StoryCulture :: Animation

Gumby on the Moon :: From Art Clokey's Clay Animation TV Series

In this episode, Gumby's adventure on the moon inevitably lands him in trouble. His father steps in to rescue, and holds a poignant mirror to Art Clokey's relationship with his birth father and his adoptive father music teacher and composer Joseph W. Clokey.   

The wayward lad is rescued by his father via an extended ladder.

 
The man on the moon looks like a kid drew his face, and somehow it makes life on the moon all the more plausible.

My thanks to Ed Valfre for the video link.

Art Clokey's obituary in the New York Times: here

The Original Gumby Show Intro Song :: Gumby's Creator Art Clokey Died on the 8th of January 2010

News of the death of Art Clokey came as a sad surprise via this article in the LA Times. 

 

I'd posted The Potato Hunter stop motion film yesterday, which was created by Gumby admirer Timothy Lee Hittle.

   

Photos from the studio where Gumby was created: click here

The official Gumby Movie website: click here

Gumby World - official site for all things Gumby: click here

Timothy Lee Hittle's Clay Animation Film: The Potato Hunter

Cringing at the death of a bison-like potato, I fell in love with Hittle's early 16 mm stop motion animation.

A Timothy Lee Hittle Motion Picture 

Hittle states on YouTube, "1991. 16mm film. This was shot before video assist technology was available. You carefully planned the animation and went for it. But you had to wait to get the film processed to see the shot for the first time."

Timothy Lee Hittle is Producer and Director of Animation for Gumby Dahrma, winner of the documentary Emmy in 2008. Hittle is the creator of Jay Clay and Blue, the lead characters of his films Potato Hunter and Canhead. The third Jay Clay film, which will complete the trilogy, is a work in progress. Canhead was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996, for Best Animated Short. His credits include Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach; Pixar's A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, and The Incredibles; and with Henry Sellick Monkey Bone and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. 

Timothy Lee Hittle IMDB biography: click here