DAVEY AND GOLIATH TO RETURN TO TV

PageSix.com ^ | 2002-08-04 | AP

[Lorenb420]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) . Oh Davey, welcome back.

Davey and Goliath, the stop-action animated stars of Sunday morning TV in the 1960s who recently reappeared in a soda commercial, are getting their TV show again.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will produce 26 new episodes of the Davey and Goliath show.

The denomination's predecessor, the United Lutheran Church in America, produced 65 episodes of the Davey and Goliath show and six specials from 1960 to 1971. In the show featured, Davey, a young boy, and his dog Goliath, whom only Davey can hear, face life together.

The shows were made by Art and Ruth Clokey, who also created Gumby.

The church hopes to introduce a new generation to the characters and create quality children's programming with a moral center and a Christian theme,'' said the Rev. Eric Shafer, the ELCA's communications director.

To help pay production costs, the ELCA agreed to sell the characters for commercial endorsements, leading to their appearance in a commercial for Mountain Dew this year.

The church is also licensing videos of old shows and other memorabilia, including t-shirts and bobblehead figures.

The new shows are expected to go on the air next year.

[hole_n_one]

Davey, this time, you idiot, make sure our contract
pays us for reruns and syndication.

[Unknown Freeper]

Daaaay-veeeey

[DallasMike]

Davey and Goliath were scary.

[VOA]

To help pay production costs, the ELCA agreed to sell the characters for commercial
endorsements, leading to their appearance in a commercial for Mountain Dew this year.

Don't be surpised when Davey and Goliath become the mascots of various gay pride parades.

OK, that may be a bit extreme...
But I have a sister-in-law who is an ELCA congregant and she is sick of how
the gay sector is gaining increased influence in her church.

(And this is not to say this isn't a problem in a lot of other houses of worship...)

[Fred Mertz]

Good news bump!

[Paul Atreides]

The way a lot of organizations, religious and secular, are fawning over homosexuals, nothing will surprise me.

[CyberAnt]

Davey & Goliath were a mainstay when my kids were young. It's a great show. I'm glad to see it come back. It's much more realistic than this "super kid" stuff they have on now.

[hole_n_one]

[truthkeeper]

Aw, I used to love this show when I was a kid...plus Capt. Kangaroo, Gumby, Diver Dan - not to mention all those great Warner Bros. cartoons.

Yup, those were the good old days of Saturday morning.

[Larry Lucido]

The shows were made by Art and Ruth Clokey, who also created Gumby.

I remember him!

[Paul Atreides]

I grew up in the 70s and, even then, kids were allowed to be kids. Now, they are being encouraged to be miniature versions of Melrose Place. It's sad.

[Lorenb420]

Yeah I liked those too, another one of my favorites was Schoolhouse Rock:

[Mr. Mulliner]

Davey must be in his 40s by now, isn't he? And I can't imagine that Goliath is still alive. Are you sure about this news?

Seriously, this is good news. I used to watch Davey and Goliath faithfully every Sunday morning before church and look how I turned out: proof that some kids are beyond hope.

[LurkerNoMore!]

School House Rock explained in more detail how a Bill becomes a Law than the textbooks.

[Senator Pardek]

And as I reached adulthood, I found it so fitting that song was sung by someone who soulded like an alcoholic Blues singer.

[Mark Turbo]

Davey, this time, you idiot, make sure our contract pays us for reruns and syndication.

We got hosed, Davey. We got hosed. :^)

[Senator Pardek]

"soulded" = "sounded".

Forgive me - I'm in the middle of a property dispute, and I need to hash it out with my neighbors.

[LurkerNoMore!]

Happens to me all the time.

[Pokey78]

Davey & Goliath . . .

All we need now is Jot and we've hit the trifecta!

If you've forgotten Jot