Art Clokey (Gumby, Davey & Goliath) dead at 89!

[HardyGirl]

Rest in Peace to the father of Claymation.

'Gumby' creator and Los Osos resident Art Clokey dies - Breaking News - SanLuisObispo.com

[toys2cool]

That sucks I loved Gumby

[toysrus]

oops Sorry! I posted the same thread! RIP --Art Clokey

[Hector]

I loved Gumby & Pokey as a kid...great childhood memories.

RIP

[kingdom warrior]

I loved Gumby as a kid but it was Eddie Murphy's version that craked me up I'm Gumby Dammit! I also loved Davey and Goliath which was also part of my childhood

R.I.P

[kryptosmaster]

I found 4 volumes of davey & goliath DVD at the dollar store a couple years ago. Great to be able to watch them again. The kids still loved them too.
Rich

[thunderbolt]

Man, he aged a whole year between threads.

[david_b]

He was my 'first hero' as I'm sure he was to most of us older folk..

Sleep well, Mr. Clokey..

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

May he RIP.

I bought a Gumby at an auction when I was real little. I didn't understand the concept of auctions at the time...just bid my whole five bucks bam (which was a huge amount for me at the time) but gee I loved that Gumby.

[huedell]

I grew up in a Philly suburb.

CAPTAIN NOAH was the host of an early morning show
---well, that's where I saw the bulk of anything GUMBY related.

Yes, there was Eddie Murphy's GUMBY which I thought was
pretty cool I guess (Andy Kaufman's friend Bob Zmuda
commented on how supportive he and andy were of Murphy's Gumby
while visiting rehearsals before his debut).

Christopher Guest (once an SNL regular himself) was also a GUMBY fan
and if you have the full unedited footage of the 1984 classic
THIS IS...SPINAL TAP, you can see that his NIGEL TUFNEL character
is a GUMBY fan as well, carrying a figure around for many scenes that
were ultimately edited out of the final original cut of the movie.

R.I.P.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Huge Gumby fan and my kids have followed suit. We have DVDs and they have the bendies. RIP

[AJ Collector]

But Davvvvvvey!

RIP

[TEXASFETT]

A little late on this one but I loved watching Gumby,and started letting my son watch davey and goliath on dvd.He lived a good life ........RIP.

[LonnieFisher]

How sad. I have a Gumby tattoo. Art will be missed. I bought some flexible sculpey to make some custom Gumby and gang stuff about a year ago and haven't started using it yet. He made a lot of people happy. My daughter loved Gumby when she was a little.