Gangle and green, you're tall, and you're lean. Show me the stuff that you're made of, 'cause I think I'm in love with you Gumby." -- Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa

GUMBY, POKEY, AND FRIENDS FIND A HOME AT RHINO HOME VIDEO

Rhino Home Video Obtains Home Video Rights Of Complete Gumby Library New-To-DVD Releases Planned for March 2002"You're bendable, dependable, most of all befriendable.

LOS ANGELES -- Rhino Home Video has acquired the home video rights to the entire collection of the highly-acclaimed and much-adored GUMBY animated series. The deal encompasses 214 total episodes of The Gumby Show and The All-New Gumby created from 1956 to 1988 and marks the first time the full library will be available to the public.

Rhino Home Video plans to release DVD boxed sets of the complete library as well as individual DVDs and VHS cassettes of the shorts. This marks the DVD debut of the early episodes and the home video premiere of the 1980s stop-motion animation cartoons. The GUMBY series will be a part of the Kid Rhino brand. Heat Licensing, the master licensor for GUMBY products, was responsible for licensing the deal.

"We knew Rhino Home Video would guard the integrity of what GUMBY stands for–fun, creative, and exciting adventures for the whole family," said Art Clokey, creator of GUMBY.

"If there was ever a series that clearly defined popular culture, it is GUMBY, and Rhino is the ultimate purveyor of pop culture," said Arny Schorr, senior vice president of Rhino Home Video. "We want to properly maintain and expose the feel-good nostalgia that GUMBY represents to its fans of all ages."

Clokey created the GUMBY characters in 1955 and followed with a series in 1956. To this day, he remains one of the most endearing and memorable stop-action, clay-animated characters. First appearing in shorts on The Howdy Doody Show, GUMBY soon had his own Saturday morning TV series, The Gumby Show, and new syndicated episodes were made throughout the 1960s. A final series, The All-New Gumby, broadcast in the late 1980s, and repeated during the 1990s, brought his adventures of to a new generation of fans.

Celebrating his 45th birthday in 2001, GUMBY continues his popular run with the upcoming DVD release, worldwide merchandising efforts, and plans for new Gumby productions.

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