YouTube Troubles Are Over: They Got Gumby

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Friday, March 16th, 2007

Despite the sarcasm of the title, I’m pretty excited to hear that, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Gumby, all 200+ Gumby episodes will soon be available in full length on YouTube, AOL and other video sites. Each episode includes the original soundtrack and has been digitally remastered by Art Clokey, the son of Gumby creator Joe Clokey. The first Gumby episode, Gumby on the Moon, is here.

I grew up on this stuff.

Sharing of Gumby videos has been turned off on YouTube, so no embedding on other sites. I embedded the classic Saturday Night Live skit instead.

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