''Gumby'' is an American

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franchise, centered on the titular green

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character created and modeled by

Art Clokey Arthur "Art" Clokey (born Arthur Charles Farrington; October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American pioneer in the popularization of stop-motion clay animation, best known as the creator of the character Gumby and the original voice o ...

. Gumby stars in two television series, the feature-length '' Gumby: The Movie'', and other media. He immediately became a famous example of

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clay animation and an American cultural icon, spawning tributes, parodies, and merchandising.

Overview

The ''Gumby'' franchise follows Gumby's adventures through different environments and historical eras. His primary

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is Pokey, a talking orange pony. His nemeses are the G and J Blockheads, a pair of antagonistic red humanoid figures with cube-shaped heads, one with the letter G on the block, the other with the letter J. Their creation was inspired by the trouble-making

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with pipe and

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hat like

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; Goo, a flying blue

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who spits blue goo balls; Gumbo and Gumba, Gumby's parents; and Nopey, Gumby's dog whose entire vocabulary is the word "nope". The 1988 syndicated series added Gumby's sister Minga,

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friend Denali, and chicken friend Tilly.

History

1953–1969: Origins

Gumby was created by

in the early 1950s after he finished film school at the

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(USC). Clokey's first animated film was a 1953 three-minute student film called ''

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'', a surreal montage of moving and expanding lumps of clay set to music in a parody of Disney's ''

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''. ''Gumbasia'' was created in the "kinesthetic" style taught by Clokey's USC professor

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, described as "massaging of the eye cells". Much of Gumby's look and feel was inspired by this technique of camera movements and editing. In 1955, Clokey showed ''Gumbasia'' to

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Sam Engel, who encouraged him to develop his technique by animating figures into children's stories. Clokey produced a pilot episode starring Gumby. The name "Gumby" came from the muddy clay found at Clokey's grandparents' farm that his family called "gumbo". Gumby's appearance was inspired by a suggestion from his wife, Ruth (

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Parkander), that Gumby be based on

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. Clokey saw the color green as both racially neutral and a symbol of life. Gumby's legs and feet were made wide to pragmatically ensure that the figure would stand up during

filming. Gumby's slanted head was based on the hairstyle of Clokey's father, Charles Farrington, in an old photograph. The pilot episode was seen by

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executive Thomas Warren Sarnoff (the youngest son of

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and NBC founder,

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), who asked Clokey to make another one. The second episode, ''Gumby on the Moon'', became a huge hit on ''

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'', so Sarnoff ordered a series in 1955 titled ''The Gumby Show''. In 1955 and 1956, 25 episodes at 11 minutes each aired on NBC. In early episodes, Gumby's voice was provided by Ruth Eggleston, wife of the show's art director Al Eggleston, until

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assumed the role in 1957. Gumby's best friend, an orange pony named Pokey, was introduced during the earliest episodes. Because of its variety format, ''The Gumby Show'' features Clokey's animations plus interviews and games. During this time, the show had two successive hosts, Robert Nicholson and

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. In 1959, ''The Gumby Show'' entered syndication, and more episodes were produced in the 1960s. Production started in Hollywood and in 1960 moved to a larger studio in

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, where it remained until production ended in 1969. During this time, Gumby was primarily voiced by

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, and occasionally by Ginny Tyler. The cartoon shorts introduce new characters including a blue mermaid named Goo and a yellow dinosaur named Prickle.

1982–1989: Revival

Beginning in 1982, Gumby was parodied by

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on ''

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''. In it, when the cameras are off, the sweet Gumby reverts to his true self of an irascible, cigar-chomping celebrity who is highly demanding of the production executives. Whenever they refuse his demands, Gumby asserts his star status by saying "I'm ''Gumby'', dammit!" in an exaggerated Jewish accent. According to Joseph Clokey, Art's son, he and Art "thought Eddie was a genius in the way he played that character". In 1987, the original ''Gumby'' shorts were released on

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. In 1988, Gumby appeared in '' The Puppetoon Movie''. This renewed interest led to a new series of 99 episodes of 7-minutes, produced for

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in association with

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in 1988.

voices Gumby in the new adventures, in which Gumby and his pals travels beyond their toyland setting as a musical band. ''Gumby Adventures'' includes new characters, such as Gumby's little sister Minga, a

named Denali and a chicken named Tilly. The new series includes the 1950s and 1960s shorts, with new audio. The voices were re-recorded and the music was replaced by Jerry Gerber's new

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score. Legal issues prevented Clokey from renewing rights to the original

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production tracks.

1990–2021: feature film and reruns

Starting in 1992, TV channels such as

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and

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aired reruns of ''Gumby'' episodes. In 1995, Clokey's production company produced an independently released theatrical film, '' Gumby: The Movie'', as the character's first feature-length adventure, with

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, creator of ''

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'', as animation consultant. In it, the villainous Blockheads replace Gumby and his band with robots and kidnap their dog, Lowbelly. It has in-joke homages to science-fiction films such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''. In 1998, the ''Gumby'' episode "Robot Rumpus" was featured on ''

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''. On March 16, 2007,

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announced that all ''Gumby'' episodes would appear in their full-length form on its site, digitally remastered and with their original soundtracks. This deal also extended to other video sites, including

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. In March 2007, KQED-TV broadcast an hour-long documentary ''Gumby Dharma'' in its ''Truly CA'' series. It details Clokey's life and work, and has new animation of Gumby and Pokey. For these sequences, animator Stephen A. Buckley voiced Gumby and Clokey voiced Pokey. In 2012,

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began airing ''Gumby'' in its weekend morning animation block until the end of the year.

2022–present: Fox ownership

In February 2022, Fox Entertainment, the TV production division of the Murdoch family's

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, announced it had acquired the ''Gumby''

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from the estate of Art's son, Joseph Clokey, encompassing all rights including "film, TV and streaming, consumer products, licensing, publishing and all other categories", with plans to launch new series across linear and digital platforms, while adding to the classic ''Gumby'' material available on its free streaming platform

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Cast

: Gumby (1957, 1960–1967, 1987–1989, 1995), Pokey (1960–1969), Gumbo (1960–1962), Prickle (1964–1969), Professor Kapp (1964–1989, 1995), Denali (1987–1989), Nopey (1964–1969), Henry (1987 re-dubbed), Rodgy (1987 re-dubbed), Additional voices (1957–1995) * Ginny Tyler: Gumby (1968–1969), Gumba (1957–1962), Granny (1960–1962), Witty Witch (1960–1962), Additional voices (1957–1962) *

: Gumby (1964–1969), Pokey (1964–1969), Goo (1964–1969), Gumba (1967–1968) *Ruth Eggleston: Gumby (1955–1956), Gumba (1955) *Betty Hartford: Gumba (1956) *

: Pokey (1955–1989, 1995), Prickle (1964–1969, 1987–1989, 1995), Gumbo (1955–1989, 1995), Additional voices *

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: Henry (1963), Rodgy (1963), Additional voices *

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: Professor Kapp (1963), Additional voices *Gloria Clokey: Goo (1987–1989, 1995), Gumba (1987–1989) *Janet MacDuff: Gumba (1987–1989, 1995), Granny (1987–1989), Additional voices (1987–1989, 1995) *Holly Harman: Minga (1987–1989), Tilly (1987–1989), Additional voices * Hal Smith: Prickle (1964–1969), Additional voices (1964–1969) *Taig McNab: Additional voices *Camden Angelis: Additional voices Several sources say that

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voiced Gumby in the 1960s; however, Beals denied this claim in a 2001 interview.

Episodes

Reception and legacy

In 1993, ''

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'' named ''Gumby'' the best cartoon series of the 1950s in its issue celebrating 40 years of television. Beginning in 1994, the

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used Gumby as a "spokescharacter" for ''Adventures into Books: Gumby's World'', a traveling exhibition promoting the

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's national reading campaign from 1997 to 2000. By the end of the 1990s, Gumby and Pokey had also appeared in various commercials for

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cereal. On August 4, 2006, the

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in Atlanta opened ''Art Clokey's Gumby: The First Fifty Years''. This exhibition featured many of the original puppets and sets, along with screening of Clokey's films. This event was conceived by David Scheve of T.D.A. Animation and Joe Clokey of Premavision, and was one of several exhibits that opened around the country, celebrating the 50th anniversary of ''The Gumby Show''. The children's book ''Gumby Goes to the Sun'' was also published that year to commemorate the anniversary. The book was originally created in the 1980s by Clokey's daughter, Holly Harman (who voiced Gumby's sister, Minga in the 1988 series). In 2007, the ''Gumby'' comic book series was nominated for two

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s, Best New Series and Best Publication for a Young Audience, and won the latter. On October 12, 2011, a

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acknowledged Art Clokey's 90th birthday. It was composed of a toy block with a "G" and five clay balls in the Google colors. Clicking each ball revealed the Blockheads, Prickle, Goo, Gumby, and Pokey. On December 21, 2019,

reprised his role while hosting

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during a skit on

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Merchandising

The most prominent of Gumby merchandise is the bendable figure set by Lakeside Toys. Several single packs and multi-figure sets were made by Jesco (later

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), and a 50th anniversary collection. There are

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s, mugs, a 1988 Colorforms set, a 1995 Trendmasters playset, and a Kubricks set by Medicom. A tribute album, '' Gumby: The Green Album'', produced by Shepard Stern, was released in 1989. In August 2005, the first

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featuring Gumby, ''Gumby vs. the Astrobots'', was released by

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for the

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. Gumby must rescue Pokey, Prickle, and Goo after they are captured by the Blockheads and their cohorts, the Astrobots. The ''Gumby'' images and toys are registered trademarks of Prema Toy Company. Premavision owned the distribution rights to the ''Gumby'' cartoons, having been reverted from previous distributor

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in 2003, and had licensed the rights to

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until September 30, 2012. At this time, Classic Media was officially acquired by

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and branded as

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, which became a subsidiary of

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in 2016. As of April 2015, NCircle Entertainment owns home video and digital distribution rights to the cartoons.

References

External links

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Premavision/Clokey Productions
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at

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