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A History of Gumby
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Gumby's pony pal Pokey! |
Click here for larger image of Gumby's family and friends. |
The dastardly Blockheads! |
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My association with Gumby and my friendship
with Art Clokey began way back in 1987. I was hired to work on the Gumby
movie and then the series which was financed by Lorimar Telepictures.
I worked first as a model maker and then as an animator. It was the
best job I ever had in the movie business. I was a Gumby fan as a kid,
watching him on TV while playing with my Gumby toys, and here I was
animating him! Now I work as his agent, bringing Gumby to Asia. What
a thrill! Never in a million years would I have thought!
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Art Clokey with Gumby |
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Roll your mouse over the image to see where I am below. The Gumby crew! Happy days. Many of these fellow Gumbyheads have gone on to illustrious careers at Disney, Pixar and other major studios. While I came to Japan to spread the good word of Gumby. |
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Model building. This will be Gumby's barn. |
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Making a plastic Gumby "master" to create a latex mold for mass clay model production. |
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Pouring molten clay into the latex Gumby mold. |
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With Art Clokey, my boss and friend. A true legend in Hollywood. He gave many people their first break in the movie biz. Some of the top people in Hollywood got their start with Art. He allowed great freedom in creativity and animation during production thus cultivating new talent. THANKS ART!! |
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Animating Gumby in "Melon Felons." |
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Congratulating my pal Gumby for a good performance. |
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Animating the Jack of Clubs. |
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What a snob! |
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The finished barn. |
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Animating a pumpkin Ferris Wheel. We used converted Mitchell rackover cameras - great for animation. These work horses were built like tanks and will last a million years. |
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On the moon. |
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Gumby in the Wild, Wild West. |
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Gun fight with Clint Eastwood. In "The Good, the Bad and the Gumby" |
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Terrified, Dusty Slim reacts to the gun fight between Clint and Gumby. |
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Go ahead Gumby...make my day! |
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Can you squint like Clint? |
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Gumby can!
Two Amigos (Are these guys cool or what?) |
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Gumby in the clutches of the two headed Cyclops. A creature I built and used in the series in several episodes. Keep your eye out for it the next time you watch the show. |
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The nasty block heads up to some nasty business. OOPS!! |
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The Blockheads about to get boomeranged. |
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Dumb and Dumber. |
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Eddie Murphy as Gumby in SNL. I'm Gumby Dammit! (Please note: bump is on the wrong side thus avoiding any law suits for copyright infringement.) |
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SCUBA Gumby! Glub..glub...glub... |
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Gumby for President! Vote for Gumby, he's flexible! |
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The inspiration for the Tom Hanks movie.
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Yes, there is a Gumby pizza chain! Very popular with 22 shops and growing. Try some, its yummy! Click above to go to the web site and find out about franchising opportunities. |
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Gumby and Pokey flexible toys. The same ones I had when I was a kid. Ah...the memories! |