Bob the Builder (2015 TV series) Bob the Builder (2015 TV series) Bob the Builder is a CGI animated children's television series and a reboot of the British animated television show "Bob the Builder". It was first broadcast in the United States on PBS Kids, beginning on 1 September 2015. After the original show ended in 2012, Mattel bought the "Bob the Builder" franchise for a revamped series which premiered on Channel 5 on 1 September 2015. The series was given a visual overhaul for both the characters and the scenery, with Bob and his team moving to the bustling metropolis of Spring City. The CGI
Stop motion number of animation directors, such as Tim Burton, Henry Selick, Wes Anderson, and Travis Knight. Dominating children's TV stop-motion programming for three decades in America was Art Clokey's "Gumby" series (1955–1989) and its feature film, "" (1992, 1995), using both freeform and character clay animation. Clokey started his adventures in clay with a 1953 freeform clay short film called "Gumbasia" (1953) which shortly thereafter propelled him into his more structured "Gumby" TV series. In partnership with the United Lutheran Church in America, he also produces "Davey and Goliath" (1960–2004). In November 1959, the first episode of "Sandmännchen" was shown on