Editing Gumby (section)

==Reception and legacy==
In 1993, ''[[TV Guide]]'' named ''Gumby'' the best cartoon series of the 1950s in its issue celebrating 40 years of television.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[TV Guide]] |date=April 17–23, 1993|page=74}}</ref>

Beginning in 1994, the [[Library of Congress]] used Gumby as a "spokescharacter" for ''Adventures into Books: Gumby's World'', a traveling exhibition promoting the [[Center for the Book]]'s national reading campaign from 1997 to 2000.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Exhibit Supports 'Building a Nation of Readers'|journal=Library of Congress Information Bulletin|date=January 1998|volume=57|issue=1|url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9801/cfb.html}}</ref> By the end of the 1990s, Gumby and Pokey had also appeared in various commercials for [[Cheerios]] cereal, with Gumby voiced by Stephen A. Buckley.<ref>{{cite AV media |year=1996|title=Frosted Cheerios commercial|medium=Television advertisement|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQoC6IwfKSc| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102093346/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQoC6IwfKSc| archive-date=January 2, 2016 | url-status=dead|access-date=February 28, 2015|time=0:20|publisher=[[General Mills]]}}</ref><ref name="Stephen Buckley"/>

On August 4, 2006, the [[Center for Puppetry Arts]] in Atlanta opened ''Art Clokey's Gumby: The First Fifty Years''. This exhibition featured many of the original puppets and sets, along with screening of Clokey's films. This event was conceived by David Scheve of T.D.A. Animation and Joe Clokey of Premavision, and was one of several exhibits that opened around the country, celebrating the 50th anniversary of ''The Gumby Show''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Frye|first1=Shannon|title=Center for Puppetry Arts & Joe Clokey Celebrate Gumby's 50th Birthday|url=http://www.puppet.org/pdf/CPA_R_0607GUMBY.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020084912/https://www.puppet.org/pdf/CPA_R_0607GUMBY.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-20 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Center for Puppetry Arts]]|access-date=February 26, 2015|date=July 2006}}</ref> The children's book ''Gumby Goes to the Sun'' was also published that year to commemorate the anniversary. The book was originally created in the 1980s by Clokey's daughter, Holly Harman (who voiced Gumby's sister, Minga, in the 1988 series).<ref>{{cite web|title=Gumby Goes to the Sun|url=http://isbn.directory/book/9780977655106|website=ISBN.Directory|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-date=October 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025131715/http://isbn.directory/book/9780977655106|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2007, the ''Gumby'' comic book series was nominated for two [[Eisner Award]]s, Best New Series and Best Publication for a Young Audience, and won the latter.<ref>[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner07.php "2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards"]. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved May 2, 2012.</ref> A Gumby graphic novel titled ''Gumby: 50 Shades of Clay'' was released in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/gumby-50-shades-of-clay-graphic-novel/ |title=GUMBY 50 SHADES OF CLAY Graphic Novel|website=www.actionfigureinsider.com |date=September 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicon.com/2017/09/26/yes-theres-a-gumby-graphic-novel-called-50-shades-of-clay/ |title=Yes, There's A Gumby Graphic Novel Called '50 Shades Of Clay'|first1=Hannah Means|last1=Shannon|website=comicon.com|date=September 26, 2017}}</ref>

On October 12, 2011, a [[Google Doodle]] acknowledged Art Clokey's 90th birthday. It was composed of a toy block with a "G" and five clay balls in the Google colors. Clicking each ball revealed the Blockheads, Prickle, Goo, Gumby, and Pokey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/art-clokeys-90th-birthday/|title=Art Clokey 90th Birthday – Google Doodle|access-date=February 28, 2015|date=October 12, 2011}}</ref>

On December 21, 2019, Eddie Murphy reprised his role while hosting ''Saturday Night Live'' during a sketch on "[[Weekend Update]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2019/12/21/eddie-murphy-snl-video-gumby-sketch-2019|title=SNL Video: Gumby Returns During Eddie Murphy Comeback Episode|access-date=April 19, 2022|date=December 21, 2019}}</ref>