"named ""Gumby"" the best cartoon series of the 1950s in its issue celebrating 40 years of television. Beginning in 1994, the Library of Congress used Gumby as a ""spokescharacter"" for ""Adventures into Books: Gumby's World"", a traveling exhibition that promoted the Center for the Book's national reading campaign from 1997 to 2000. By the end of the 1990s, Gumby and Pokey had also appeared in various commercials for Cheerios cereal, most notably Frosted Cheerios. On August 4, 2006, the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta opened ""Art Clokey's Gumby: The First Fifty Years"". This exhibition featured many of the original"
"clay animations, produced by Premavision Studios. Art Clokey Arthur ""Art"" Clokey (born Arthur Charles Farrington; October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, best known as the creator of the character Gumby and the original voice of Gumby's sidekick, Pokey. Clokey's career began in 1955 with a film experiment called ""Gumbasia"", which was influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California. Clokey and his wife Ruth subsequently came up with the clay character Gumby and his horse Pokey, who first appeared in the ""Howdy Doody"
"Art Clokey Arthur ""Art"" Clokey (born Arthur Charles Farrington; October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, best known as the creator of the character Gumby and the original voice of Gumby's sidekick, Pokey. Clokey's career began in 1955 with a film experiment called ""Gumbasia"", which was influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California. Clokey and his wife Ruth subsequently came up with the clay character Gumby and his horse Pokey, who first appeared in the ""Howdy Doody Show"", and later got their own"
"name ""Gumby"" came from the muddy clay found at Clokey's grandparents' farm that his family called ""gumbo"". Gumby's appearance was inspired by a suggestion from his wife, Ruth (née Parkander), that Gumby be based on the Gingerbread Man. The color green was then chosen because Clokey saw it as both racially neutral and a symbol of life. Gumby's legs and feet were made wide for pragmatic reasons; they ensured that the character would stand up during stop-motion filming. Gumby's famous slanted head was based on the hairstyle of Clokey's father, Charles Farrington, in an old photograph. Clokey's pilot episode was"
"inspired by the trouble-making Katzenjammer Kids. Other characters include Prickle, a yellow dinosaur who sometimes styles himself as a detective with pipe and deerstalker hat like Sherlock Holmes; Goo, a flying blue mermaid who spits blue goo balls and can change shape at will; Gumbo and Gumba, Gumby's parents; and Nopey, Gumby's dog whose entire vocabulary is the word ""nope"". The 1988 syndicated series added Gumby's sister Minga, mastodon friend Denali and chicken friend Tilly. Gumby was created by Art Clokey in the early 1950s after he finished film school at the University of Southern California (USC). Clokey's first animated"
"Gumbys Gumbys are recurring characters in ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", characterised by a very distinctive appearance. Gumbys are portrayed with toothbrush moustaches, wear handkerchiefs, knotted at each corner, on their heads, wire-rimmed spectacles, braces, Fair Isle knitted tank tops, 1950s shirts rolled up to the elbows (without the detachable collar), trousers rolled up above their knees, and gumboots. The characters usually hold their arms in an ape-like position, speak slowly and forcefully, and pronounce words syllable by syllable. Though created by John Cleese, the Gumbys were most often played by Michael Palin, although Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Cleese also"
"Gumbys Gumbys are recurring characters in ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", characterised by a very distinctive appearance. Gumbys are portrayed with toothbrush moustaches, wear handkerchiefs, knotted at each corner, on their heads, wire-rimmed spectacles, braces, Fair Isle knitted tank tops, 1950s shirts rolled up to the elbows (without the detachable collar), trousers rolled up above their knees, and gumboots. The characters usually hold their arms in an ape-like position, speak slowly and forcefully, and pronounce words syllable by syllable. Though created by John Cleese, the Gumbys were most often played by Michael Palin, although Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Cleese also"
"for television syndication in association with Lorimar-Telepictures in 1987. Dallas McKennon returned to voice Gumby in the new adventures, in which Gumby and his pals traveled beyond their toyland-type setting and established themselves as a musical band. The show also included new characters, such as Gumby's little sister Minga, a mastodon named Denali and a chicken named Tilly. In addition to the new episodes, the 1950s and 1960s shorts were included in the series, but with new audio. The voices were re-recorded and the original music was replaced by Jerry Gerber's synthesizer score from the 1987 series. Legal issues prevented"
"Furby Furby is an American electronic robotic toy released in 1998 by Tiger Electronics. It resembles a hamster or owl-like creature and went through a period of being a ""must-have"" toy following its holiday season launch, with continual sales until 2000. Over 40 million Furbies were sold during the three years of its original production, with 1.8 million sold in 1998, and 14 million in 1999. Its speaking capabilities were translated into 24 languages. Furbies were the first successful attempt to produce and sell a domestically-aimed robot. A newly purchased Furby starts out speaking entirely ""Furbish"", the unique language that"
"ever since. He has produced over 50 different designer toys. Ronnnie Rabbbit was English's first designer toy, produced in 2005 by Dark Horse. In 2013, he joined Slash to create a limited edition fiberglass bust of the image used for the ""Slash and Friends"" album artwork. He also joined singer Chris Brown to launch their ""Dum English"" toy; a 10-inch turquoise and pink Astronaut Star Skull. In 2013, English collaborated with rock band Pearl Jam to produce ""Falla Sheep"", a blind box line-up with seven color variants of 3.5 inch sheep in wolves' clothing toys. These were sold in stores"
"eggs"" and ""games"" built into them. Furby babies come in 24 different colors. All have white eyelashes and one of six different eyecolors. Novel Furbies were also released, including an interactive Furby-like ""Gizmo"", from the film ""Gremlins"", a Furby-like ""Interactive Yoda"" based on the Star Wars character, and a Furby-like ""Interactive E.T."" from the movie of the same name. Another ""friend of Furby"", called ""Shelby"", is similar to Furby, but looks like a clam, has vast improvements in memory, and has a different personality; it was released in 2001 and can communicate with the original Furbies and Furby Babies. They"
"is quite the handyman. -Zuzu: Charley's dog, possibly a golden retriever. Franny named him, much to Charley's annoyance. -Franny: Charley's baby sister. She mostly speaks gibberish. -Lily: A brown female penguin and Charley's crush. She has curly black pigtails. At the beach, she wears a yellow swimsuit. She has a female teddy bear who Charley won for her at a carnival, with Mimmo falling in love with said teddy bear. -Lola: Another female penguin. She has brown feathers and blond hair with bangs. -Paulie: A male penguin. He has reddish-brown and white feathers, curly hair, and freckles. Charley and Mimmo"
"cremello, which is the next most likely colouring. In 'The Silver Brumby', the special relationship between Thowra and his mother Bel Bel is due to their unusual shared colouring: Bel Bel's other foals by the chestnut stallion Yarraman are all chestnut. In the cartoon series and the movie released in the mid-1990s, the 'creamies' are represented as Palominos, but earlier cover art shows the silver horses as greys (white) Original Cover Art. Despite the early representation of Thowra as a grey horse, there are several grey horses within the books, including Thowra's mate Boon Boon, and the grey stallion Cloud"
"Gumby (played by Cleese), standing ankle-deep in a river, says ""I would put a tax... on all people... who stand... in water."" He then shouts in alarm as he notices that he is standing in water. They also appeared in their own sketches, such as ""Flower Arranging"" and ""Gumby Brain Surgery"". A popular Gumby catchphrase is ""My brain hurts!"", which was used in the ""Brain Surgery"" sketch. This is also heard in the trailer for ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"", when the crew is supposedly ""looking"" for someone to voice the trailer. While playing a clip of King Arthur"
"horses. The current animals on the show are Shelley the tortoise and Iggy the trainee guide dog puppy. Rags, a pony, named by viewers, was purchased with the proceeds of a Christmas appeal in the late 1970s as a Riding for the Disabled horse. The ""Blue Peter"" parrot—Joey, and one successor, Barney—featured in the 1960s, but when Barney, a blue-fronted amazon, died, he was not replaced. In a 1986 documentary shown on BBC2 as part of the ""Did You See...?"" series, former presenter Peter Purves recalled that Biddy Baxter, the show's editor, had called him in floods of tears on"
"close friend to him. Emma (Voiceover) – Emma is Zoe's friend. Although she's not shown on-screen, she is heard in Zoe's PDA when she's calling her. Emma is heard in ""Goodbye, We Must Be Staying"" and ""Back to the Present"". She often doesn't believe Zoe that Animalia exists. Note: In a nod to the book, the names of all the Animalians begin with the first letter of their species name. G'Bubu (Chris Hobbs) – G'Bubu is a large, green American gorilla who lives in his tree house home with his best friend Iggy. Still a teenager himself, G'Bubu is fun-loving"
"bendable figures by Lakeside Toys. Several single packs and multi-figure sets by Jesco (later Trendmasters), as well as a 50th anniversary collection, have been made of the Gumby characters. Also included in the Gumby merchandise catalog are plush dolls, keychains, mugs, a 1988 Colorforms set, a 1995 Trendmasters playset and a Kubricks set by Medicom. A tribute album, ""Gumby: The Green Album"", produced by Shepard Stern, was released in 1989 through Buena Vista Records. In August 2005, the first video game featuring Gumby, ""Gumby vs. the Astrobots"", was released by Namco for the Game Boy Advance. In it, Gumby must"
"all the ponies, Rainbow Dash is stylish, and also caring. She herself sometimes care about her friends more than her outside appearance, thought she can freak out on some occasions. She usually speaks with a British accent and always adds the word ""darling"" into her speeches. An earth pony with a mint green body and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is three swirled mint candies. Minty is described to be a green machine, who likes anything green. She also loves collecting socks, standing on her head and playing checkers with Sweetberry. She is also a complete klutz,"
"by Frank Smith of Big Foot, Texas. A. A. Nichols of Gilbert, Arizona registered him with the AQHA. He traced twice to Traveler on his dam's side. Sometimes his dam is given as a daughter of Uncle Jimmie Gray (TB) named Golden Girl or Golden Wheel, but the AQHA considers his dam to be Blondie S. Nichols said that as a yearling, the colt had such big feet that his friends teased him and said that the horse's feet looked like clapboards, thus the horse's name. Certainly, Clabber was no pretty horse, and had a number of conformation faults. Clabber's"
"she can freak out on some occasions. She usually speaks with a British accent and always adds the word ""darling"" into her speeches. An earth pony with a mint green body and a pink mane and tail. Her cutie mark is three swirled mint candies. Minty is described to be a green machine, who likes anything green. She also loves collecting socks, standing on her head and playing checkers with Sweetberry. She is also a complete klutz, always tripping into some things without looking where she is going, or crashing to some obstacles and ending up breaking things. Minty also"
"Buzby Buzby was a yellow (later orange) talking cartoon bird, launched in 1976 as part of a marketing campaign by Post Office Telecommunications, which later became British Telecommunications (BT). Buzby appeared in a series of television commercials with the catchphrase: ""Make someone happy with a phone call"". Buzby's voice was provided by Bernard Cribbins. The campaign spawned many marketing items, such as toys, badges, a comic strip in ""TV Comic"", and books, and lasted until well into the 1980s. British Telecom produced and sold a ""Buzby"" wrist watch with Buzby perched on the second hand. The watch had a blue"
"in the short plays or poems the group act out in between rounds. She has a lucky object called Mr Cheese, a plastic lump of cheese that squeaks whenever it is squeezed. Voiced by Sue Monroe. Mukka is an extremely hyperactive purple monkey. He has a lucky object called Fluffy Stuff and a pet lump called Lumpy. Voiced by Wim Booth, Gary Martin in Restored Episodes On DVD And VHS Dogsby is a brown dog, the most sensible member of the group, and usually stays calm in most circumstances. Dogsby's lucky object is a purple and yellow hat named Lucky"
"Converse made a great variety of toys, including Noah's Arks, doll furniture, kiddie riding racers, hobby horses, floor whirligigs, drums, wagon blocks, building blocks, pianos, trunks, ten pins, farm houses, and musical roller chimes. Such a large number of toys were made in Winchendon that it became known as Toy Town. The original Giant Rocking Horse was built in 1912 by Morton Converse. The grey hobby horse was named Clyde, and made from nine pine trees. It was a copy of the company’s #12 rocking horse. In 1914, Clyde entered the local parade to celebrate the town’s 150th anniversary. Clyde"
"her husband Thor returned to Canada in 1993. She died in March 2001, at the age of 79 and Thor died in 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Norma MacMillan Norma MacMillan (September 15, 1921 – March 16, 2001) was a Canadian voice actress, best known for voicing numerous animation and claymation children's characters, including Casper the Friendly Ghost on ""The New Casper Cartoon Show"", Gumby on ""The Gumby Show"" and Davey on ""Davey and Goliath"". MacMillan was born on September 15, 1921, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and began her career there as a stage actress. It was in Vancouver"
"isn't thrilled with the idea of going to a new school and living in a strange home. One day, Gooby, a teddy bear that Willy had as a little boy, arrives at the new house. This version of Gooby is nearly six feet tall, able to talk, and wants to help; Willy decides that the two will be friends, but he must hide Gooby from his parents. Left alone for long hours while Willy goes to school, Gooby is frequently bored. He passes the time by causing trouble, convincing the nanny that there are critters inside the house, stealing cookies"
"only Clokey's puppet films, but also interviews and games. During this time, the show went through a succession of two hosts, Robert Nicholson and Pinky Lee. In 1959, ""The Gumby Show"" entered syndication, and more episodes were produced in the 1960s. Production started in Hollywood and in 1960 moved to a larger studio in Glendora, California, where it remained until production ended in 1969. During this time, Gumby was primarily voiced by Norma MacMillan, and occasionally by Ginny Tyler. The cartoon shorts introduced new characters including a blue mermaid named Goo and a yellow dinosaur named Prickle. Beginning in 1982,"
"He could speak no English and was joined by Dog, who loved nothing more than bones and playing hide and seek and Arabella, a frog who would sometimes come across a little bossy but loved to try new things. The buddets were flowers who were known for their singing. Tiny was later joined by presenters Sarah Davison and Sophie Aldred, then-in 1999-a lifelike doll named Tammy (Tam). The last series was created two years later. In its day, TCC created some original programming. ""Connect 4"" and ""The Super Mario Challenge"" were popular tea-time quiz shows. Some other 'in-between' show segments"
"actor for Ed's spoken lines was Allan ""Rocky"" Lane, a former B-movie cowboy star. Sheldon Allman provided Ed's singing voice in episodes; his solo line (""I am Mister Ed"") at the close of the show's theme song was provided by its composer, Jay Livingston. Allan Lane was alluded to by the producers only as ""an actor who prefers to remain nameless."" After the show became a hit, Lane campaigned the producers for credit but never received it. The horse Bamboo Harvester portrayed Ed throughout the run. Ed's stablemate, a quarterhorse named Pumpkin, also served as Bamboo Harvester's stunt double for"
"Piggy is short for ""Pigathius"", ""from the Greek, meaning 'river of passion'"". Also during the Jim Nabors episode when asked what (astrological) sign she was born under she replied that she wasn't born under a sign, she was born over one, ""Becker's Butcher shop"". She portrayed ""Wonder Pig"", a spoof a Wonder Woman in episode 419 while Lynda Carter sang ""The Rubberband Man"" and ""Orange Colored Sky"". In the series, Miss Piggy owned a pet; a white bichon frisé dog named Foo-Foo (performed by Steve Whitmire), who is one of the few characters that doesn't speak. Piggy is often seen"
"Jiminy Cricket Jiminy Cricket is the Walt Disney version of the Talking Cricket (Italian: ""Il Grillo Parlante""), a fictional character created by Italian writer Carlo Collodi for his children's book ""The Adventures of Pinocchio"", which Disney adapted into the animated film ""Pinocchio"" in 1940. Originally an unnamed, minor character in Collodi's novel, he was transformed in the Disney version into a comical and wise partner who accompanies Pinocchio on his adventures, having been appointed by the Blue Fairy (known in the book as The Fairy with Turquoise Hair) to serve as Pinocchio's official conscience. His design is different from real"
"Gumby and the others meet other characters who George Pal animated, such as the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Alka-Seltzer mascot Speedy. Gumby then thanks George Pal for making all this possible, and everybody cheers. The screen pans out and shows a gremlin, who looks at the audience, says ""George Pal!"" in a raspy voice, then climbs up a support beam while laughing hysterically. In addition to the film shorts listed above, the following Pal film shorts are also included in the 2000 DVD edition from Image Entertainment and the 2013 Blu-ray edition from B2MP: ""What Ho She Bumps"", ""Mr. Strauss"
"Aside from his best friend Bill Badger, some of the most enduring pals are an elephant (Edward Trunk), a mouse (Willie), Pong-Ping the Pekingese, Algy Pug (who actually pre-dates Rupert), Podgy Pig, Bingo the Brainy Pup, Freddie and Ferdy Fox, the identical twins Reggie and Rex Rabbit, and Ming the dragon. The kindly Wise Old Goat also lives in Nutwood, and helps Rupert in some of his adventures. One of the most unusual and evocative characters is Raggety, a woodland troll-creature made from twigs, who is often very grumpy and annoying. In the 2006 television revival of the series, Raggety"
"strap. Buzby Buzby was a yellow (later orange) talking cartoon bird, launched in 1976 as part of a marketing campaign by Post Office Telecommunications, which later became British Telecommunications (BT). Buzby appeared in a series of television commercials with the catchphrase: ""Make someone happy with a phone call"". Buzby's voice was provided by Bernard Cribbins. The campaign spawned many marketing items, such as toys, badges, a comic strip in ""TV Comic"", and books, and lasted until well into the 1980s. British Telecom produced and sold a ""Buzby"" wrist watch with Buzby perched on the second hand. The watch had a"