Google pays tribute to clay animation expert Arthur “Art” Clokey — Gumby and the gang invades search engine giant’s homepage.

According to Art Clokey’s WikiPedia entry, he was born on October 12, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan. The site also noted that Art Clokey’s birth name is Arthur C. Farrington, but he was adopted by Joseph Clokey when he was 12. The older Clokey was a composer working at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Gumby The Movie was released in 1995, and Namco created a Gumby video game for the Game Boy Advance titled “Gumby vs. the Astrobots.” In 2007, Google-owned YouTube featured all 200+ full-length episodes of Gumby in celebration of the TV character’s 50th anniversary.

Art Clokey died in his sleep on January 8, 2010 due to a recurrent bladder infection.

Take a look at his google doodle :