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1957 American clay animation franchise

Gumby
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Gumby in the episode "Lost Treasure"
Created by Fine art Clokey[1]
Possessor Fox Entertainment[2]
Films and television
Flick(s) Gumby: The Movie (1995)
Telly series
  • Howdy Doody (1955–1956)[iii]
  • The Gumby Evidence (1957–1969)
  • Gumby Adventures (1988)

Gumby is an American clay animation franchise, centered on the titular light-green dirt humanoid character created and modeled by Art Clokey. The grapheme has been the subject of two idiot box series, a characteristic-length flick and other media. Since the original series aired, Gumby has become a famous instance of stop-motility clay blitheness and a cultural icon, spawning tributes, parodies and merchandising.

Overview [edit]

Gumby follows the titular character on his adventures through dissimilar environments and times in history. Gumby's primary sidekick is Pokey, a talking orangish pony. His nemeses are the G and J Blockheads, a pair of antagonistic ruddy humanoid figures with cube-shaped heads, ane with the letter G on the block, the other with the letter J. The blockheads were inspired by the trouble-making Katzenjammer Kids.[4] [5] Other characters include Prickle, a yellowish dinosaur capable of breathing burn down and who sometimes styles himself equally a detective with pipe and deerstalker hat like Sherlock Holmes; Goo, a flying blue mermaid who spits blue goo balls and can change shape into essentially any object (including machinery) at will;[half dozen] Gumbo and Gumba, Gumby'southward parents;[7] and Nopey, Gumby's dog whose entire vocabulary is the give-and-take "nope". The 1988 syndicated series added Gumby's sister Minga, mastodon friend Denali, and chicken friend Tilly.[8] [ix]

History [edit]

1953–1969: Origins [edit]

Gumby was created by Art Clokey in the early on 1950s after he finished film school at the University of Southern California (USC).[1]

Clokey's first animated film was a 1953 iii-infinitesimal pupil picture called Gumbasia, a surreal montage of moving and expanding lumps of clay ready to music in a parody of Disney'due south Fantasia.[10] Gumbasia was created in the "kinesthetic" style taught past Clokey's USC professor Slavko Vorkapić, described as "massaging of the eye cells." Much of Gumby's wait and experience was inspired by this technique of camera movements and editing.

In 1955, Clokey showed Gumbasia to movie producer Sam Engel, who encouraged him to develop his technique by animating figures into children's stories.[11] Clokey moved forward, producing a pilot episode featuring the graphic symbol Gumby.

The proper noun "Gumby" came from the muddy clay found at Clokey'southward grandparents' subcontract that his family called "gumbo".[12] Gumby'southward appearance was inspired by a suggestion from his married woman, Ruth (née Parkander), that Gumby be based on the Gingerbread Homo. The color dark-green was then called because Clokey saw it every bit both racially neutral and a symbol of life.[13] Gumby'due south legs and anxiety were made wide for pragmatic reasons; they ensured that the character would stand up upwardly during terminate-motility filming. Gumby'south famous slanted head was based on the hairstyle of Clokey'due south begetter, Charles Farrington, in an old photograph.[xiv] [15]

Clokey'south airplane pilot episode was seen by NBC executive Thomas Warren Sarnoff (the youngest son of RCA and NBC founder, David Sarnoff), who asked Clokey to make another one. The second episode, Gumby on the Moon, became a huge hit on How-do-you-do Doody, leading Sarnoff to order a series in 1955 entitled The Gumby Testify.[16] In 1955 and 1956, 25 eleven-minute episodes aired on NBC.[17] In early episodes, Gumby'due south vocalism was provided by Ruth Eggleston, wife of the show'south art director Al Eggleston,[18] until Dallas McKennon assumed her part in 1957. Gumby's best friend, an orange pony named Pokey, was introduced during the primeval episodes. Because of its variety-type format, The Gumby Prove featured not only Clokey's boob films, just likewise interviews and games. During this time, the show went through a succession of ii hosts, Robert Nicholson and Pinky Lee.[19] [20]

In 1959, The Gumby Show entered syndication, and more episodes were produced in the 1960s.[21] Production started in Hollywood and in 1960 moved to a larger studio in Glendora, California, where it remained until production ended in 1969. During this time, Gumby was primarily voiced by Norma MacMillan, and occasionally by Ginny Tyler. The cartoon shorts introduced new characters including a blue mermaid named Goo and a yellow dinosaur named Prickle.

1982–1989: Revival [edit]

Get-go in 1982, Gumby was parodied by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Alive.[22] According to Murphy's parody, when the television cameras were turned off, the sweet Gumby reverted to his true self: an irascible, cigar-chomping glory who was highly demanding of the production executives. Whenever the executives refused to give in to his demands, Gumby would assert his star status by saying "I'thou Gumby, dammit!" in an exaggerated Jewish emphasis.[23] According to Joseph Clokey, Art's son, both he and Fine art "thought Eddie was a genius in the way he played that character".[24] In 1987, the original Gumby shorts enjoyed a revival on home video.[25] The following yr, Gumby appeared in The Puppetoon Movie.[26]

This renewed interest led to a reincarnation of the serial consisting of 99 new 7-minute episodes produced for television syndication in association with Lorimar-Telepictures in 1988.[27] [28] Dallas McKennon returned to voice Gumby in the new adventures, in which Gumby and his pals traveled beyond their toyland-type setting and established themselves as a musical ring. Gumby Adventures likewise included new characters, such every bit Gumby's little sister Minga, a mastodon named Denali and a chicken named Tilly.[8]

In improver to the new episodes, the 1950s and 1960s shorts were included in the series, merely with new audio. The voices were re-recorded and the original music was replaced by Jerry Gerber's synthesizer score from the 1988 series.[28] Legal bug prevented Clokey from renewing rights to the original Capitol Records production tracks.

1990–2021: feature film and reruns [edit]

Starting in 1992, TV channels such as Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network aired reruns of Gumby episodes. In 1995, Clokey'south production company produced an independently released theatrical film, Gumby: The Picture, marker the character'south kickoff feature-length run a risk, with John R. Dilworth, creator of Courage the Cowardly Dog, every bit the film's blitheness consultant.[29] In it, the villainous Blockheads replace Gumby and his band with robots and kidnap their dog, Lowbelly. The movie featured in-joke homages to science-fiction films such as Star Wars, The Terminator, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. In 1998, the Gumby episode "Robot Rumpus" was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000.[30]

On March 16, 2007, YouTube announced that all Gumby episodes would appear in their full-length class on its site, digitally remastered and with their original soundtracks. This deal also extended to other video sites, including AOL.[31] In March 2007, KQED-TV circulate an hour-long documentary Gumby Dharma as office of its Truly CA series.[32] In addition to detailing Clokey's life and work, the film also featured new animation of Gumby and Pokey.[33] For these sequences, animator Stephen A. Buckley provided Gumby'south voice while Clokey reprised his office as Pokey.

In 2012, MeTV began airing Gumby on weekend mornings, in its weekend forenoon animation cake.[34] The show remained part of the aqueduct's programming until the end of the twelvemonth.[35]

2022–present: Fox ownership [edit]

In Feb 2022, Fox Entertainment, the production sectionalization of the Murdoch family unit'due south Fox Corporation, announced it had acquired the Gumby intellectual belongings from the estate of Fine 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 beyond linear and digital platforms, while adding to the classic Gumby cloth available on its free streaming platform Tubi.[36] [37]

Bandage [edit]

  • Dallas McKennon: 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)
  • Norma MacMillan: Gumby (1964–1969), Pokey (1964–1969), Goo (1964–1969), Gumba (1967–1968)
  • Ruth Eggleston: Gumby (1955–1956), Gumba (1955)
  • Betty Hartford: Gumba (1956)
  • Art Clokey: Pokey (1955–1989, 1995), Prickle (1964–1969, 1987–1989, 1995), Gumbo (1955–1989, 1995), Additional voices
  • Don Messick: Henry (1963), Rodgy (1963), Additional voices
  • Paul Frees: 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: Boosted voices
  • Camden Angelis: Additional voices

Several sources say that Dick Beals voiced Gumby in the 1960s;[38] [39] however, Beals denied this claim in a 2001 interview.[40]

Episodes [edit]

Reception and legacy [edit]

In 1993, Goggle box Guide named Gumby the best cartoon serial of the 1950s in its outcome jubilant 40 years of telly.[41]

Showtime in 1994, the Library of Congress used Gumby equally a "spokescharacter" for Adventures into Books: Gumby's World, a traveling exhibition that promoted the Center for the Book's national reading campaign from 1997 to 2000.[42] Past the finish of the 1990s, Gumby and Pokey had also appeared in diverse commercials for Cheerios cereal, near notably Frosted Cheerios.[43]

On August 4, 2006, the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta opened Art Clokey's Gumby: The First L Years. This exhibition featured many of the original puppets and sets, forth with screening of Art Clokey'southward films. This issue 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, jubilant the 50th anniversary of The Gumby Show.[44] The children's book Gumby Goes to the Sun was besides published that year to commemorate the ceremony. The book was originally created in the 1980s by Clokey'south daughter, Holly Harman (who voiced Gumby's sister, Minga in the 1980s incarnation).[45]

In 2007, the Gumby comic volume series was nominated for two Eisner Awards, All-time New Series and Best Publication for a Young Audition, and won the latter.[46]

On October 12, 2011, Google paid tribute to Art Clokey's 90th birthday with a doodle featuring clay balls transforming into characters from the show. The doodle was composed of a toy block with a "1000" and five dirt balls in the Google colors. Clicking each of the balls revealed the Blockheads, Prickle, Goo, Gumby and Pokey.[47]

On December 21, 2019, Eddie Spud reprised his role while hosting SNL during a skit on Weekend Update. [48]

Merchandising [edit]

Screenshot of the video game Gumby vs. the Astrobots

Various Gumby merchandise has been produced over the years, the almost prominent item being bendable figures by Lakeside Toys, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Several single packs and multi-figure sets by Jesco (later Trendmasters), every bit well as a 50th ceremony collection, have been made of the Gumby characters. Also included in the Gumby merchandise catalog are plush dolls, keychains, mugs, a 1988 Colorforms set, a 1995 Trendmasters playset and a Kubricks ready by Medicom. A tribute album, Gumby: The Dark-green Album, produced by Shepard Stern, was released in 1989 through Buena Vista Records.[49]

In August 2005, the commencement video game featuring Gumby, Gumby vs. the Astrobots, was released by Namco for the Nintendo Game Male child Advance. In information technology, Gumby must rescue Pokey, Prickle and Goo later they are captured past the Blockheads and their cohorts, the Astrobots.[50]

The Gumby images and toys are registered trademarks of Prema Toy Company. Premavision endemic the distribution rights to the Gumby cartoons, having been reverted from previous distributor Warner Bros. Television set in 2003, and had licensed the rights to Classic Media until September 30, 2012.[51] At this time, Classic Media was officially caused by DreamWorks Animation and branded as DreamWorks Classics, which became a subsidiary of NBCUniversal in 2016.[52] As of April 2015, NCircle Entertainment owns home video and digital distribution rights to the cartoons.[53]

Meet also [edit]

  • Listing of films featuring clay animation
  • Morph
  • Semper Gumby

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External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • Premavision/Clokey Productions
  • The Gumby Show at IMDb
  • Gumby at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television set
  • Gumby at Don Markstein'south Toonopedia. Archived from the original on September one, 2016.

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