about Art Clokey
Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 - January 8, 2010) was a pioneer
in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955
with a film experiment called Gumbasia, influenced by his professor,
Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California.[citation
needed].
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 Moviewas 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. In honor for his
contribution to clay animation Google doodle of October 12,2011 was
based on his animated clay characters.
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