“Hacks” is, and has always been, a relationship comedy. The HBO Max series from Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky takes an exhaustively progressive Gen Z comedy writer and pairs her with a legendary stand-up comic whose worldview has become as stale as her jokes. The first season harvested humor from their prickly interactions, as both Ava (Hannah Einbinder) and Deborah (Jean Smart) felt each other out while finding a working rhythm. In Season 2, they took their show on the road, driving their fragile yet fruitful new connection toward a creative explosion or a close-quarters’ flare-out.
Ava and Deborah’s relationship is strictly platonic — Deborah’s running jokes about Ava’s “huge” hands negate any romantic assumptions, which the show itself has also acknowledged as a sneaky running joke of its own — but they’re not without romance. “Hacks” fits the comfortable mold of a romantic-comedy. Its Hollywood...
Ava and Deborah’s relationship is strictly platonic — Deborah’s running jokes about Ava’s “huge” hands negate any romantic assumptions, which the show itself has also acknowledged as a sneaky running joke of its own — but they’re not without romance. “Hacks” fits the comfortable mold of a romantic-comedy. Its Hollywood...
- 5/2/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Fox Entertainment has acquired the rights to the Gumby franchise.
The deal was made between Fox and the estate of Joseph Clokey, the son of Gumby creator Art Clokey. It gives Fox all rights to Gumby and associated characters across film, television and streaming, consumer products, licensing, publishing, and all other categories.
“Competition for globally recognized intellectual property is fierce,” said Charlie Collier, CEO of Fox Entertainment. “Uncovering this gem, with its built-in awareness and affinity, and bringing it to Fox, adds meaningful value and creative possibilities to the IP itself and to multiple divisions of our company. Fox is proud to be home to these iconic characters. Welcome one and all.”
The deal also gives Fox access to the full library of Gumby animated series, specials, movies and content, which will expand Tubi’s current offerings of the franchise. Fox will now work to develop new projects around the character for broadcast,...
The deal was made between Fox and the estate of Joseph Clokey, the son of Gumby creator Art Clokey. It gives Fox all rights to Gumby and associated characters across film, television and streaming, consumer products, licensing, publishing, and all other categories.
“Competition for globally recognized intellectual property is fierce,” said Charlie Collier, CEO of Fox Entertainment. “Uncovering this gem, with its built-in awareness and affinity, and bringing it to Fox, adds meaningful value and creative possibilities to the IP itself and to multiple divisions of our company. Fox is proud to be home to these iconic characters. Welcome one and all.”
The deal also gives Fox access to the full library of Gumby animated series, specials, movies and content, which will expand Tubi’s current offerings of the franchise. Fox will now work to develop new projects around the character for broadcast,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier announced on Tuesday that the network has acquired all rights to Gumby, Pokey and all their friends, from the estate of Joseph Clokey, whose father, Art Clokey, created the iconic claymation character in 1953.
The acquisition includes the full library of existing Gumby animated shows, specials, movies and content, which currently air on Fox-owned Tubi. The company now owns the rights to film, television and streaming, consumer products, licensing and publishing for the beloved green guy, who first made his appearance in Clokey’s 1953 short film “Gumbasia.” Internal teams are also working on reimagining the “Gumby” franchise for broadcast and streaming.
Fox issued a statement on behalf of Gumby, saying, “Picking a new home was important to me, and I’ve found great partners in Fox Entertainment. They have a vision for my modern, multi-platform reemergence, which is thrilling. Throughout our conversations, Pokey and I reiterated...
The acquisition includes the full library of existing Gumby animated shows, specials, movies and content, which currently air on Fox-owned Tubi. The company now owns the rights to film, television and streaming, consumer products, licensing and publishing for the beloved green guy, who first made his appearance in Clokey’s 1953 short film “Gumbasia.” Internal teams are also working on reimagining the “Gumby” franchise for broadcast and streaming.
Fox issued a statement on behalf of Gumby, saying, “Picking a new home was important to me, and I’ve found great partners in Fox Entertainment. They have a vision for my modern, multi-platform reemergence, which is thrilling. Throughout our conversations, Pokey and I reiterated...
- 2/8/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Gumby creator Art Clokey died at the age of 88 about two years ago, and now comes word that Dick Beals, who voiced the animated character, has passed away as well. He was 85 years old. Beals was the original voice of the title character on "The Gumby Show" in the late 1950s, as well as the voice of Davey in "Davey and Goliath." He also was the unseen pitchman in more than 3,000 commercials for such products as Oscar Mayer and Campbell's Soup. He often got jobs that called for him to sound like a child because he suffered from a glandular condition. His voice hadn't changed since elementary school and neither did his body. Beals was 4 feet 6 inches tall and weighed less than 70 pounds.
- 6/2/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
The actor who gave beloved U.S. TV character Gumby a voice has died in California
Dick Beals, who also voiced the lead character in TV's Davey & Goliath, was 85.
Beals suffered from a glandular condition which left him with the body and voice of a child.
His distinctive childlike qualities helped the actor become a hit in broadcasting in the 1940s, when he was first heard on radio shows like The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet.
He moved to Hollywood in 1952 and signed on to front Alka-Seltzer ads as animated sprite Speedy.
The character was featured in more than 200 commercials that aired from 1954 to 1964, according to the Los Angeles Times.
As well as his roles in Davey & Goliath and The Gumby Show, Beals also sang with Gene Kelly in the 1967 TV special Jack and the Beanstalk and he beat out 300 child actors for the role of N.J. Normanmeyer in the early 1990s animated series The Addams Family - at the age of 65.
Away from Hollywood, Beals opened an ad agency in his adopted Escondido, California and served as a high school sports announcer.
Dick Beals, who also voiced the lead character in TV's Davey & Goliath, was 85.
Beals suffered from a glandular condition which left him with the body and voice of a child.
His distinctive childlike qualities helped the actor become a hit in broadcasting in the 1940s, when he was first heard on radio shows like The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet.
He moved to Hollywood in 1952 and signed on to front Alka-Seltzer ads as animated sprite Speedy.
The character was featured in more than 200 commercials that aired from 1954 to 1964, according to the Los Angeles Times.
As well as his roles in Davey & Goliath and The Gumby Show, Beals also sang with Gene Kelly in the 1967 TV special Jack and the Beanstalk and he beat out 300 child actors for the role of N.J. Normanmeyer in the early 1990s animated series The Addams Family - at the age of 65.
Away from Hollywood, Beals opened an ad agency in his adopted Escondido, California and served as a high school sports announcer.
- 6/1/2012
- WENN
Dick Beals, the voice-over star best known as the voice of the animated characters Gumby, Speedy Alka-Seltzer and Davey from Davey and Goliath, has died. He was 85.
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Beals died Tuesday at Vista Gardens Memory Care in Vista, according to The Los Angeles Times. The animation pioneer, whose radio and TV career spanned seven decades, stood only 4 foot 6 inches tall, weighed less than 70 pounds and had a voice that hadn't changed since grade school due to a glandular condition. But he turned his challenging situation into a golden opportunity in the late 1950s with his work in The Gumby Show, Davey and Goliath in the early '60s, and more than 200 Alka-Seltzer commercials that aired between 1954 and 1964. He also pitched for Oscar Mayer, Campbell's Soup, Bob's Big Boy and many other brands.
"He was one of the great voice actors of all time," Ron Simon, curator of TV and...
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Beals died Tuesday at Vista Gardens Memory Care in Vista, according to The Los Angeles Times. The animation pioneer, whose radio and TV career spanned seven decades, stood only 4 foot 6 inches tall, weighed less than 70 pounds and had a voice that hadn't changed since grade school due to a glandular condition. But he turned his challenging situation into a golden opportunity in the late 1950s with his work in The Gumby Show, Davey and Goliath in the early '60s, and more than 200 Alka-Seltzer commercials that aired between 1954 and 1964. He also pitched for Oscar Mayer, Campbell's Soup, Bob's Big Boy and many other brands.
"He was one of the great voice actors of all time," Ron Simon, curator of TV and...
- 6/1/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
Vista, Calif. -- The radio and television voice-over star whose work included the animated characters Gumby and Speedy Alka-Seltzer has died in Southern California. Dick Beals was 85.
Beals' was the original voice of the title character on "The Gumby Show" in the late 1950s. He also was the unseen pitchman in more than 3,000 commercials for such products as Oscar Mayer and Campbell's Soup.
He often got jobs that called for him to sound like a child because he suffered from a glandular condition. His voice hadn't changed since elementary school.
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Beals' was the original voice of the title character on "The Gumby Show" in the late 1950s. He also was the unseen pitchman in more than 3,000 commercials for such products as Oscar Mayer and Campbell's Soup.
He often got jobs that called for him to sound like a child because he suffered from a glandular condition. His voice hadn't changed since elementary school.
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- 6/1/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The creator of everyone’s favorite and most flexible green man died on Friday in his home in California. Art Clokey was 88 years old when, according to his son, he died in his sleep. Gumby made his television debut in 1956 on The Howdy Doody Show. A year later he starred in his own stop-motion animation program, The Gumby Show, which followed the adventures of the bendy clay man and his trusty orange steed, Pokey. Clokey also created the animated TV series Davey and Goliath that ran in the 1960s and 1970s....
- 1/11/2010
- Pastemagazine.com
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