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You may recall the news stories about his passing on Jan. 8, 2010, so Google’s decision to make Art Clokey – the father of stop motion clay animation — its latest Doodle honoree does not, as some choices have, come entirely out of the blue.
This morning you can see the results in blue, green, yellow and red on the Google homepage.
From the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby. Since then Gumby and his horse Pokey have been a familiar presence on television, appearing in several series beginning with the Howdy Doody Show and later The Adventures of Gumby. The characters enjoyed a renewal of interest in the 1980s when American actor and comedian Eddie Murphy parodied Gumby in a skit on Saturday Night Live. In the 1990s Gumby: The Movie was released, sparking even more interest.
Clokey’s second most famous production is the duo of Davey and Goliath, funded by the Lutheran Church in America.
I hadn’t thought about Davey and Goliath for many, many years, but the memory of watching them on television as a child remains vivid.
So check out the Gumby Doodle. And here’s a pro tip: Click each of the balls quickly and sequentially to achieve maximum Gumby goodness.
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