Expanded Entertainment
Directed by Arnold Leibovit
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Image Entertainment)
New footage featuring Gumby and his horse Pokey as well as a dinosaur named Arnie, who are filming a movie, frame a collection of old George Pal Puppetoon shorts from the 1930s and 1940s. The shorts are entertaining enough, but are really meant to be seen one at a time rather than back to back in a movie, and the viewing experience gets tiresome. Pal's influence seems a bit exaggerated, especially in the overblown ending, where he seems instead to sell out to commercialism by creating characters such as the Pillsbury Doughboy. More commercialism is evident in the extras, with Pal creating numerous commercials for Philips radios even as far back as the 1930s.
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