posted January 26, 2007 07:42 PM
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Jambi (Pee-wee's Playhouse)
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Jambi is a character from Pee-wee's Playhouse. He appears solely as a disembodied head in a gilded box, and perks up whenever Pee-wee or anyone else says a sentence with the word "wish" in it, and says "Wish? Did somebody say wish?" Then after the supplicant makes his or her request, Jambi, with a humorously somber tone, asks the supplicant to repeat after him, in a magic spell in the ancient language of "Jambese", usually consisting of three phrases:
"Mekka-lekka hi mekka hiney ho!"
"Mekka-lekka hi mekka chahney ho!"
"Mola-mekka chala mekka hola hayla hey!"
The supplicant often misspeaks the third phrase, but Jambi doesn't mind, as with a vigorous headshake reminiscent of characters from Bewitched or I Dream of Jeannie he makes the wish come true complete with special-effect rings. He usually says, after granting the wish: "The wish is granted. Long live Jambi." Jambi was played by longtime friend of Paul Reubens and fellow Groundling, John Paragon. Paragon also served as writer and co-director (along with Reubens) on many episodes of Pee-wee's Playhouse.
I might have a more serious answer later...been so seriously busy at work my brains are frieeedddd !!
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`Who are you?' said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, `I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'
~Lewis Carroll
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posted January 26, 2007 03:14 PM
posted January 26, 2007 07:42 PM