According to an Associated Press news item on CNN.com, claymation animator Art Clokey died today of natural causes at age 88 in Los Osos, California. He initially created Gumby and Pokey cartoons and shorts in the 1950s for “The Howdy Doody Show” plus several television series later in the decade.Clokey once revealed in an interview that he invented Gumby’s lopsided head to look like his own father’s. As scary as that might be, from this photo it’s not hard to see the family resemblance ... although I think Gumby’s complexion is a more natural color. Gumby is the one on the right; Pokey was unavailable at the time of this photo shoot.
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