Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not

March 9, 1961 TV Episode Davey and Goliath

Studio
Clokey Productions, Lutheran Church in America, Premavision, Inc.
Distributor
National Council of Churches

Synopsis

Davey, Goliath and Jonathan go to a beautiful park on the other side of town. But since Jonathan's last visit, the park is in disrepair, and it's no longer such a pretty sight. By cleaning it up, they get other people to join in, and the park's beauty is soon restored.

Characters

Davey Hanson, Goliath, John Hanson, Jonathan Reed, Sally Hanson

Credits

Producing

Producer
Art Clokey

Voices

Voice
Hal Smith (Goliath, Dad Hanson, Jonathan Reed), Norma MacMillan (Davey), Nancy Wible (Davey)

Music

Music
Guenther Kauer
Theme Song
Douglas M. Lackey

Animation

Animator
Rob Maine, Jim Danforth, Pete Kleinow

Production Management

Studio Coordinator
Pete Kleinow

Production notes

Davey was a young boy who went on adventures with his dog Goliath. Goliath could talk and helped Davey and the family out in sticky predicaments. Sponsored by the Lutheran Council of Churches, the show's religious morals were very apparent.

Claymation stop-motion animation.

The stop-motion process used for filming was called "Pixillation," a method also used for Clokey Productions' earlier series "Gumby."

Pictures

Reviews

Clean Your World!

immanuel6April 22, 2007

Davey and Goliath spend the night over at Jonathan’s house. While there, the boys make a mess of the room. Jonathan’s Mother reminds Jonathan that he will not get lunch until the room is clean. Jonathan’s mother reminds the boys what it would be like if no one cleaned up. The boys were given food for thought! The boys are on summer vacation. The boys seem to be hearing lectures about keeping their area and world clean! The boys decide to go over to the park on the other side of town. Once they get there, they see that the neighborhood park is so dirty. There are papers everywhere and even rats are now in the park! The boys decide to clean up the park. Davey and Jonathan tell Dr. Reed and the Pastor that they want to clean up the park. Dr. Reed gives materials for the clean up. They repair the treehouse in the park and paint the treehouse. As the boys clean up, the neighborhood boys get jealous that Davey and Jonathan are taking over their park. The boys from the neighborhood go around and tell the other neighbors that outsiders are coming in to take over the park. Before you know it, the whole neighborhood comes to see Davey and Jonathan working in their park! As the neighborhood boys decide to fight Davey and Jonathan for their park, Davey and Jonathan welcome the boys to their new treehouse. The neighborhood boys begin to realize that Davey and Jonathan only wanted to clean up the park. All of the neighbors come out to clean up. Now, the park is shared by all and looks the way the park is supposed to look. All of the workers got together and celebrated the new park! We all need to work together to get the job done!