Things That Go Bump
I am not the only one obsessed with the bump on Dr. Joshua Perper's head:
http://brazosportnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/dr-joshua-perper-and-annals-of-unasked.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cperper16feb16,0,2122763.story?track=rss
In an interesting attempt to throw us off the Gumby connection, Dr. Perper throws a red herring out there in an answer to the bump question: "I am definitely not a member of the television's Coneheads," he said with a chuckle. "I always used to say I have extra brains that I could not accommodate in my head."
Dr. Perper claims he was dropped accidentally on his head by his aunt when he was a small child and a blood clot thickened part of his skull.
I found this picture of Dr. Perper's aunt on an old archive site:

Upon request, I have investigated the Dr. Perper/Gumby connection. Hard to refute such strong visual evidence. I'll keep digging for a deeper (and possibly more sinister) connection.
