Gumby is a children's TV program that debuted in 1955. Created by Art Clokey, the characters of the show were rendered using claymation, (clay animation and stop-action photography) to create individual scenes. In the 60 years since his creation, Gumby and his orange horse Pokey, have become the most famous claymation characters of all time. Other show characters were Gumby's parents Gumbo & Gumba, and his nemeses the Blockheads. Wikipedia shows the production company answered the phone into at

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