Shed a tear for the creator of gentle Gumby. Art Clokey was a disciple of avant-garde film theorist, Slavko Vorkapich, under whose mentorship Clokey filmed Gumbasia (above) and other experimental works. Producer Samuel G. Engel saw and admired Gumbasia’s “claymation,” which led to Clokey’s creation of The Adventures of Gumby as an antidote to the ... read more »

Long before Terminators 1, 2, 3, and 4, a revolt of the machines was successfully quelled by the Great Green Hope otherwise known as Gumby, aided by his four-legged comrade-in-arms, Pokey. Robot Rumpus is one of the earliest and best of the Gumby stop motion shorts directed for television by Art Clokey in his 1950s ... read more »