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RIP Art Clokey - Creator of Gumby

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Here is his first film (pre-Gumby) from film school 1953 that started it all (love the Jazz soundtrack!).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXdHTP7omZk

The original Gumby intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhczFRlBT2E&feature=related

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-me-art-clokey9-2010jan09,0,3938052.story?track=rss

I always liked this 1956 episode of Gumby on the Moon and how his father rescues him with a telescoping fire engine ladder :D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWYYkF6DOnk
 
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A lot of people don't know this, but Sneaky Pete Kleinow, country-rock pedal steel player extraordinaire, was also a stop-motion animator who worked on Gumby and was tapped to write the theme song. Pete died in 2007. We're losing greats left and right.
 
And I just got a poseable Pokey this Christmas.

Sad to hear he's gone.
 
I had a friend in my college days who did some short stop-motion clay-mation and human-ation works, inspired by Clokey's work--great stuff!
 
Aw.. that's pretty sad, but I guess we all gotta go sometime..

I hadn't posted yet cause I was out looking at a new truck... but the second I saw this I was bummin.. Guess I need to change my avatar in honor...

OK.. changed.. With a music theme of course.... RIP Art......
 
I'll miss Art. But I have a Gumby that rides with me on my roadie. I found him hurt and alone on a road about 20 years ago and he's been my riding buddy ever since. :thmbsp:
 
wajobu said:
The original Gumby intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhczFRlBT2E&feature=related
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I was 6 years old for a minute there.......

gumby.jpg
 
I wonder what he thought about "I'm Gumby, Dammit !"...RIP, Art...You brought a LOT of joy to a LOT of children down thru the years...And that's about the best epitath a feller could have, IMHO.
 
I tried to explain Gumby to the Russians last year, and needless to say, they had no clue. Too bad - they missed out. :thmbsp:
 
Wow bummer. That was THE show we would watch when we ditched 6th period and sneaked over to my friend's house.
So sad..
I just got a huge blow up Gumby also! He's like 5' tall. I'm gonna take him for a ride in my car in honor of Art.

I've always wondered one thing...what was that blue thing that hung with Prickle? Her name was Goo.
She looked like a whale but she could poop out spider web stuff out of her um.. whatever.
And I think she could fly too.. not sure.
Anyone know what the hell she was?
 
As a kid, I loved watching Gumby and Pokey. Later on I appreciated the humor and the surreal aspects of it.

Davey and Goliath as well.

RIP Art/Gumby
 
mtebob said:
I've always wondered one thing...what was that blue thing that hung with Prickle? Her name was Goo.
She looked like a whale but she could poop out spider web stuff out of her um.. whatever.
And I think she could fly too.. not sure.
Anyone know what the hell she was?
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Goo was cool, always wondered what she was also.
 
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