Curious George 1978

This is a similarities to Curious George 1983

I began working at Viacom Enterprises back in 1978 for my new job. I got to watch new episodes of shows like Curious George (1980s TV series), The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle and others. For the most part, I had a super fun and awesome time until I quit my job in 1984.

But quitting wasn't the worst part.

The worst part was back in 1978. Me and 9 other interns (their names were Barney, Peter, Carl, Toby, and Jaxxie) were ready to watch a new show of Curious George. We all expected it to be the first episode based on a book, but what we saw was very different from what was later aired. And I mean VERY different. Man, just how I could forget about this entire experience...

The intro was overall normal, like as you'd see in the actual episodes, but the episode started to get abnormal as soon as it got to the episode. The episode started out almost just as I remembered it. George was watching a scary movie, it’s kinda funny watching this now as an adult, but I can see why a monkey would be scared of this. The man with the yellow hat would tell him it’s time for bed, and being the good monkey that he is, he followed his the man instructions and went to his room, and decided to lay on his bed, urging to go to sleep, while saying the following line with his Chuck Norris voice “That movie wasn’t scary, I’m a big monkey, I can handle it”, closing his eyes thereafter. George closed his eyes and fell asleep, transitioning into his dream. But for some reason, George’s eyes were still open. The dream was like a psychedelic drug trip, with tons of flashing colors and shapes showing up on the screen behind and around George laying down. Then all of a sudden, so sudden it felt like a jumpscare, the man from the scary movie popped up in front of George. This is one detail I can’t really describe, but the man looked a bit more...demented, angry, and even a bit unnerved. The man spoke in a loud, deep, booming voice that actually sounded louder and a lot more clear than the rest of the audio. “George, you are a weak fool. You consider yourself a big monkey, you talk to yourself, keeping your mind in a facade, constantly reminding everyone around you that you are brave, but it’s not the truth. The truth is, you are weak, worthless, spineless, you. Are. No one.” He follows this tangent with a nerve-shaking evil laugh, which was so loud. After that, the man disappeared, and the camera cut to George looking up to the ceiling, followed by, closing his eyes.

All of a sudden, the screen faded to black again, with white text in a Times New Roman font that said 2 days later. It cut to a hospital room made in the simplistic 1982 claymation style, George was laying on the hospital bed, looking like he hasn’t slept in a long time, his eyes were pink and slightly bloodshot, he was connected to both a heart monitor, and a mask giving him oxygen. Betsy, Steve, and The man with the yellow hat were all watching over him, looking sad, with the man being the most upset, he was crying, but unlike the rest of the voice acting, this crying wasn’t fake, it sounded like a person actually breaking down into tears. A doctor then entered the room, it was Dr. Baker from the 1982 claymation film Curious George Goes to the hospital. Betsy said, also very upset “Well doctor, how is he?”. “George was originally suffering from sleep paralysis, but it soon turned into a coma for some unknown reason. He’s also having breathing problems and can barely talk. This is due to an overwhelming amount of fear that he had during his sleep paralysis. I suggest you try not to interact with him in any way.” Said Dr. Baker. “Will he ever wake up?” Said the man. “I don’t know.” Dr. Baker answered. “The rest of the doctors are trying their hardest to get him to wake up”. As he said that, George started convulsing, rapidly shaking on the bed, and the heart monitor kept on beeping quickly, causing everyone to scream in terror. “Oh dear! We need to take evasive action” Screamed Dr. Baker. But before he could do anything else or take any more precautions, the heart monitor flat-lined. George stopped shaking, and the whole room went quiet, aside from the haunting sound of the flatline. Dr. Baker abruptly broke the silence. “I’m sorry...we lost him. Too much terror was built up inside him and it caused his heart to beat abnormally, and he could not handle it in the state he was in.” The man with the yellow hat then started crying, with Betsy and Steve looking very somber. The credits were in Russia. A distorted version of the music normally heard in 1980 tv series intro played. Then the episode finally ended...

The other interns were shocked. Some were pissed off. I was just speechless. Two of the interns claimed to have seen an image that flashed on screen for a frame or two at the end of the credits, though neither of them could make out what it was. We agreed to rewind the footage to see if this was true. And sure enough, it was. The image was a photo showing George in a live costume with a man inside him standing in front of the same white living room backdrop. He was holding a large cardboard sign that said in big black letters “I’M GOING TO GET ALL OF YOU” written in black marker. What happened next was REALLY SCARY.

We saw George (as seen in the photo) burst through the room. The person inside the suit was crazy and had a shotgun in one of his hands. He came for us while screaming "Here comes a Candle to Light you to Bed, and here comes a Chopper to CHOP OFF YOUR HEAD!". While he shot his gun all over the place. me and the 5 other interns thankfully got away unharmed.

The guy in the costume was actually a serial killer who almost kidnapped the producer (Alan Shalleck) to create the show. Me and the other interns found out about that on the news. The aforementioned serial killer later got a life sentence in prison for a murder charge that had nothing to do with the episode. Everyone, including us, was relieved.

Anyway, the reason I quit was because, in late 2006 (by then, Curious George premiered on PBS Kids), I was just resting on the couch watching TV, when suddenly, I heard a voice that sounded like George with its Chuck Norris voice. It whispered:

"Curious George is now over. Try to keep this interesting for me..."

I looked back and what I saw was horrifying.

What I saw was an George plushie, with blood on it. It had a knife in its hand and a gun in the other, and had a creepy grin, and its "eyes" red...

And I went to watch the TV again, the screen said:

"Раз, два, Джордж идет за тобой. Три, четыре, Лучше запри дверь. Пять, шесть, возьми распятие. Семь, восемь, ложусь спать допоздна. Девять, десять, Никогда больше не спать."

After a few hours of trying to figure out what the text translated to, I realized what it meant was a George’s version of Freddy Krueger's nursery rhyme:

"One, two, George is coming for you. Three, four, Better lock your door Five, six, grab a crucifix. Seven, eight, Gonna stay up late. Nine, ten, Never sleep again."

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