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GOP Forcibly Making Working Families Flexible

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics
Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, Fair Labor Standards Act, Gop, Gumby, Comp Time, New Deal, Paycheck Fairness Act, Great Recession, 40-Hour Week, Republicans, Compensatory Time Off, Eight-Hour Day, Overtime, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Working Families Flexibility Act, Great Depression, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

The GOP forced flexibility act is part of a list of proposals House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) calls "Making Life Work." That's right, Republicans intend to make life nothing but work. No eight hours for sleep. No eight hours for anything you will. Just work, Gumby, just work.

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The Twitter Bird Gets A Makeover

Posted 06.12.2012 | Arts
Read More: Star Wars, Toy Story, Video, Twitter, Twitter-Art, Gumby, Adam Koford, Art in America, Twitter Bird, Ape Lad, Twitter Bird Art, Twitter Avatar, Slidepollajax, Arts News

The Twitter avatar -- that little blue bird that greets you every time you share a 140-character nugget of social wisdom -- has become a pop ico...

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The Voice Behind Gumby Has Died

AP | Posted 08.01.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, The Gumby Show, Dick Beals Dead, Gumby, Dick Beals, Obituary, TV News

VISTA, Calif. -- The radio and television voice-over star whose work included the animated characters Gumby and Speedy Alka-Seltzer has died in Southe...

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What to Expect in Year '12 (Aside From a Crappy Economy)

Richard Laermer | Posted 02.13.2012 | Home
Read More: Gumby, Future Thinking, 20-Somethings, Positive Thinking, Death of Email, Hovercrafts, Brand Building, Home News
Richard Laermer

Here is a full menu of ideas on everything from media, brand management, and communications etiquette to business, careers, and technology.

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Man Pleads Guilty To Robbing 7-Eleven Dressed As Gumby

AP | Posted 11.25.2011 | Crime
Read More: Gumby Pleads Guilty Burglary, Jason Giramma, 7-Eleven, Burglary, Gumby, Crime, Jacob Kiss, Video, Crime News

SAN DIEGO -- A man accused of trying to rob a San Diego 7-Eleven while dressed as Gumby has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor burglary. A lawyer for 19-y...

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WATCH: Mind-Melting Stop Motion Animation

Posted 12.20.2011 | Arts
Read More: Video, Gumby, Nico Livesey, Stop-Motion Animation, Nico Livesey Animation, Nico Livesey Stop Motion Animation, Plasticine, Animation, Hallucinations, Arts News

There may be something inherently childlike about about stop motion animation, but Nico Livesey's latest offering appeals to a deeper sensibility. The...

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The Trippy Student Film That Inspired 'Gumby'

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 12.12.2011 | Home
Read More: Television, Art Clokey, Video, Art Clokey Student Film, Gumby, Art Clokey Birthday, Gumbasia, Art Clokey Gumbasia, Film, Art Clokey Drugs, Movies, Home News

In honor of Art Clokey's 90th birthday (which Google is celebrating with a Gumby logo), here's "Gumbasia," a trippy student film Clokey made at USC in...

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Google Honors Beloved Animator

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 12.12.2011 | Technology
Read More: Google, Art Clokey, Art Clokey Google Doodle, Google Doodle Art Clokey, Google Logo, Google Doodle Gumby, Google Doodle, Video, Gumby, Gumby Google, Gumby Google Doodle, Art Clokey Google, Technology News

Google's latest doodle illustration featured a brightly colored interactive tribute to artist Arthur "Art" Clokey, who would have turned 90 on October...

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David Moye

WATCH: Gumby's Boss Insists Robbery Is Out Of Character

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 11.14.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Hollyweird, Art Clokey, Video, California, Weird San Diego, Eddie Murphy, Gumby, Gumby Robbery, Eddie Murphy Gumby, Joe Clokey, Weird Crime, Dumb Criminal Masterminds, Weird News News

Millions of people have been following the story about the guy in San Diego who allegedly attempted to rob a convenience store dressed in a Gumby cost...

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Shanghai Expo Denies Mascot Haibao Is Copy Of Gumby

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Gumby, Shanghai World Expo, World Expo, World Expo Mascot, China, Shanghai, Shangahi Expo, Haibao, World News

SHANGHAI — The Shanghai Expo mascot Haibao, a plump sky blue cartoon figure shaped like a stick person, is the latest target of claims event org...

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Introducing "The Axed Hack's Guide to Flacking"

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Good Writing Skills, Condescension Toward PR People, Gumby, USA Today, Great Skills, Good Social Skills, Holding Your Hand, Bad Attitudes, Media News, Gap Stores, Wimpiness, GM Nod, Flacks, Mother Love, Bad PR, Media News
Richard Laermer

PR is not the dark side any more. Here is how to determine whether you've got the goods to make it in our hood--particularly since tons of reporters need jobs.

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Gumby Is My Mascot

Richard Laermer | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Creativity, Laermer.com, Claymation, Gumby, Flexibility, 2011: Trendspotting, Well-Being, Healthy Living News
Richard Laermer

Those who "have Gumby" participate. Not ones to sit idly by and watch from the sidelines, these are the folks who jump in and use their wits and intellect to get the job done.

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Gumby Is The Meaning of Life (Amen!)

Richard Laermer | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Trendspotting, Flexibility, Participation, Gumby, Generation Kill, Snarkiness, Good Attitude, Innovation, Can Do Attitude, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Richard Laermer

Gumby is more than ever becoming key to success in whatever world you tool around in. Gumby is attitude. Gumby is action. Gumby is results.

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