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So what does it mean when they say someone is Gumby? Funny? Cool? Helpful? or what?
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132.205.154.132 (
talk) 00:01, 12 December 2005
with a purple marge-simpson-like hair? yellow body, white pearl necklace? clunky black shoes? black belly button. pink gloves. (who is this rubbery toy that i have?)
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209.6.26.187 (
talk) 00:35, 24 December 2005
I don't believe that even existed in 1995, Gumby was on Nickelodeon.
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64.122.63.142 (
talk) 15:54, 23 June 2006
There was a parody of Gumby on a Pakistani TV station... I forget the details... I think it used to be included here, but I no longer see it. Anyone have any idea? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.225.144 ( talk) 09:55, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Didn't Jhonen Vasquez parody Gumby with a T.V. show that was referenced throughout Johnny The Homicidal Maniac? 71.89.2.22 ( talk) 02:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Just curious, are any Gumby episodes in the Public Domain? I'm doing an MSTesque thing for friends and I need a short for my first episode, however I can't find any that are actually bad, and any that are have been featured on MST or on RiffTrax, and I want to avoid using them. Joe Davison 18:42, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Anyone remember those strange clips that had Gumby with red eyes? What was with those episodes? They were always strange. Katana Geldar 11:31, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
NPR coverage of the creator's death mentions that Gumby was named after
gumbo soil/
gumbo (soil), a clay-like substance sometimes described as
gumbo clay and sometimes compared to
adobe clay. There are mentions in WP & elsewhere on Web & in dictionaries.
--
Jerzy•
t 03:10, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm surprised there's no mention of Eddie Murphy's version of the Gumby character from when he was a performer on Saturday Night Live. I do understand he wasn't perhaps "officially" performing as Gumby, but he did put on a costume that looked like the actual Gumby character. One could debate that part of the actual Gumby character's new popularity in the 80's was due to his, for lack of a better term, interpitation of the actual Gumby claymation character. Any thoughts on why Eddie Murphy's version isn't included? 69.76.14.139 ( talk) 15:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, to edit myself I did find VERY brief mention of the costume used by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live. Still, I'd think the article should have a bit more mention of his version of the Gumby character. I am in my early 40's, I honestly wasn't aware of the Gumby character as a child until I saw him do a skit on Saturday Night Live in the early 80's. I then asked my parents what character he was imitating, and found out about the original claymation version of the Gumby character that way. I'd suspect for many, their first exposure to Gumby was through his version of the character, and then from that seeking out or at least asking about the actual claymation shows. 69.76.14.139 ( talk) 16:04, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
In the movie Red Heat (starring Schwarzenegger and Belushi), Ivan Danko (Schwarzenegger) is jokingly called "Gumby" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.134.174.203 ( talk) 15:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
isn't this article right to add?-- マークレアスト ( talk) 03:05, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
"Some say that the mascot of Expo 2010( Haibao( resembles Gumby [s 1]
"
References
I don't know enough about the subject but here is some useful links. [1] Dwanyewest ( talk) 23:19, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
With the death of Dick Beals, the news media has been repeating that he was the original voice of Gumby. He was not. The original voice was a woman named Ruth Eggleston. Beals provided voices in some episodes of the show, but if he ever voiced Gumby, it was not on a regular basis, and it was not until later in the run.
From the official Gumby website http://www.gumbyworld.com/gumby-characters/gumby/gumbys-name-personality-voice/
"Art Clokey has made a number of timeless archetypes that represent something special for America. What those characters sound like is a large part of their personas. We asked Art about the people whose voices are part of the characters. Who did the first voice of Gumby, and who did the voice after that?
“Well, the first voice of Gumby was a woman. She was the wife of our art director and first artist, Al Eggleston. Her name was Ruth Eggleston. Art and Ruth Clokey brought on Al and Ruth Eggleston as their fist collaborators. Art and Al came up with sets, while Ruth Eggleston, Art and Al provided the voices for most of the characters in the 1956 episodes.
During the 1957 episodes, Dallas McKennon voiced Gumby, and Art continued to do Pokey, Gumbo and various other voices. Dal was an experienced actor who did major voice work for many Disney classics such as Bed Knobs and Broomsticks and Mary Poppins. He later was the voice of Archie and Buz Buzzard, and he starred in The Daniel Boone Show as Cincinatus.
In the early 60’s, Ginny Tyler of Mickey Mouse Club fame did the Gumby voice for a few episodes, while Dal was the voice of Gumby for most of the episodes in the early 60’s. Dick Beals (who was also the voice of the 1960’s Davey) subbed as Gumby’s voice for a few episodes in the mid 60’s. Norma McMillan (the late 60’s/early 70’s Davey) was the voice of Gumby in the late 60’s. She was also the voice of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Dal came back to do the voice of Gumby in the 80’s series and the 90’s movie."
Perhaps the confusion comes from the fact that Norma MacMillan replaced Dick Beals as Davey, and her Gumby voice resembled her Davey voice. Those who did not know that Davey had more than one VA may have mistakenly assumed that it was Beals voicing Gumby in the instances where it was MacMillan.
Either way, Art has said on multiple occasions that Ruth Eggleston was Gumby's original voice, and having seen the early shorts, I can say that it is definitely not Dick Beals in those.-- TServo2050 ( talk) 22:01, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia seems devoid of information on the stupid lawsuit by Prema Toy Company against a child nicknamed Pokey (for completely unrelated reasons) over his Pokey.org blog. This received national press coverage (New York Times, etc.), has been devoted entire chapters in mainstream books like Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law, and Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity, and is a frequently cited example of the Streisand effect, of copyfraud (technically " markfraud"), and of a nuisance lawsuit. I suspect a whitewashing job has been done on these articles by Prema or someone closely connected with them. WP used to have comprehensive information about this. This is actually affecting the Googleability of information about the case – it's getting difficult to find much if you don't know the full case name.
Please centralize discussion at Talk:Art Clokey#Prema's Pokey lawsuit against a child, since both Premavision (parent company) and Prema Toy Company (subsidiary and actual party) redirect there. — AReaderOutThataway t/ c 03:11, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
The redirect
The All-New Gumby has been listed at
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redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 15 § The All-New Gumby until a consensus is reached.
Steel1943 (
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The redirect
Gumby Summer Fun Special has been listed at
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Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 15 § Gumby Summer Fun Special until a consensus is reached.
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So what does it mean when they say someone is Gumby? Funny? Cool? Helpful? or what?
— Preceding
unsigned comment added by
132.205.154.132 (
talk) 00:01, 12 December 2005
with a purple marge-simpson-like hair? yellow body, white pearl necklace? clunky black shoes? black belly button. pink gloves. (who is this rubbery toy that i have?)
— Preceding
unsigned comment added by
209.6.26.187 (
talk) 00:35, 24 December 2005
I don't believe that even existed in 1995, Gumby was on Nickelodeon.
— Preceding
unsigned comment added by
64.122.63.142 (
talk) 15:54, 23 June 2006
There was a parody of Gumby on a Pakistani TV station... I forget the details... I think it used to be included here, but I no longer see it. Anyone have any idea? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.225.144 ( talk) 09:55, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Didn't Jhonen Vasquez parody Gumby with a T.V. show that was referenced throughout Johnny The Homicidal Maniac? 71.89.2.22 ( talk) 02:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Just curious, are any Gumby episodes in the Public Domain? I'm doing an MSTesque thing for friends and I need a short for my first episode, however I can't find any that are actually bad, and any that are have been featured on MST or on RiffTrax, and I want to avoid using them. Joe Davison 18:42, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Anyone remember those strange clips that had Gumby with red eyes? What was with those episodes? They were always strange. Katana Geldar 11:31, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
NPR coverage of the creator's death mentions that Gumby was named after
gumbo soil/
gumbo (soil), a clay-like substance sometimes described as
gumbo clay and sometimes compared to
adobe clay. There are mentions in WP & elsewhere on Web & in dictionaries.
--
Jerzy•
t 03:10, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
I'm surprised there's no mention of Eddie Murphy's version of the Gumby character from when he was a performer on Saturday Night Live. I do understand he wasn't perhaps "officially" performing as Gumby, but he did put on a costume that looked like the actual Gumby character. One could debate that part of the actual Gumby character's new popularity in the 80's was due to his, for lack of a better term, interpitation of the actual Gumby claymation character. Any thoughts on why Eddie Murphy's version isn't included? 69.76.14.139 ( talk) 15:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Okay, to edit myself I did find VERY brief mention of the costume used by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live. Still, I'd think the article should have a bit more mention of his version of the Gumby character. I am in my early 40's, I honestly wasn't aware of the Gumby character as a child until I saw him do a skit on Saturday Night Live in the early 80's. I then asked my parents what character he was imitating, and found out about the original claymation version of the Gumby character that way. I'd suspect for many, their first exposure to Gumby was through his version of the character, and then from that seeking out or at least asking about the actual claymation shows. 69.76.14.139 ( talk) 16:04, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
In the movie Red Heat (starring Schwarzenegger and Belushi), Ivan Danko (Schwarzenegger) is jokingly called "Gumby" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.134.174.203 ( talk) 15:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
isn't this article right to add?-- マークレアスト ( talk) 03:05, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
"Some say that the mascot of Expo 2010( Haibao( resembles Gumby [s 1]
"
References
I don't know enough about the subject but here is some useful links. [1] Dwanyewest ( talk) 23:19, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
With the death of Dick Beals, the news media has been repeating that he was the original voice of Gumby. He was not. The original voice was a woman named Ruth Eggleston. Beals provided voices in some episodes of the show, but if he ever voiced Gumby, it was not on a regular basis, and it was not until later in the run.
From the official Gumby website http://www.gumbyworld.com/gumby-characters/gumby/gumbys-name-personality-voice/
"Art Clokey has made a number of timeless archetypes that represent something special for America. What those characters sound like is a large part of their personas. We asked Art about the people whose voices are part of the characters. Who did the first voice of Gumby, and who did the voice after that?
“Well, the first voice of Gumby was a woman. She was the wife of our art director and first artist, Al Eggleston. Her name was Ruth Eggleston. Art and Ruth Clokey brought on Al and Ruth Eggleston as their fist collaborators. Art and Al came up with sets, while Ruth Eggleston, Art and Al provided the voices for most of the characters in the 1956 episodes.
During the 1957 episodes, Dallas McKennon voiced Gumby, and Art continued to do Pokey, Gumbo and various other voices. Dal was an experienced actor who did major voice work for many Disney classics such as Bed Knobs and Broomsticks and Mary Poppins. He later was the voice of Archie and Buz Buzzard, and he starred in The Daniel Boone Show as Cincinatus.
In the early 60’s, Ginny Tyler of Mickey Mouse Club fame did the Gumby voice for a few episodes, while Dal was the voice of Gumby for most of the episodes in the early 60’s. Dick Beals (who was also the voice of the 1960’s Davey) subbed as Gumby’s voice for a few episodes in the mid 60’s. Norma McMillan (the late 60’s/early 70’s Davey) was the voice of Gumby in the late 60’s. She was also the voice of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Dal came back to do the voice of Gumby in the 80’s series and the 90’s movie."
Perhaps the confusion comes from the fact that Norma MacMillan replaced Dick Beals as Davey, and her Gumby voice resembled her Davey voice. Those who did not know that Davey had more than one VA may have mistakenly assumed that it was Beals voicing Gumby in the instances where it was MacMillan.
Either way, Art has said on multiple occasions that Ruth Eggleston was Gumby's original voice, and having seen the early shorts, I can say that it is definitely not Dick Beals in those.-- TServo2050 ( talk) 22:01, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia seems devoid of information on the stupid lawsuit by Prema Toy Company against a child nicknamed Pokey (for completely unrelated reasons) over his Pokey.org blog. This received national press coverage (New York Times, etc.), has been devoted entire chapters in mainstream books like Copyfraud and Other Abuses of Intellectual Property Law, and Unusually Stupid Americans: A Compendium of All-American Stupidity, and is a frequently cited example of the Streisand effect, of copyfraud (technically " markfraud"), and of a nuisance lawsuit. I suspect a whitewashing job has been done on these articles by Prema or someone closely connected with them. WP used to have comprehensive information about this. This is actually affecting the Googleability of information about the case – it's getting difficult to find much if you don't know the full case name.
Please centralize discussion at Talk:Art Clokey#Prema's Pokey lawsuit against a child, since both Premavision (parent company) and Prema Toy Company (subsidiary and actual party) redirect there. — AReaderOutThataway t/ c 03:11, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
The redirect
The All-New Gumby has been listed at
redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the
redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 15 § The All-New Gumby until a consensus is reached.
Steel1943 (
talk) 17:21, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
The redirect
Gumby Summer Fun Special has been listed at
redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the
redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 15 § Gumby Summer Fun Special until a consensus is reached.
Steel1943 (
talk) 17:30, 15 December 2023 (UTC)