Davey and Goliath

This one-hour documentary showcases the development of Davey and Goliath, the stop-motion animation children's program created for the Lutheran church by Clokey Productions between 1960 through 1975. It features original clips of Davey and Goliath, as well as interviews with the original animator and creators, Art and Ruth Clokey. Other interviews include Richard Sutcliffe, the original executive producer of the series and R. Marshall Stross, former director of the Commission on Press. The program highlights how stop-motion animation is created and also includes the development of characters, photos, storyboards, scripts, commercials and public service announcements as well as insight on new productions. Others appearing in the program are the ELCA's executive producers for new productions, Eric Shafer and Kristi Bangert, as well as producers and animators involved in the production of a new holiday special being created by the Clokey Productions Studio.