Art Clokey Quotes

Arthur "Art" Clokey was an American pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, best known as the creator of the character Gumby and the original voice of Gumby's sidekick, Pokey. Clokey's career began in 1953 with a film experiment called Gumbasia, which was influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California. Clokey and his wife Ruth subsequently came up with the clay character Gumby and his horse Pokey, who first appeared in the Howdy Doody Show and later got their own series The Adventures of Gumby, from which they became a familiar presence on American television. 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.

Clokey's second most famous production is the duo of Davey and Goliath, funded by the Lutheran Church in America .Clokey founded the company Premavision around his Gumby and Pokey franchise. Wikipedia

✵ 12. October 1921 – 8. January 2010

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Famous Art Clokey Quotes

“The essence of Gumby is that he makes children feel safe. He's their greatest pal.”

Quoted by Mike Antonucci (Knight Ridder), "Gumby's creator formed a spirit in clay", The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 January 1998, p. 6E

“I didn’t allow merchandising for seven years after it was on the air because I was very idealistic, and I didn’t want parents to think we were trying to exploit their children.”

Interview by Patrick S. Pemberton, "Once and Future Gumby", The Tribune (San Luis Obispo), 13 February 2002, p. A1

“It’s so satisfying, and when you see it on screen, you feel like God because you’re bringing life to clay.”

Quoted in obituary by Patrick S. Pemberton http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/982773.html, The Tribune (SanLuisObispo.com), 9 January 2010

“There's none of this wisecracking and cynicism that you see in … some of the other cartoons. He's supposed to be a role model for kids. He cares about other people.”

Quoted by Michelle Locke (Associated Press), "Gumby comes back to TV", The Dispatch (Lexington), 14 November 1995, p. 6B

“Clay is embedded in our subconscious. It has been there for at least 50,000 years.”

Quoted by Mike Antonucci (Knight Ridder), "Gumby's creator formed a spirit in clay", The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 January 1998, p. 6E

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