The Mummy and the Monkey - An Alternate Origin Story

I created this alternate origin story for my favorite horror hosts, the Mummy and the Monkey.  On 5/12/2023 will be there 200th episode!  I finished this just in time for the big show!

Kirk Harrington

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    The Mummy and the Monkey, Cleveland Horror Hosts.  They were not always horror hosts though.  Their background and story is not well known and has a lot of mystery surrounding it…the kind of mystery that would make Scooby and the Gang interested in the investigation.  Here’s what is known about Grim Gorri…Grim is a rare species of ape that was discovered when a scientist created a portal to another dimension…a dimension where apes were the dominant species and man doesn’t exist.  And Grimm happened to be on his way to the movie theater…a movie theater run by apes of course..to see the latest Baboon Lagossi movie…that’s when the portal opened. 

     The scientist was hoping that by opening a portal he would bring back something that would be an advanced alien that would help him solve a gamut of world crises at the time.  Instead he brought back Grimm…the lovable goofy monkey-man that enjoys farting, throwing his poop and watching old movies.  At first, the scientist was disappointed but later came to appreciate Grimm and the joy he brought to the world through his movie knowledge and exceptional abilities to add funny sound effects to old movies shown online.

     Then there was Janet Decay, the Mummy.  The same scientist that yanked Grimm from another dimension and was disappointed that Grimm didn’t have as much knowledge to save the world, decided to look to Ancient Egypt for answers.  While digging near the tomb of Sneferu, the scientist came across the tomb of his daughter, Janet Decay.  In reading the hieroglyphs which were etched outside her tomb, the scientist learned that Janet  was known for being sensible, beautiful, could read fortunes, and loved cats.  He also learned that prior to her death, Janet was struck with a rare disease at the time, of which there was no cure.  Sneferu, using his contacts through trade, made contact with mysterious mystics from the west that had discovered the ability to suspend living tissue in time by applying a cream pomeade…which would later be called ‘oil of decay’. 

     Before the mystics could release their finding to their people, Sneferu made them an offer so great of gold that they would instead give the pomeade secret to Sneferu’s magicians who would then use it to suspend his daughter Janet in time.  And because he thought Janet would be so heartbroken without them, he also covered her cats Louie, Jack and Earl in the special cream and put them in the tomb with Janet.  Sneferu’s hope was that one day, someone would find Janet, heal her deadly disease and she could go on living happily.

     And so it was that the scientist discovered Janet  and her ‘crypt kitties’ and was able to heal her with more modern medicines and treatment.

     You’ve probably already figured out that it was sometime soon after that Janet was introduced to Grimm Gorri and the two decided to show movies together and have a home together along with the crypt kitties.

     Something not known about Janet as well is that as a child she enjoyed archaeology, and enjoyed learning about the ancient pharaohs and interesting people that came before her.  Now that she lived in Cleveland, Parma to be exact, her and Grimm became interested in the old movie hosts that became famous in the area, like Superhost, The Ghoul, Ghoulardi, and Big Chuck and Little John.  After Janet and Grimm learned about all these great TV hosts, they decided they wanted to preserve their legacy by collecting rare objects that they could store in a vault in their basement.

Their adventures would lead to them on a search to…

Find the cape of Superhost…

…the crazy blue coat of the Ghoul…

….silly props used by Big Chuck and Little John…

And the hairpiece of Ghoulardi…

 

Thus, by having these items in their basement, it would give them the magic, power, and enlightenment they’d need to continue being amazing and excellent movie horror hosts for Cleveland…that would one day win the coveted Rondo award.