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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Art Clokey Animation

Art Clokey was a popular personality in the field of stop motion clay animation.

He was born at Detroit, Michigan on October 12, 1921. His real name was Arthur Clokey.

Clokey gained his popularity from the famous film Gumbasia which he produced in association with his wife Ruth. This movie had a special clay character called "Gumby" who got the centre stage not only in the short film but in the hearts of the viewers too.

Gumbasia was a short film of 3 minute 34 second duration. It was the first venture of the couple in clay animation field. Since then Gumby and his horse Pokey had a popular presence in various TV programs. At present, the popularity of Gumby has grown to such an extent that many cartoon channels have introduced the character in their TV shows. Appearance of Art Clokey's special character on in the TV serials began with the "Howdy Doody Show" and later The "Adventures of Gumby".

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