90 of the memory of Arthur Kluki

Arthur Kluki
The Arthur Kluki (October 12 (October) from 0.1921 to 8 January (January), 2010) one of the pioneers who spread on the hands is known as fees clay animation style stop-motion (stop motion), which were beginning to appear in the experience of Film in 1955known as Jambasia (Gumbasia), where the impact of this experience in his great teacher Slavko Forqabica (Slavko Vorkapich), professor at the University of SouthernCalifornia. need to source from the project Jambasia, and his wife created the ArthurRath personal Jambi (Gumby). Since then, the reputation of Jambi and horse Bucky(Pokey) on television, where at noon in several series which began with a series ofworkshops Howda Dodi (Howdy Doody Show) and the subsequent adventures of Jambi(The Adventures of Gumby). The renewed interest in these figures in the eighties of last century, when imitated comedian Eddie Movie Jambi character in a skit entitled "Sunday night on the air" (Saturday Night Live). In the nineties of the last century has been a film Jambi (Gumby: The Movie), to attract public attention to a greater extent. It is the second of the famous duet Kluki Duffy and Jaleatt (Davey and Goliath), which was produced with funding from the American Lutheran Church (Lutheran Church in America). [1]

Biography Kluki Born in Detroit, Michigan on 12 October (October) 1921. And when he knew his birth name of Arthur C. Farinjton. When he was nine, his parents separated and continued to live with his father, Charles Farinjton. After the death of his father in a car accident, he moved to live with his mother in California, but his stepfather did not want to raise a child to another man, Arthur, and then go to live in a shelter orphans. When he reaches the twelfth Kluki adopted by Joseph W. (Joseph W. Clokey), and who was working as composer of classical music and plays on the machine, organ music and a teacher of music at Pomona College (Pomona College), which is located in the city of Claremont, California. Arthur has taught him drawing, painting and filmmaking and followed him in his trips to Canada and Mexico. The imprinted technical environment on the personality of Jambi (Gumby), which is personal months between the figures Kluki which derives its name from the experiences of his childhood during his visits to the summer of his grandfather's farm, when he enjoyed by mixing clay mud in play or what is known Paljambo (gumbo). Need to source in the school Web (Webb School), little affected by his great teacher Kluki Ray A, which was accompanied by his students on trips to search for fossils and to learn about the world around them. He then studied Kluki then geology at Pomona College, before leaving in 1943 to join the army in World War II. In 1948 graduated Kluki at the University of Miami (Miami University) University of the mother to his father by adoption. Citation needed has produced Arthur Kluki also some movies fees clay animation for adults, which was characterized by the element of an experimental and innovative in the image and the Palace at the time of presentation, which included his first film Jambasia ( Gumbasia), and the film is rich in the element of Mandala (Mandala) - which he described as the embodiment Kluki metaphor of the evolution of human conscience - and his strange (The Clay Peacock), which sheds light on the animated NBC logo at the time. These films were not available until recently were published in the issue group (Rhinobox), which includes short films for television Jambi.Has raised his Jambasia (Gumbasia) produced by a student in 1955 - is a form of fees for clay animation with the distortion of a piece of jazz music - impressive president of the American film at the time, named Samuel J. gospel to the extent that funded his pilot to eventually become a work of Arthur Kluki known program on behalf of Jambi (The Gumby Show) in 1957. The title refers "Jambasia" to the film "Fantasia" produced by Walt Disney. Attributed to the sequence of addresses Kluki fees clay animation film beach (Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine) who presented in 1965 starring Vincent Price (Vincent Price) and Frankie Avalon (Frankie Avalon). He continued to his son, Joey Kluki (Joe Clokey) cartoon movie (Davey and Goliath) in 2004. In March (March 2007) aired on KQED-TV one-hour documentary titled (Gumby Dharma) as one of the parts of its series (Truly CA). In 1995, participated Kluki McKinnon, Dallas (Dallas McKennon) once again to produce a film full Jambi (Gumby: The Movie). This has not been very successful film at the box office was blocked on a large scale among the critics. In the mid-nineties, channel Nickelodeon aired all the episodes Jambi within the main broadcast programs in the eight in the morning and the second evening. The channel topped the ratings for more than three years. 

Death
Kluki Arthur died while he was asleep on 8 January (January) 2010, at the age of 88 years at his home in Los Osos, California, after suffering from inflammation of the see in the bladder.