied my dad.
posted by delfin at 5:57 AM on October 26, 2017 [7 favorites]
Two things come together in my head and this movie comes out.
posted by concavity at 5:01 PM on October 26, 2017
posted by concavity at 5:01 PM on October 26, 2017
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(Makes Grumly noise.)
posted by chavenet at 3:02 AM on October 26, 2017