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Jetée · 01-29-2010, 03:00 PM

Art Clokey's predecessor, featured here, paved the way toward the seminal creation of Clokey's The Gumby Show, a popular show making use of stop motion clay animation. Its continued syndication for 10+ years, in addition to its maintained appeal throughout the decades, helped propel the series to be culturally-relevant for 50+ years, and allowing the show to be picked back up with renewed series and stories for renewed generations.
Thank you, Art.

For this little featurette of a post, the first 3 episodes of Gumby will be shown:

All three vignettes aired originally on March 16, 1957
Moon Trip: Part 1
Gumby on The Moon
Trapped on the Moon

Moon Trip: Part 1
Directed by Art Clokey

Gumby on the Moon
Directed by Art Clokey

{If the above embeddable should break, a redirect link: On The Moon | Gumby | Myspace video}

Trapped on the Moon
Directed by Art Clokey
{Currently unavailable}

Gumby goes to the moon in a toy rocket all by himself. This was the very first episode of this beloved series. Like a number of episodes, early on, it's actually a companion episode deal - in this case a two-parter with an ""alternate version"" - the first is MOON TRIP, the second TRAPPED ON THE MOON and the third/final: GUMBY ON THE MOON. In these very early ones, Gumby is EXTREMELY chunky, he is bluish green, and does NOT YET have Pokey. His voice is also MOST childlike here, improving later.

01-29-2010, 03:00 PM	#54 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	The Gumby Show Art Clokey's predecessor, featured here, paved the way toward the seminal creation of Clokey's The Gumby Show, a popular show making use of stop motion clay animation. Its continued syndication for 10+ years, in addition to its maintained appeal throughout the decades, helped propel the series to be culturally-relevant for 50+ years, and allowing the show to be picked back up with renewed series and stories for renewed generations. Thank you, Art. For this little featurette of a post, the first 3 episodes of Gumby will be shown: All three vignettes aired originally on March 16, 1957 Moon Trip: Part 1 Gumby on The Moon Trapped on the Moon Moon Trip: Part 1 Directed by Art Clokey Gumby on the Moon Directed by Art Clokey {If the above embeddable should break, a redirect link: On The Moon \| Gumby \| Myspace video} Trapped on the Moon Directed by Art Clokey {Currently unavailable} Gumby goes to the moon in a toy rocket all by himself. This was the very first episode of this beloved series. Like a number of episodes, early on, it's actually a companion episode deal - in this case a two-parter with an ""alternate version"" - the first is MOON TRIP, the second TRAPPED ON THE MOON and the third/final: GUMBY ON THE MOON. In these very early ones, Gumby is EXTREMELY chunky, he is bluish green, and does NOT YET have Pokey. His voice is also MOST childlike here, improving later. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi