Gary Gnu

Gary Gnu (performed by Jim Martin) is a green, gnu-like newscaster who hosts "The Gary Gnu Show" each episode and is known for his catchphrase "No gnews is good gnews with Gary...Gnu." He would add a guttural "g" sound at the beginning of any word he spoke which normally began with an "n", such as "gnews" for "news" and "gnaturally" for "naturally". Whenever introduced by either Goriddle Gorilla or Knock Knock, the introduction is always "And now for something really gnew, here's Gary Gnu." The only difference is that Goriddle always says "Wow!" each time he does so. Gary always begins by saying "This is Gary Gnu, and the 'No Gnews Is Good Gnews Show'. The only TV gnews program guaranteed to contain no gnews whatsoever." In his segments, Gary introduced and narrated film clips of people in silly situations, unlikely inventions and the like. Gary's unusual speaking style was inspired by the 1957 Flanders and Swann song "The Gnu" which tells the story of a gnu in a zoo who spoke much as Gary did, adding a "g" sound to to the beginning of various words, and Gary actually sang the same song in one episode. Gary Gnu's gnewscasts were punctuated by comments and jeers from the filming crew with the crew having different items and things thrown onstage as a way of misinterpretin one of words that Gary says in his gnews. Occasionally, he would be set up for a practical joke after one of his jokes as the crew would call him a turkey, followed by the dropping of a paper turkey (with Gary's picture taped over the face) over Gary's face with a gobbling sound effect.