Art Clokey Google doodle

Today Google honors Art Clokey with a "Gumby"-Doodle on the homepage. Art Clokey was a pioneer in the stop motion clay animation. He was born on Oct. 12, 1921 - 75 years ago. His birthname was Arthur C. Farrington. When Art was nine years old, his parents divorced. He lived with his father, but he died in a car accident. His Mother - and stepfather - had no interests in him. So the 12 year old Art was adopted by Joseph W. Clokey. 1955 his experimental short film "Gumbasia" released (3:34 min). It was a parody of and an homage to Disney's Fantasia. From this, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby (the green one). Gumby gets famous on many TV-episodes and shows. Happy Birthday, Art Clokey. music: "Olde Timey" by Kevin MacLeod More info in my blog: http://www.tagseoblog.de/interaktives-gumby-doodle-fuer-art-clokey (german)

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