First off, Gumby rocks! While the original Gumby was well before my time, Gumby became popular again, probably due to Eddie Murphy playing the character on Saturday Night Live ages ago. Claymation was also popular on the Penny cartoons on Pee Wee's Playhouse, so the original Gumby shows started airing again in the 80s, much to the delight of, well, just about everyone.
Thanks to Gumby and Penny I've been interested in Claymation and stop motion ever since, and love love love it to this day.
The original Gumbys (Gumbies?) were a bit effed up, or maybe it was just the tv stations forgot the closing segments after the commercials aired in the middle. It seemed at least 50 percent of the Gumby episodes had some random ending that didn't seem like an end at all, a bit like cutting off an idea in mid-sent
At any rate, Art Clokey, thanks for the inspiration. Gumby, blockhead, prickle, minga, u all will always be remembered and love. Clokey was 81.
*and for the Eddie Murphy/gumby fans: "i'm gumby, d**mit!
peace
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