Shlup
01-09-2010, 09:27 PM
Gumby animator Art Clokey dies at 88 in California - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_en_ot/us_obit_gumby_creator)
I know to a lot of people this isn't a big deal, but I loved Gumby growing up. Loved. When I was like twelve my Nana bought me a Gumby track jacket for 50 cents at an estate sale (welcome to my childhood) and I wore it until it was in pieces because Gumby is a pimp.
And check this dude out:
"I didn't allow merchandising for seven years after it was on the air," Clokey told San Luis Obispo Tribune in 2002, "because I was very idealistic, and I didn't want parents to think we were trying to exploit their children."
Now that's a stand up fellow right there, I tell you what.
R.I.P. Art
I know to a lot of people this isn't a big deal, but I loved Gumby growing up. Loved. When I was like twelve my Nana bought me a Gumby track jacket for 50 cents at an estate sale (welcome to my childhood) and I wore it until it was in pieces because Gumby is a pimp.
And check this dude out:
"I didn't allow merchandising for seven years after it was on the air," Clokey told San Luis Obispo Tribune in 2002, "because I was very idealistic, and I didn't want parents to think we were trying to exploit their children."
Now that's a stand up fellow right there, I tell you what.
R.I.P. Art