Gumby Google Doodle for Art Clokey’s 90th birthday

In celebration of what would have been Art Clokey’s 90 Birthday, Google created its newest Google Doodle with an animated, claymation of Gumby and Friends!

According to Washington Post’s Michael Cavna, the clickable animation also marks the launch of the website GumbyWorld, which features anecdotes, pictures and rare film clips.

The Gumby Doodle — which starts off with several clay balls and a child’s wooden block — was created by top animator Anthony Scott (“Coraline,” “Corpse Bride”) and puppet/prop maker Nicole LaPointe-McKay for the Clokey Productions Premavision studios.

(Click on each ball or block and a figure springs to life — including the galloping Pokey, Prickle the yellow dinosaur, the Blockheads and Goo, the flying blue goo-ball mermaid. Or click on Gumby himself and he bounces into a ball, a block and then a heart.

Check out the Washington Post’s Michael Cavna’s article regarding the Gumby Doodle.

Visit Gumby World: http://www.gumbyworld.com/

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