With Gumby We Could Imagine The Possibilities

Posted on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Today we honor the man who created the possibilities for us Boomers way back when. Clay-animater and visionary, Art Clokey, would have been 90 years old today.

Google Doodle is celebrating the day with an interactive doodle you don’t want to miss. Go ahead… take a look… you know you want to.

Oh, the things we kids of the 50s and 60s dreamed we could do. Would we ever send a man to the moon? Gumby made it seem possible.

“You should see what Gumby can do today.”

If we’re all clay on a potter’s wheel like the Bible says, then shouldn’t that be our theme song, too?
Just imagine…

Thank you, Mr. Clokey.

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7 Responses to
“With Gumby We Could Imagine The Possibilities”

Lisa Marie Mary says: October 13th, 2011 at 2:56 pm

Nice tribute, Patti! I was happy that I saw the Google doodle yesterday – it was really neat and it was neat remembering how excited we all were back when about Gumby!
Pearl says: October 14th, 2011 at 9:54 am

I had both Gumby and Pokey as a child. Oh how I loved those little figures!

Pearl
Patti says: October 14th, 2011 at 11:51 am

Me too, Pearl… and yes, they were so cool! Wish I still had them. 🙁 Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Sheryl says: October 16th, 2011 at 6:01 pm

I also had a Gumby. Thanks for bringing back a warm memory.
Patti says: October 16th, 2011 at 8:33 pm

Thank you, Sheryl, for stopping by and commenting. I LOVE the company! 😉
Bodaciousboomer says: October 17th, 2011 at 9:14 pm

I always wanted to ball Gumby up and make him into something else. Does that make me a bad person? He was just always so good.
Patti says: October 17th, 2011 at 10:21 pm

Ah… Bodacious – I understand. 😉