CHANGES CLOTHES OR CHANGES HIS
HAIR.
SASHA LENNINGER TAKES US THROUGH
THE EVOLUTION OF OLD MAN GLOOM.
>> HE IS ONE OF THE MOST
ASTERISK CHARACTERS.
>> I WOULD SAY HE WAS MY FIRST
BOYFRIEND.
>> YOU COULD CALL HIM IT CAN
MILLION OF THE TIMES.
THESE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS
SHOWED ZOZOBRA IN HIS EARLY
YEARS AT KEEP OWING TO KNOW
HISTORY, LIKE THIS ONE FROM
WORLD WAR II, HIS APPEARANCE
REFLECTED ACROSS BETWEEN HITLER
AND HEHIROHITO.
THEN AS THE YEARS GOES ON, HE
BECOMES WHAT WE WANT HIM TO BE.
>> ALL THE YEARS, THE DECADE OF
HISTORY.
REPORTER: IN THIS VIDEO FROM
 1982--YOU CAN SEE THE
1982, MARIONETTE WITH BUTTONS
ALONG HIS TOP AND A BLACK BELT.
IN 1984, HE DITCHED SOME OF HIS
BUTTONS FOR BOWTIE.
IN 85 AND 86, HE HAD ORANGE
HAIR.
THEN THE 90’S ZOZOBRA CHOOSE
THIS LOOK.
YELLOW LOCKS, ALONG WITH HIS BOW
TIE.
FAST FORWARD TO THE EARLY 2000’S
OLD MAN GLOOM DONNED SEVERAL
THE EASIEST CHANGE TO SEE,
THOUGH, HIS HAIR.
FROM WHITE TO RED TO PURPLE, AND
THEN ORANGE.
>> OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT HAS
GOTTEN BIGGER, I THINK THE
BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE HAVE DONE
WAS IN 2014 WE ADDED THE DECADES
PROJECT.
REPORTER: IT STARTS WITH THE
1920’S, AND IS A WAY TO
HIGHLIGHT EACH DECADE EACH YEAR
AS WE GET CLOSER TO OLD MAN
, GLOOM’S 100TH BIRTHDAY.
>> HE WAS A SNIDELY WHIPLASH GUY
WITH A BIG MUSTACHE 2:41 THEN WE
MOVED ON TO THE 30S. HE WAS OLD,
BALD AND FAT BECAUSE THAT WA
THE DEPRESSION ERA.
REPORTER: YOU CAN SEE WHAT’S
LEFT OF HIS WHITE HAIR.
>> IN WORLD WAR II, THAT WAS A
BIG DEAL FOR US.
WE WERE IN WAS TO MARK THE 75TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOLOCAUST.
REPORTER: OLD ONE GLOOM WAS
DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION WITH A
DOUBLE BREASTED TOP, A FEDORA
AND A BLACK TIE.
>> PART OF THE DECADES PROJECT
IS TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT THEIR
PAST, NOT JUST ZOZOBRA’S PAST
BUT WHAT HAPPEN IN NEW MEXICO
AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WORLD.
REPORTER: THAT SAME YEAR
YEAR--THE NIGHT BEFORE THE
, EVENT, A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
PAYING TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS AND
SURVIVIORS OF THE HOLOCAUST.
2017 HONORED THE 50’S.
>> HE WAS WEARING A CARDIGAN
SWEATER AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAYH
THAT A FATHER KNOWS BEST.
REPORTER: DONNING RED HAIR TO
MATCH HIS BRIGHT RED NAILS.
>> WE ROLLED OUT THE ENTIRE
HIPPIE ERA.
>> 2018 WAS ALL GROOVY BABY.
STAFF DRESSED IN TIE DYE--
OLD MAN GLOOM WITH A SILVER
UPDO BEND BOLO TIE.
LOOK AT THE PEACE SIGN ON HIS
FINGERS.
LAST YEAR DISCO WAS OUT TO PLAY.
,COMING IN AT 50 FEET SIX INCHES
TALL, IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE JOHN
TRAVOLTA LOOK -- WHITE SUIT,
GOLD MEDALLION AND BLONDE HAIR,
HIS EYES A MEMORABLE AVOCADO
GREEN COLOR AND BURNT ORANGE
LIPS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HIS LIPS
HAVE CHANGED COLOR.
ROYALE: 2020 WAS SLATED TO TAKE
US BACK TO THE 1980’S, THAT THAT
IS ON HOLD UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
ORGANIZERS WANT THIS YEAR’S
FOCUS TO BE CORONAVIRUS.
BUT YOU WILL NOT SEE THE
MARIONETTE WEARING A MASK.
INSTEAD, IT WILL ON OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS LIKE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS.
SO WHAT WILL HE LOOK LIKE?
HIS GRAY HAIR TAKING ON THE LOOK
OF THE VIRUS ITSELF SEEN HERE
WITH ORANGE PING-PONG BALLS AND
ORANGE SCRUNCHIES.
HIS CUFFLINKS WILL RESEMBLE
THOSE MURDER HORNETS, THEY’LL BE
DIPPED IN GOLD TO BRING OUT HIS
FORMAL ATTIRE.
AND THE BUTTONS ON HIS JACKET
WILL BE STAMPED WITH THE YEAR
2020.
ALL OF THIS WILL GO UP IN SMOKE
AS OUR WORRI
