Joe Clokey

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Joe Clokey is the animator son of animator Art Clokey and Ruth Clokey. Art Clokey was the creator of the 1960s and 1970s religious stop-motion animated cartoon, Davey and Goliath, which was produced by the Lutheran Church in America.

[edit] Joe Clokey's concerns regarding Christianity in the 2000s

Clokey has stated his concern that the message that God loves all people has been lost. [1]

He said that the Lutheran Church's intentions with the series was a message of love and tolerance. He pointed out that the series was one of the first in which a white character had a black friend, Jonathan Reed. [2] [3]

"In the '60s and '70s, Christianity was more of a liberal faction. There are still millions of liberal Christians who go to church, but they are not represented on TV anymore." [4]

[edit] Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas

Joe Clokey produced a comeback special of Davey and Goliath, Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas. In this special Davey demonstrates his snowboarding expertise to two friends, Sam, a Jewish boy, and Yasmeen, a Muslim girl. In the course of the show the three children learn of each other's holiday celebrations, Jewish Hanukkah, Christian Christmas, and Muslim Ramadan. [5] [6]

In producing this special Clokey had the assistance of Rev. Eric Shafer, communications director for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Clokey gave credit to his agent, Patrick Lauerman, for developing the idea in the time after the September 11, 2001 attacks. [7]