At home, my parents still use dial-up. They’re going to make “the big switch” to high-speed relatively soon, and I was telling my mom how much it will open up her world, and by “open up” I basically meant “waste away your time.” I explained that, before, when you had a brief moment of nostalgia for a song or television show — something you figured you’d never see again — you’d just let that moment pass. But now? Now you can spend HOURS on the minutae of something you saw twenty years ago! IT’S GONNA BLOW YOUR MIND, MOM!
SEGUE!
Do you guys remember Slim Goodbody?
He was the dude who taught us about human anatomy and health. He did this by wearing a skin-tight, flesh-colored unitard with all the organs showing.
[photo via The Ladybug Picnic]
I don’t know whether to look at his jew-fro or his printed prostate gland. I mean, if anything, this get-up screams, “Hey. Lady. Eyes up here.”
I went to YouTube, God Bless it, to jog my memory:
And now a part of me just wants to get stoned and watch this again. Which, I realize, Mr. Goodbody, defeats the whole “treasure the pleasure of being me” part, but hey. As you can tell from the TWENTY YEAR JUMP IN AGE in that video (you look awesome, buddy, but you ain’t foolin’ nobody), Slim Goodbody is still educating the masses, touring all the way through 2010. I’m thinking our agency should get our healthcare client to book him for their sponsored pavilion at the State Fair. Although I’m not sure much would top “Coco the Colossal Colon” with “Polyp Man” and “Eneman.”
[photo via geardiary.com]
Obviously, the original Slim Goodbody can’t do it all, so he has minions (Slimions?) doing school assemblies. This Slim is kinda more, um, muscular than the original. Oddly, I got turned on for about .25 seconds until I got a weird feeling with so little clothing between a grown man and all those children…..Also, his nickname is “Goose.”
May 8th, 2009 at 8:02 am
holy fuck. i thought i hallucinated this guy as no one else seems to remember him. can you do a post about the letter people?
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May 8th, 2009 at 8:53 am
I WILL.
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May 8th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Horrifying.
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May 8th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Sidenote: Are Sean and I the only people who ever reply?
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May 8th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Mostly. And that’s why you two are my favorites.
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May 8th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I do not believe this guy did exist. The Fro and the skin tight suit is too much. He should of been a card in Garbage Pail Kids collection.
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May 8th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
i struggled with people not remembering slim goodbody for years. i tried to convince several people that this person existed and i had seen him on stage. when i was a kid, i went to see him at clowes hall or somesuch place and was actually pulled on stage to participate in his little health skits. i had an AUTOGRAPHED lp with a booklet insterted with pictures of colons, skeletons, etc. http://www.slimgoodbody.com/about/he has not aged well.
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May 8th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I do find it humerous that his scheudle is booked out till 03/10. I saw an indianapolis date out there, with tickets still available
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