#Art clockey series

But after cel animation had cemented itself as the primary form of animation, clay was largely tossed aside. It had been around almost as long as film itself, at least as far back as 1908 when Thomas EdisonвЂ™s studio experimented with it. Clokey and Parkander eventually produced 85 Gumby Adventures.Д¬lokey died in his sleep on Januat the age of 88 in his home in Los Osos, California. Clay animation was, by no means, a new creation in the 1950s. вЂThe Gumby ShowвЂ™ premiered in 1956 as part of the NBC Saturday morning line-up. NBC ultimately signed Clokey to a seven-year contract to make a вЂGumbyвЂ™ series. Engel loved the video, and offered to fund a pilot featuring the clay characters. While tutoring the son of Sam Engel, a 20th Century Fox producer, he was asked to make a video that showed pieces of clay moving to jazz music. The professor took him on various trips to Canada, Alaska, Siberia and the American West, which influenced his characters.Д¬lokey later married Ruth Parkander and the two moved to Hollywood. Clokey at the age of nine, after his father died in a car accident. The Gumby creator was born in 1921, and was adopted by music professor Joseph M. When Google users click on the doodle, information about Clokey is loaded. Gumby lead puppet maker Nicole La Pointe-McKay modeled the characters for the doodle.Д¬lokeyвЂ™s son Joe, the creator of the new Gumby Web site, has said the doodle вЂњis a perfect tribute to my fatherвЂ™s workвЂ¦My dad would have been thrilled to be connected with Google in this way.вЂќ

#Art clockey series

He started his career on the вЂGumbyвЂ™ series in the 1980s with Clokey. The doodle was created by Clokey Productions Premavision studios, under the direction of animator Anthony Scott. The characters pose for a moment before rolling back into a ball. By clicking on the balls of clay, Gumby characters appear, including The Blockheads, Prickle, Goo, Gumby and Pokey. ItвЂ™s followed by five colored clay balls for the remaining letters of GoogleвЂ™s logo. The doodle, which replaces the search engineвЂ™s logo on its homepage, features a childвЂ™s block with the letter G on it. In honor of Art ClokeyвЂ™s 90th birthday, Google is honoring the Gumby creator with an interactive stop motion doodle today.