List of Gumby episodes
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The Gumby Show is an American clay animation television series developed by Art Clokey. In the United States, the first episode of the series originally aired on Howdy Doody in 1955. The series was revived multiple times, with the last episode airing on December 31, 1988. The first season was broadcast on NBC, while the following seasons were made for syndication. A majority of the episodes are available on DVD in multiple regions, as well as via online streaming services.
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| Pilots | September 2, 1953 January 29, 1955 | NBC | |||
| 1 | 43 | May 1, 1956 | November 9, 1956 | ||
| 2 | 87 | January 1, 1960 | July 9, 1968 | Syndication | |
| 3 | 99 | January 2, 1988 | December 31, 1988 | ||
Pilots
[edit]Art Clokey's first clay animation film was Gumbasia (1953), a short film showcasing a series of clay shapes twisting, turning and contorting in kaleidoscopic patterns. Clokey showed the film to producer Sam Engel, who suggested that Clokey apply the technique to form children's stories. On January 29, 1955, Clokey filmed the first pilot called "Adventures of Gumby", but it never aired.[1] Shortly afterward, Clokey made the second pilot through the financial assistance of Engel, entitled "Gumby on the Moon", which marked Gumby's debut on television.[2] The pilot was then shown on Howdy Doody to much success, and greenlighted development of The Gumby Show.
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| "Gumbasia" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | September 2, 1953 |
| "Adventures of Gumby: A Sample" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 29, 1955 (Unaired) |
Episodes
[edit]Since information about the original airdates or original production order is unknown, these listings are reasonable estimates of the original production order. The following was compiled based on the evolution of the voices and appearance of the characters. Most of the 1950s episodes were originally presented as 11-minute stories, but they were split up and presented as separate entries when syndicated along with episodes produced in the 1960s.[3] Several of these abbreviated versions borrow footage from their counterparts, while some had new material filmed specifically for these shorter versions (as evidenced by a brief change in how the characters look in the newer footage). New title sequences were filmed for half of these, while the other half retained the original title sequence. For identification purposes, all 1950s episodes have been listed with the original title of the uncut version followed by any counterparts that were created when these episodes were split up.
Season 1 (1956)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 2 3 | 1 2 3 | "Moon Trip" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 1, 1956 | |
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After discovering a spaceship in the toy shop, Gumby decides to take a trip to the Moon. Upon arrival, the ship is destroyed by a meteorite, leaving Gumby stranded, and soon a group of elongated pyramid-shaped Moon creatures try to attack him. Meanwhile, his parents spot him through a telescope, prompting his father to go after him with a long fire engine extension ladder. The low temperature of the Moon knocks Gumby out after he alerts his father of his location. His father comes to the rescue and carries Gumby back to Earth. After his mother and father give him medical attention in the hospital, Gumby awakens to full health. | ||||||
| 4 5 | 4 5 | "Mirror Land" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 15, 1956 | |
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When Gumby loses his coin through one of three mirrors, he begins a search within the virtual images of each. In one of the mirrors, Gumby's reflection assists him. Instructed to do everything backwards in the Mirror Land, Gumby is able to trace the location of his coin. Note: A shortened version of this episode was named "Lost and Found" | ||||||
| 6 7 | 6 7 | "The Little Lost Pony" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 22, 1956 | |
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A television bulletin warns people to be on the look-out for a lost red pony, with a reward set at 100 ice cream cones. Meanwhile, Gumby goes outside to play and hears a whinny of distress. Rushing to the sound, Gumby finds the pony named Pokey caught on a railroad track and wiggles him free. With hopes of gaining the ice cream cone reward, "G" and "J" Blockhead try to get rid of Gumby and capture Pokey. Notes: Pokey's and the Blockheads' debuts. | ||||||
| 8 9 | 8 9 | "The Fantastic Farmer" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 29, 1956 | |
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Gumby goes to Farmer Glenn’s Ranch to help Pokey. His crops are not growing properly, so Gumby helps in every way he can and finally divides himself into a lot of Gumbys, which go over the fields with many different farm machines. It turns out that the wild growth of the crops is the result of a gopher who In order to feed his large, hungry family, injects roots of corn plants with a chemical that makes them grow into giant ears and roots. Gumby solves the problem by inventing a root machine that makes tasty roots out of weeds. | ||||||
| 10 11 | 10 11 | "The Black Knight" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 6, 1956 | |
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Gumby plays with a giant electromagnet on a crane in the toy store, which accidentally strips the armor off of a knight who was passing by. As they sort the mess out, Gumby learns that the knight is looking for someone who can fight fires. Gumby decides to borrow a toy fire engine, and he and the knight arrive at the kingdom, where Gumby learns of the kingdom's food shortage due to several fires, and finds the cause of the fire shortly afterwards: A dragon. Gumby puts out the fires, berates the dragon for its actions, and finds out about the Black Knight, who has placed a spell on the dragon causing the burning of the wheat. Gumby confronts the Black Knight, who challenges Gumby to a duel in exchange for the removal of the spell from the dragon. During the duel, Gumby slips out of his armor and uses it as a decoy to divert the knight's attention. The bad news is, now he doesn't have any armor. The dragon comes back, and seeing the trouble Gumby's in, helps out by spewing flames at the Black Knight. This gives Gumby the opportunity to retrieve the electromagnet, using it to strip the Black Knight's armor off, much to the delight of the audience and the king. After the duel is finished, Gumby and the good knight ride into the castle on the dragon. Gumby is knighted and the dragon becomes the king's pet. Note: A shortened version of this episode was named "Mysterious Fires" | ||||||
| 12 13 | 12 13 | "Too Loo" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 13, 1956 | |
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Too and Loo are music notes who escape from a cracked record. After Gumby woke up from his nap, he got up to turn off the record player. Two giant sentient notes jump out of it and hide in his mouth from the sour note, which also jumps out of it. When the sour note flies away on the record, the notes, Too and Loo, come out of Gumby's mouth and explain that they want to go home to the instrument they came from. Gumby agrees to take them to Music Land and help them find their home. Unfortunately, they forgot what instrument played them, so Gumby has to try them all, and they go into crying fits with every mistake. Gumby decides to put on a show to cheer them up. Meanwhile, the sour note has found their hiding place and he's using his little flying record to try and catch them. While the real notes hide, Gumby turns himself into Too and Loo. The sour note catches him, but then he turns back and catches the note. The note tells Too and Loo that they came from the flute. Note: This episode was split into two parts (the second and final part as "Gumby Concerto" only) that were released into the public domain. | ||||||
| 14 15 | 14 15 | "Robot Rumpus" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 20, 1956 | |
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Gumby uses toy robots to do his household chores on Saturdays, but they go haywire. Notes: The second part only was released into the public domain and appeared in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode "The Screaming Skull". Alternate title of edit is "Yard Work Made Easy" | ||||||
| 16 17 | 16 17 | "Toy Crazy" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 27, 1956 | |
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It is Gumby’s birthday and he is permitted to choose his own present from the toy store! Note: This episode was edited into the unofficial Christmas segment without the title card. | ||||||
| 18 19 | 18 19 | "Lion Around" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 10, 1956 | |
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A lion escapes from the zoo, frightening Gumby and Pokey who have been playing in the park. The lion proves to be friendly and asks Gumby and Pokey to show him how to go about seeing the world. Meanwhile, the zookeeper sets a lion trap to recapture the lion but instead succeeds in capturing Gumby’s father. Richard the lion sets out to see the world in a fast sports car, taking Gumby and Pokey with him. A wild and frightening ride through the streets of the city gets even scarier when they become airborne. Richard wisely decides that life outside the zoo is too much for him. | ||||||
| 20 21 | 20 21 | "The Eggs and Trixie" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 17, 1956 | |
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Gumby has a daydream adventure with a young dinosaur named Trixie. The pre-historic adventure provides an authentic view of these times. Gumby has an exciting adventure in Dinosaurland. Volcanoes erupting, an earthquake and a dinosaur stampede all cause Gumby trouble before his adventure is over. | ||||||
| 22 23 | 22 23 | "Odd Balls" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 24, 1956 | |
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Gumby reads a story about two soft marbles that can't hold their shape, and goes on a mission to find which sound will make them round normal marbles again. Note: A shortened version of this episode was named "Outcast Marbles" | ||||||
| 24 25 | 24 25 | "Gumby Business" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 31, 1956 | |
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Notes: This is the first episode without dialogue. A short version of this episode is called "Toy Fun" | ||||||
| 26 27 | 26 27 | "The Mocking Monkey" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | September 7, 1956 | |
| 28 29 | 28 29 | "The Magic Show" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | September 14, 1956 | |
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Gumby and Pokey are working at a lemonade stand, where they get a magician as their first customer. When the magician leaves his magic wand behind by accident, Gumby opts to return it to him after it breaks his mom's favorite pitcher. He is then whisked away to a surrealistic world known as "Magic Land", where he must traverse its ever-changing landscape, while fending off a pair of guardians named Red and Whitey, who have been tasked with upholding vague orders that hinder Gumby's efforts. Note: A shortened version of this episode was named "The Magic Wand" | ||||||
| 30 31 | 30 31 | "Pokey Express" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | September 21, 1956 | |
| 32 33 | 32 33 | "The Racing Game" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | September 28, 1956 | |
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Note: A short version of this episode is called "Gumby Racer" | ||||||
| 34 35 | 34 35 | "Rain Spirits" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | October 5, 1956 | |
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Gumby and Pokey are playing in a toy swimming pool when a Hopi boy appears. He asks for their help in summoning the rain spirits because his tribe is in danger of starvation due to a lack of rain. Gumby and Pokey agree to help him, first by returning to the book he came from and then communicating to the spirits for their help. After planting the seeds for the crops, the three witness the spirits in the sky and make it rain. | ||||||
| 36 37 | 36 37 | "Toying Around" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | October 12, 1956 | |
| 38 39 | 38 39 | "In the Dough" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | October 19, 1956 | |
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Note: A portion of the episode is seen in The Yummy Awards Saturday Morning NBC 1983 preview special. | ||||||
| 40 41 | 40 41 | "Tree Trouble" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | October 26, 1956 | |
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Note: This is the first episode to have the frozen title card. | ||||||
| 42 | 42 | "Train Trouble" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 2, 1956 | |
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Gumby wins a sentient toy train in a contest, but has trouble collecting his prize when the train keeps trying to get away from him. | ||||||
| 43 | 43 | "In a Fix" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 9, 1956 | |
Syndicated revival (1960–68)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 44 | 1 | "The Zoops" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 1, 1960 | |
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Gumby, who has been selling watermelons to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present, is given a magic potion by a wizard which transforms watermelons into colorful creatures called "Zoops", which move about randomly. Seeing the chance for a fast buck, Gumby sells them to the zoo, then celebrates at an automat. When Pokey says they should only spend the money on the present, Gumby says to lighten up and live a little. Meanwhile at the zoo, when the Zoops are out of control, the zookeeper hoses them with water, causing them to revert to watermelons. Gumby, who already spent half the money celebrating, is made to work it off cleaning cages. Pokey is sorry Gumby's mother will not be getting a present, and when Gumby suggests another moneymaker, Pokey replies "No, Gumby, I have had enough of your ideas". | ||||||
| 45 | 2 | "Even Steven" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 3, 1960 | |
| 46 | 3 | "The Glob" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 15, 1960 | |
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Note: A clip of this episode appears in Gumby: The Movie. | ||||||
| 47 | 4 | "Chicken Feed" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 22, 1960 | |
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Gumby uses "Super Gro" chicken feed, which causes his pet hen Tilly to become monstrous and lay gigantic eggs everywhere. The veterinarian comes to the rescue. Note: Tilly's first and only prototypical appearance. | ||||||
| 48 | 5 | "Hidden Valley" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 2, 1960 | |
| 49 | 6 | "The Groobee" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 18, 1960 | |
| 50 | 7 | "The Witty Witch" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 20, 1960 | |
| 51 | 8 | "Hot Rod Granny" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 24, 1960 | |
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Gumby is taking his hot rod for a spin downtown, at the same time when Granny (his own grandmother) broke her glasses and mistakes the hot rod for her car and Pokey, who is still inside, for her dog Hepzibah. Due to her blurred vision, Granny risks all sorts of accidents, which she blames on "young reckless speedmonsters" and is happy to hear police sirens, only to realize a motorcycle policeman is on the lookout for Gumby's stolen car. Note: Granny's debut, and this is the first day in the limelight episode. | ||||||
| 52 | 9 | "Ricochet Pete" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 28, 1960 | |
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Gumby, who is working as the Sheriff of Silver City, is challenged by the gun-crazy outlaw, "Ricochet Pete", to a duel at Last Chance Canyon. Although Gumby initially blows him off, he agrees to the duel when Pete agrees to leave town if Gumby can scare him. Working together with Pokey, the duo manage to get one over on Pete. Rather than leave town though, Gumby and Pete manage to work out a different agreement instead. | ||||||
| 53 | 10 | "Northland Follies" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 1, 1960 | |
| 54 | 11 | "The Small Planets" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 12, 1960 | |
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Gumby has had enough of parental rule and encourages Pokey to come with him into outer space to find their own planet, despite Pokey's reluctance to leave Earth. They then find three planets all populated by kids who ran away from home. | ||||||
| 55 | 12 | "Sad King Ott's Daughter" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 19, 1960 | |
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Note: Sad King Ott and his daughter's debut, and a clip of the re-recorded episode is heard in Gumby: The Movie. | ||||||
| 56 | 13 | "King for a Day" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 25, 1960 | |
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King Ott is challenged to a joust by the Black Knight for ownership of his kingdom. With the King being too old to accept the challenge, Gumby volunteers to fight in his place. | ||||||
| 57 | 14 | "Rain for Roo" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 3, 1960 | |
| 58 | 15 | "Santa-Witch" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 3, 1960 | |
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When Santa Claus gets sick, Pokey calls up the witch to fly the sleigh and deliver children their Christmas presents. Note: This is the first episode where Gumby is mentioned. | ||||||
| 59 | 16 | "Scrooge Loose" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 10, 1960 | |
| 60 | 17 | "Pigeon in a Plum Tree" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 17, 1960 | |
| 61 | 18 | "Dragon Witch" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 1, 1963 | |
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Note: Billed as "A Gumby Special", the episode doesn't feature Gumby. | ||||||
| 62 | 19 | "Treasure for Henry" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 15, 1963 | |
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Note: Billed as "A Gumby Special", the episode doesn't feature Gumby. | ||||||
| 63 | 20 | "Who's What" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 22, 1963 | |
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Note: Billed as "A Gumby Special", the episode doesn't feature Gumby. | ||||||
| N–A | N–A | "The Space Ball" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 2, 1963 | |
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Professor Kapp, in his first appearance, has invented a ball-shaped ship that travels out of his control with a passenger on board. Note: This special is not counted among the 234 episodes.[4] It also does not feature Gumby. This is the first day in the limelight short, and a clip of this short appears in the Gumby episode, "Minga-Sitting". | ||||||
| 64 | 21 | "The Reluctant Gargoyles" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 9, 1964 | |
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Note: This is the first episode where Gumby is absent. This is also Prickle's and Goo's debut. | ||||||
| 65 | 22 | "Tricky Train" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 18, 1964 | |
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Note: Nopey's debut. | ||||||
| 66 | 23 | "Siege of Boonesborough" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 19, 1964 | |
| 67 | 24 | "The Missile-Bird" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 23, 1964 | |
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Note: This is the first lower-deck episode. | ||||||
| 68 | 25 | "Good Knight Story" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 24, 1964 | |
| 69 | 26 | "The Blue Goo" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 9, 1964 | |
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Gumby and Prickle, who are World War One aviators, attempt to put an end to the Black Baron. Goo has her way of helping the heroes. While fighting the Black Baron in his tri-plane, Gumby crashes. Pokey and Prickle vow to carry on the fight for Gumby. Goo is ordered to remain on the ground because she is a girl – but Goo has her own ideas about that – and it is through her efforts that the mission is carried out successfully.[5] | ||||||
| 70 | 27 | "A Hair-Raising Adventure" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 10, 1964 | |
| 71 | 28 | "Goo for Pokey" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 31, 1964 | |
| 72 | 29 | "Candidate for President" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 2, 1965 | |
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Gumby is elected to run for President of the United States (despite his disinterest in the campaign.) To help their friend, Prickle and Goo set off to get some advice from other presidents who ran for office. | ||||||
| 73 | 30 | "G.F.D. (Gumby's Fire Department)" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 15, 1965 | |
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An experiment causes a fire in Professor Kapp's laboratory. The Gumby Fire Department rushes to save Kapp, only for Gumby, Pokey and Prickle to realize they lost their jump net and other equipment. Goo saves the day by making herself into a net to save Kapp, then uses her clay to snuff the fire. | ||||||
| 74 | 31 | "Making Squares" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 22, 1965 | |
| 75 | 32 | "The Golden Iguana" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | September 14, 1965 | |
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Prickle wins a national pet contest and is awarded a prize golden iguana. The professor mixes a special formula for its food but there is one wrong ingredient. This causes the iguana to double its size. The blockheads decide to take the iguana but Gumby again manages to foil them. Before things are over though, the iguana gives them all a shock.[6] | ||||||
| 76 | 33 | "School for Squares" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | September 18, 1965 | |
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Gumby receives a distress signal from the Pesky Indian Reserve. The chief says the Blockheads have kidnapped the Indian children and forced them into their school, which is actually an indoctrination center transforming them into Blockhead children. | ||||||
| 77 | 34 | "The Magic Flute" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | September 21, 1965 | |
| 78 | 35 | "The Ferris-Wheel Mystery" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | September 30, 1965 | |
| 79 | 36 | "Mason Hornet" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | October 1, 1966 | |
| 80 | 37 | "Prickle's Problem" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | October 2, 1966 | |
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"Prickle feels that he goes unnoticed and that his life lacks excitement. While eating ice cream with Gumby, Pokey and Goo, Prickle notices a baby about to be hit by a car. He saves the child and becomes famous – but his fame turns out to be a curse, as the evil Doctor Zveegee decides he wants to capture Prickle to add to his collection."[7] | ||||||
| 81 | 38 | "The Golden Gosling" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | October 14, 1966 | |
| 82 | 39 | "A Groobee Fight" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | October 18, 1966 | |
| 83 | 40 | "The Gumby League" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | October 31, 1966 | |
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Gumby's baseball team plays the Blockheads. | ||||||
| 84 | 41 | "Pilgrims on the Rocks" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 1, 1966 | |
| 85 | 42 | "Pokey's Price" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 2, 1966 | |
| 86 | 43 | "Son of Liberty" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 15, 1966 | |
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Gumby and Pokey wind up getting involved with the American Revolutionary War. When the british empire mistake them for spies, the duo must find a way around their stronghold to inform Paul Revere of an ambush they have planned for the american colonists. | ||||||
| 87 | 44 | "Gumby Crosses the Delaware" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 18, 1966 | |
| 88 | 45 | "Of Clay and Critters" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 19, 1967 | |
| 89 | 46 | "Tricky Ball" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 22, 1967 | |
| 90 | 47 | "Dragon Daffy" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 25, 1967 | |
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Prickle is denied entry from an Ice Cream Parlor for being mistaken for a Dragon. Despite defending that he is a Dinosaur, he seeks help from Gumby and his own mother to prove otherwise. | ||||||
| 91 | 48 | "Super-Spray" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | November 29, 1967 | |
| 92 | 49 | "The Big Eye" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 1, 1967 | |
| 93 | 50 | "Lawn Party" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 8, 1967 | |
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Note: Contains partial live action. | ||||||
| 94 | 51 | "Mystic Magic" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 15, 1967 | |
| 95 | 52 | "Puppy Dog School" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 22, 1967 | |
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Note: First time Nopey says "no" repeatedly. | ||||||
| 96 | 53 | "Puppy Talk" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 23, 1967 | |
| 97 | 54 | "Moon Madness" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 24, 1967 | |
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While digging for fossils, Gumby learns that Pokey and Prickle are being chased by a pair of robotic legs. He dismisses them by pointing out that the moon is full, and it's causing them to act funny, but Goo proves otherwise. | ||||||
| 98 | 55 | "Shady Lemonade" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 25, 1967 | |
| 99 | 56 | "Prickle Turns Artist" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 26, 1967 | |
| 100 | 57 | "Piano Rolling Blues" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 27, 1967 | |
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The evil scientist, Doctor Zveegee, who lives next to a pianist, attempts to get rid of his neighbor's piano by hiring the Gumby Piano Moving Company, claiming himself to be the pianist who is no good. Gumby attempts all sorts of ways to get rid of the piano until the mad scientist sees Prickle is one of Gumby's employees, then attempts to capture a living dinosaur. | ||||||
| 101 | 58 | "Hot Ice" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 28, 1967 | |
| 102 | 59 | "Haunted Hot Dog" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 29, 1967 | |
| 103 | 60 | "The Moon Boggles" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 30, 1967 | |
| 104 | 61 | "Do-It-Yourself Gumby" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 31, 1967 | |
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Gumby invites a machine that can create anything he types into it. | ||||||
| 105 | 62 | "Behind the Puff Ball" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 1, 1968 | |
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Pokey and Prickle are playing polo until something went wrong with Prickle's ball. | ||||||
| 106 | 63 | "Weight and See" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 3, 1968 | |
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Gumby and his gang tries out a fortune-telling weight machine. | ||||||
| 107 | 64 | "Pokey Minds the Baby" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 15, 1968 | |
| 108 | 65 | "A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 22, 1968 | |
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Gumby fails to grow coconuts and buys a fertilizer, which has its own successful results. | ||||||
| 109 | 66 | "Grub Grabber Gumby" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 1, 1968 | |
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Gumby's over-eating habitat lead him to a nightmare. | ||||||
| 110 | 67 | "All Broken Up" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 20, 1968 | |
| 111 | 68 | "This Little Piggy" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 26, 1968 | |
| 112 | 69 | "Wishful Thinking" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 29, 1968 | |
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Prickle makes a wish on his birthday, but when his obsession with the wish makes him refuse to come out of his house, Gumby, Pokey, and Goo must try to find a way in. | ||||||
| 113 | 70 | "Turnip Trap" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 12, 1968 | |
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Prickle remembers what it was that he wished for, but he needs Gumby, Pokey, and Goo's help to build a Corn Crib first. Note: Part two of Wishful Thinking. | ||||||
| 114 | 71 | "The Rodeo King" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 17, 1968 | |
| 115 | 72 | "Gumby Babysits" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 22, 1968 | |
| 116 | 73 | "El Toro" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 28, 1968 | |
| 117 | 74 | "Dopey Nopey" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 3, 1968 | |
| 118 | 75 | "Gold Rush Gumby" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 15, 1968 | |
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Gumby, Pokey, and Nopey all go digging for gold in the Pesky Indian Reserve, but their search is interrupted by the natives, who have a problem that only Gumby might be able to solve. | ||||||
| 119 | 76 | "Dog Catchers" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 22, 1968 | |
| 120 | 77 | "Stuck on Books" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 30, 1968 | |
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Gumby and Pokey are wanting to go on an adventure, but Nopey stubbornly refuses to enter the book they want to go in. | ||||||
| 121 | 78 | "Bully For Gumby" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 1, 1968 | |
| 122 | 79 | "A Bone for Nopey" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 15, 1968 | |
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Note: Final time Nopey is voiced by Dal McKennon. | ||||||
| 123 | 80 | "Gabby Auntie" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 22, 1968 | |
| 124 | 81 | "Foxy Box" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 31, 1968 | |
| 125 | 82 | "Indian Country" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 9, 1968 | |
| 126 | 83 | "Tail Tale" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 18, 1968 | |
| 127 | 84 | "Motor Mania" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 19, 1968 | |
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Gumby and Pokey go go-kart racing to win a $500 prize if they can beat the race's champion: Reggie Von Snoot. | ||||||
| 128 | 85 | "Sticky Pokey" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 23, 1968 | |
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After being chased by the Blockheads one time too many, Pokey seeks help from Gumby, Prickle, and Professor Kapp, who come up with a very sticky solution. | ||||||
| 129 | 86 | "Point of Honor" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 24, 1968 | |
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Gumby and Prickle face one another in a duel after Prickle rudely upstages Gumby in front of Goo. | ||||||
| 130 | 87 | "The Indian Challenge" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 9, 1968 | |
Gumby Adventures (1988)
[edit]The show was revived in 1988 as Gumby Adventures with 99 new episodes and five shorts ("Gone Clayzy", "Gumball Gumby", "Chatter Box", "Clay Trix", and "The Funny Bathtub"). The shorts, as well as the re-recorded editions of The Gumby Show, were included with the revival's syndication.[8][9]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 131 | 1 | "Mirror-Aculous Recovery" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 9, 1988 | |
| 132 | 2 | "As the Worm Turns" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 9, 1988 | |
| 133 | 3 | "Lost Treasure" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 16, 1988 | |
| 134 | 4 | "The Beetle and the Caterpillar" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 16, 1988 | |
| 135 | 5 | "Gumbot" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 23, 1988 | |
| 136 | 6 | "Guitar Magic" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 23, 1988 | |
| 137 | 7 | "A Miner Affair" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 30, 1988 | |
| 138 | 8 | "All Cooped Up" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 30, 1988 | |
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Note: Tilly's first official appearance ever produced. | ||||||
| 139 | 9 | "Wild Girls" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 9, 1988 | |
| 140 | 10 | "A Smashing Hit" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 16, 1988 | |
| 141 | 11 | "Music Ball" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 2, 1988 | |
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A top-secret package is accidentally airdropped into the barn. Its contents are revealed to be a shapeshifting gold ball that reacts to the sound of Gumby and his friends' music. When they consider using it for their next concert, it is stolen by the Blockheads. Note: Tilly's first official appearance ever aired. | ||||||
| 142 | 12 | "The Elephant and the Dragon" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 6, 1988 | |
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Note: A clip of this episode appeared in Gumby episode, "Geese Grief". | ||||||
| 143 | 13 | "Birthday Party in the Middle Ages" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 13, 1988 | |
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Note: Final appearances of Nopey and others in this episode, but they moved to the re-recorded episodes. | ||||||
| 144 | 14 | "Strange Circus Animals" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 2, 1988 | |
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Gumby and his friends opt to run their own circus to support a local missing children charity. While searching for animals to use in their show, Gumby and Pokey befriend an orphaned baby mastodon named Denali, after witnessing its mother's death. Note: Denali's debut. | ||||||
| 145 | 15 | "The Fliver 500" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 27, 1988 | |
| 146 | 16 | "A Gumby Day" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 2, 1988 | |
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An average day in the life of the Gumby household is seen as Gumby prepares to start the day. After which, he (and Pokey) visit the farm to practice their circus routine with Denali. Note: Minga's debut. | ||||||
| 147 | 17 | "The Search" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 12, 1988 | |
| 148 | 18 | "Gumby's Circus" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 30, 1988 | |
| 149 | 19 | "Melon Felons" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 5, 1988 | |
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Gumby uses a chemical solution to grow watermelons and sell them, and Denali sprays the solution on the ground; after selling the watermelons that the Blockheads stole, the chemical combined with Denali's ice power causes the watermelons to grow into gigantic, sentient monsters that rampage the town and chase Gumby and his friends. | ||||||
| 150 | 20 | "Shrink-a-Dink" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 2, 1988 | |
| 151 | 21 | "The Big City" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 13, 1988 | |
| 152 | 22 | "Cottage for Granny" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 2, 1988 | |
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While visiting the barn, Granny's glasses are broken by accident, leading to chaos on the road. When Gumby and Goo visit to check on her, they learn that she had been swindled by the Blockheads pretending to be real-estate agents due her poor eyesight. | ||||||
| 153 | 23 | "The Big Squirt" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 19, 1988 | |
| 154 | 24 | "Witch Way" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 26, 1988 | |
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Note: The first time Minga has red lips. | ||||||
| 155 | 25 | "The Astrobots" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 14, 1988 | |
| 156 | 26 | "Educational TV" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 12, 1988 | |
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Note: The final time Minga has her yellow dress. | ||||||
| 157 | 27 | "Denali's House" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 6, 1988 | |
| 158 | 28 | "Humbug!!" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 20, 1988 | |
| 159 | 29 | "Dolly for Minga" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 20, 1988 | |
| 160 | 30 | "The Wind Bag" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 9, 1988 | |
| 161 | 31 | "Little Girl Lost" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 19, 1988 | |
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Note: The first time Minga has her yellow buttons. | ||||||
| 162 | 32 | "Children for Sale" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 26, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the first episode where Minga does not speak, and a clip from the episode appears during the end credits of Gumby: The Movie. | ||||||
| 163 | 33 | "A Lotta Hot Air" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 9, 1988 | |
| 164 | 34 | "The Wild Horse" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 9, 1988 | |
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Note: The final time Minga has red lips. | ||||||
| 165 | 35 | "Of Note" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 13, 1988 | |
| 166 | 36 | "Fun Day" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 20, 1988 | |
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Note: A clip from the episode appears during the end credits of Gumby: The Movie. | ||||||
| 167 | 37 | "The Plant" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 16, 1988 | |
| 168 | 38 | "Merry-Go-Pumpkin" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 5, 1988 | |
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It's Minga's birthday and Gumby takes her, along with their friends, to a pumpkin-themed amusement park. | ||||||
| 169 | 39 | "Minga-Sitting" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 27, 1988 | |
| 170 | 40 | "A Real Seal" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 27, 1988 | |
| 171 | 41 | "Naughty Boy" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 16, 1988 | |
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A boy named Thomas Pitts plays truant from school, so Gumby volunteers to get him back. | ||||||
| 172 | 42 | "Hatching Out" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | January 2, 1988 | |
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After watching a dinosaur documentary, Gumby has a nightmare about being chased and eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Note: A clip from the episode appears during the end credits of Gumby: The Movie. | ||||||
| 173 | 43 | "Time Kapp-Sule" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 5, 1988 | |
| 174 | 44 | "Band Contest" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 12, 1988 | |
| 175 | 45 | "Geese Grief" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 21, 1988 | |
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After an accident that happened at the park, Minga and Prickle are turned into geese by an evil sorcerer. After finding out what happened, Gumby takes them to see King Ott's personal wizard for a cure. | ||||||
| 176 | 46 | "The Fox Hunt" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 21, 1988 | |
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A fox attempts to eat Tilly, so Gumby and his friends set out to teach the fox a lesson. | ||||||
| 177 | 47 | "The Lost Arrow" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 20, 1988 | |
| 178 | 48 | "Command Performance" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 19, 1988 | |
| 179 | 49 | "Sleepy Time Robbers" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | March 26, 1988 | |
| 180 | 50 | "Balloonacy" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 23, 1988 | |
| 181 | 51 | "Picnic" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 23, 1988 | |
| 182 | 52 | "Wild Train Ride" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 7, 1988 | |
| 183 | 53 | "Funtasia" | Art Clokey | Rich Zim, Tom Gasek, Stephen Buckley, Mark Peter Maggiore, Mike Belzer & Anthony Scott | April 30, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the first episode with credits. | ||||||
| 184 | 54 | "Rip Van Prickle" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 30, 1988 | |
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Prickle has a nightmare that he's an old dinosaur in the future and none of his friends recognize him. | ||||||
| 185 | 55 | "The Great Mastodon Robbery" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 30, 1988 | |
| 186 | 56 | "Young Granny" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | April 16, 1988 | |
| 187 | 57 | "The Abominable Dough Man" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 14, 1988 | |
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Minga offers to make bread; while waiting for it to bake, she takes a nap and has a bad dream in which the bread dough gets out of control and turns into a monster that wreaks havoc. | ||||||
| 188 | 58 | "Ostrich Feathers" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 6, 1988 | |
| 189 | 59 | "Blocks in the Head" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 14, 1988 | |
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Gumby studies for an exam about cubes and ends up seeing people and his friends having blocks for heads. | ||||||
| 190 | 60 | "Gumby's Close Encounter" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 28, 1988 | |
| 191 | 61 | "Arctic Antics" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 7, 1988 | |
| 192 | 62 | "Runaway Camel" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 7, 1988 | |
| 193 | 63 | "Flying Carpets" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 28, 1988 | |
| 194 | 64 | "Gumbitty Doo-Dah" | Art Clokey | Kristine Albrecht, Kurt Hanson, Tim Hittle, Eric Leighton & Mark Peter Maggiore | January 23, 1988 | |
| 195 | 65 | "G.M.V. (Gumby Music Video)" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 13, 1988 | |
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Gumby and his friends make a music video. Note: A clip from the episode appears during the end credits of Gumby: The Movie. | ||||||
| 196 | 66 | "Lost in Chinatown" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 25, 1988 | |
| 197 | 67 | "Joker's Wild" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 25, 1988 | |
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A joker is banished from his card deck for not being funny, so he seeks Gumby's help to be funny and make the card king laugh. | ||||||
| 198 | 68 | "Minga's Folly" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 4, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the first episode with music selections from previous Gumby episodes by Jerry Gerber. | ||||||
| 199 | 69 | "High as a Kite" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 4, 1988 | |
| 200 | 70 | "The Denali Blues" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | February 20, 1988 | |
| 201 | 71 | "Gumbastic" | Art Clokey | Anthony Scott, Kurt Hanson, Angie Glocka & Owen Klatte | April 23, 1988 | |
| 202 | 72 | "Little Denali Lost" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 18, 1988 | |
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Note: Part two of The Denali Blues. | ||||||
| 203 | 73 | "Goo and the Queen (Part 1)" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 11, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the final episode where Gumby is mentioned. | ||||||
| 204 | 74 | "Goo and the Queen (Part 2)" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 11, 1988 | |
| 205 | 75 | "A Moving Experience" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 28, 1988 | |
| 206 | 76 | "Prickle's Baby Brudder" | Art Clokey | David Bleiman | June 11, 1988 | |
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Prickle's "little" brother, a gigantic fire-breathing dragon, is being hunted by a knight after a series of unexplained fires damage a village; Prickle and Gumby help out to clear the dragon of any guilt and discover the cause of the mysterious fires. | ||||||
| 207 | 77 | "My O Maya" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 2, 1988 | |
| 208 | 78 | "Goo's Music Video" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 23, 1988 | |
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Goo suffers from Writer's Block while trying to come up with ideas for a music video with Gumby and the others. She soon find inspiration after having a vivid dream about being chased by a bear in a cave. Note: A clip from the episode appears during the end credits of Gumby: The Movie. | ||||||
| 209 | 79 | "Clayfully Yours" | Art Clokey | Stephen Buckley, Karen Kiser and Rich Zim | August 13, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the final episode to have the only character who speaks. | ||||||
| 210 | 80 | "Proxy Gumby" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 4, 1988 | |
| 211 | 81 | "Goo's Pies" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | May 21, 1988 | |
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Goo is baking pies that everyone loves and gets robots to make the work easier; however, the Blockheads seek out to ruin her business so people can by their pies. | ||||||
| 212 | 82 | "Robot Farm" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 9, 1988 | |
| 213 | 83 | "The Forbidden Mine (Part 1)" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 9, 1988 | |
| 214 | 84 | "The Forbidden Mine (Part 2)" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 9, 1988 | |
| 215 | 85 | "Clay Play" | Art Clokey | Blake Martin, Tony Laudati & Stephen C. Wathen | June 18, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the final episode without dialogue, and a clip of this episode appeared in Freddy's Nightmares episode, "The End of the World". | ||||||
| 216 | 86 | "The Knight Mare" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | June 25, 1988 | |
| 217 | 87 | "Skateboard Rally" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 23, 1988 | |
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Gumby takes part in a skateboard exhibition. Before he can partake however, his board is stolen by the Blockheads. | ||||||
| 218 | 88 | "Space Oddity (Part 1)" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 16, 1988 | |
| 219 | 89 | "Space Oddity (Part 2)" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 16, 1988 | |
| 220 | 90 | "Best in the Block" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 23, 1988 | |
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Gumby's cousins are house-hunting, but the only house that's available is too expensive, and being built by the Blockheads. Gumby tries to help out by having the Groobee build several houses for a more affordable price, but the Blockheads try to sabotage them by spiking the Groobee's sawdust. | ||||||
| 221 | 91 | "The Lost Birthday Present" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 30, 1988 | |
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The Blockheads are accused of stealing Gumby's birthday present (a piano). | ||||||
| 222 | 92 | "2 Bee or Knot 2 Bee" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 16, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the only episode to have the rebus title. | ||||||
| 223 | 93 | "Just Train Crazy" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 30, 1988 | |
| 224 | 94 | "Wickiups and Bulrushes" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | July 30, 1988 | |
| 225 | 95 | "Pokey à la Mode" | Art Clokey | Gloria Clokey | July 2, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the final episode where Gumby is absent, and also the final day in the limelight episode, and the only episode to have two characters who speak at the end. | ||||||
| 226 | 96 | "Kangaroo Express" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 6, 1988 | |
| 227 | 97 | "Kid Brother Kids" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 6, 1988 | |
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Gumby and his friends are invited to perform a concert at an ice cream-serving saloon, where they are interrupted by two notorious Blockheads referred to as the Kid Brothers and a food fight breaks out. Note: The only appearances of the 1-2 Blockheads. | ||||||
| 228 | 98 | "Time Out" | Art Clokey | Ken Pontac | August 13, 1988 | |
| 229 | 99 | "For the Graduate" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 6, 1988 | |
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The final Gumby classic episode, and final lower-deck episode. | ||||||
| 230 | 100 | "Gone Clayzy" | Art Clokey | David Bleiman | June 18, 1988 | |
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A piece of Gumby's head comes off after he suffers from a nasty fall, rendering him brain-dead. When Prickle tries to place it back on, it gains a chaotic mind of its own. | ||||||
| 231 | 101 | "Gumball Gumby" | Art Clokey | Gloria Clokey | July 2, 1988 | |
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Gumby tries to get a gumball from a gumball machine, despite having no cash. When he gets stuck inside it, Pokey comes to his rescue. | ||||||
| 232 | 102 | "Clay Trix" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | August 20, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the last time Gumby, Pokey, Prickle, and Goo appear together, and the only mime-and-music only short. | ||||||
| 233 | 103 | "Chatter Box" | Art Clokey | Gloria Clokey | December 31, 1988 | |
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Note: This is the last frozen title card and last episode with credits. | ||||||
| 234 | 104 | "The Funny Bathtub" | Art Clokey | Art Clokey | December 31, 1988 | |
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Note: Last Gumby classic short, and the sixth and last time to feature live action footage, and second and final day in the limelight short, and final Gumby episode with music selections from previous Gumby episodes by Jerry Gerber. The re-recorded editions of 1955-1969 Gumby episodes with music selections from them by him are aired in the late 1980s. | ||||||
Bumpers
[edit]- Pokey shoots Gumby out of a cannon.
- Pokey rolls a giant green ball of clay off the cliff and it becomes nine mini Gumbys.
- Gumby inflates a balloon, but gets inflated into a bigger and fatter version with Pokey by his side.
- Pokey throws a baseball, Gumby swings the bat but misses, and then a springy noise is made.
- Gumby and Pokey are aerial fighters, and Gumby leaves an ammo hole shaped like him.
- Gumby and Pokey are inside the rocket about the blast off and leave behind a cloud in a shape of Gumby.
- Gumby and Pokey chess board.
- Gumby turns into a puddle, Pokey pops out from above the puddle, and enters the conference hall.
- Gumby (Return) says, "Here comes another adventure with me and all my friends!"
- Gumby (Commercial Break) says, "Don't go away! I'll be right back with all my pals after this."
- Pokey (Return) says, "Holy Toledo! Here's another Gumby Adventure!"
- Prickle (Commercial Break) says, "Hang on. Gumby will be right back after these messages. You can count on it."
- Goo (Return) says, "Here comes more fun with Gumby and pals!" (Note: This bumper is heard in Freddy's Nightmares episode, The End of the World.)
- Professor Kapp (Commercial Break) says, "Goodness gracious! There will be more Gumby Adventures right after this!"
- Gumbo and Gumba (Return) – Gumbo says, "Here comes another adventure with our son Gumby, and his friends." Then Gumba says, "I'm so proud of our boy!"
- Minga (Commercial Break) says, "Stay right here. My brother Gumby will be back after these messages."
Home media
[edit]Official releases
[edit]On June 24, 2015, it was announced that NCircle Entertainment has acquired the distribution rights to the original 1950s and 1960s series, the 1980s revival series and Gumby: The Movie in Region 1. It was announced that they would release The Gumby Show: The Complete 50s Series on DVD on September 22, 2015.[10] The Gumby Show: The 60s Series Volume 1 followed on February 23, 2016 and The Gumby Show: The 60s Series Volume 2 on September 13, 2016. There are five episodes that were omitted in the 1960s volumes because they contain what are now considered politically incorrect stereotypes of Native Americans. These episodes are "Siege of Boonesborough", "Pokey's Price", "Gold Rush Gumby", "Indian Country" and "The Indian Challenge".
In 2013, Beyond Home Entertainment released the complete series on NTSC DVDs in Australia as a JB Hi-Fi exclusive. This is a seven-disc, collector's edition set within a tin steelbook case and includes Gumbasia, six "bumper" clips, and every episode from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s (including the five shorts skipped over on other sets). The film transfers are said to be the Premavision authorized official versions which are all new restorations from the original negatives and can be played on Regions 1 & 4 DVD players (possibly other regions as well).[11][12]
Throughout the 1980s, Family Home Entertainment released a majority of the 1950s and 1960s Gumby episodes on various VHS collections (the only episodes that didn't get a release were "This Little Piggy", "Tricky Train", and "Foxy Box"). These all retained their original audio tracks as they were released prior to the 1987 revival series, in which completely new soundtracks had to be recorded due to licensing issues involving the original soundtracks.
In 2002, Kid Rhino Home Video (a division distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment and WEA) (a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner) released a seven-disc DVD compilation containing 110 episodes from the 1950s and 1960s. The set was not widely distributed, and it received much negative feedback because the film elements used were the 1980s reissues with the redubbed soundtracks and voices. Three years later, Rhino Home Video/Rhino Retrovision released a two-volume set entitled The Very Best New Adventures of Gumby.
Classic Media had a few home media releases of Gumby starting on September 4, 2007 with Gumby Essentials, Volume 1, which contained episodes from each season of the show. In 2008, Classic Media released a director's cut of Gumby: The Movie that included bonus episodes from the series. That same year, the company also released a two-disc DVD set containing four Christmas themed programs. In addition to a compilation of Gumby episodes titled Gumby Season's Greetings, the other programs include Casper the Friendly Ghost, Fat Albert, and George of the Jungle.
In the fall of 2010, Columbia Music Entertainment released two compilation DVDs in Japan titled "Gumby Best Selection" (ガンビー・ベストセレクション) with permission from Premavision and Classic Media. The two DVD series contains the best selected episodes from both 1950s–1960s era to the 1980s era, all digitally remastered and each have Japanese subtitles. Two DVDs were released: Gumby Best Selection: Early Years 50s-60s,[13] released on September 1, 2010 followed by its English subtitled version on November 17, 2010 and Gumby Best Selection: 80s,[14] released on November 17, 2010.
Unofficial releases
[edit]There have been many home media releases that were not authorized by Art Clokey or Clokey Productions, and therefore are considered unofficial releases.
In 1994, GoodTimes Entertainment released Christmas with Gumby on VHS. The set features "Scrooge Loose", "Santa-Witch", "Pigeon in a Plum Tree", and "Toy Crazy"/"Toy Joy" edited together as one half-hour program without any episode title sequences. It was re-released on DVD in 2003. GoodTimes Entertainment also released the VHS Fun with Gumby in 1994, containing the episodes "The Kachinas", "Tree Trouble", "Lion Drive", "Yard Work Made Easy", and "The Magic Show" (edited for time).
In 1996, GoodTimes Entertainment released the VHS Gumby's Greatest Adventures. Later released on DVD in 2003, the set features "Toying Around", "Sad King Ott's Daughter", "The Blockheads", "Gumby Crosses the Delaware" (edited for time), "Gumby Concerto", "The Glob", "Gold Rush Gumby", "Baker's Tour" (edited for time), "The Black Knight", and "Gumby Racer".
In 2013, Legend Films released Gumby's Best Episodes (The Original Adventures) on DVD. The set includes: "Tree Trouble", "Lion Drive", "Yard Work Made Easy", "Sad King Otts Daughter", "The Blockheads", "Gumby Concerto", "The Glob", "Bakers Tour", "The Black Knight", "The Kachinas", "In a Fix", "The Witty Witch", "The Groobee", "Gumby Racer", "Rain for Roo", and "Hidden Valley".[15]
Public domain
[edit]Many budget-priced DVD collections can be found at dollar stores because some episodes have fallen into the public domain.[16] Gumby episodes believed to be in the public domain include "Too Loo", "Gumby Concerto", "Robot Rumpus", "Mysterious Fires," "Stuck on Books", "Gold Rush Gumby", and "Tricky Train".[citation needed] These collections also often include Clokey's experimental film, Gumbasia.
Restoration
[edit]From 2005 to 2006 and from 2012 to 2013, a project took place in attempt to restore the entire 1950s and 1960s Gumby library. These versions are all official and authorized as they contain Premavision copyright notices at the beginning. By 2006, a total of 36 restored transfers existed (33 episodes, the pilot cutdown "Gumby on the Moon", the experimental film "Gumbasia" and a stand-alone transfer of the 1964 theme-song intro), with the rest of the series being completed by 2013. The 1950s episodes were assembled back to their original 11-minute format as close as possible with the existing material. These restorations were not perfect as the original negatives for the 11-minute versions appear to be lost and now only exist split into their syndication halves. This is very noticeable as the restoration for "The Magic Show"/"The Magic Wand" retains the 1960s title sequence "The Magic Wand" instead of the original title sequence "The Magic Show". On a similar note, a narration track recorded for the beginning of the syndicated half titled "Gumby Concerto" is still heard on the restoration for "Too Loo"/"Gumby Concerto". These restored versions have since been released on DVD by Classic Media (the rights holder at the time the first batch of restorations were done) and NCircle Entertainment.
Online distribution
[edit]In 2007, the batch of restored versions were made available to view and/or download on various Internet video sites. Most of them were first made available for free viewing on AOL's In2TV, while later a select few became available on YouTube.[17] These episodes were also made available to purchase through Amazon's video-on-demand service Amazon Video. A few of the later additions to YouTube wound up being sourced from 1980s VHS transfers from Family Home Entertainment instead of actually being restored versions, indicating that the project to restore the entire Gumby library might have been either abandoned or temporarily stalled. The complete 1987 series was later added to Amazon.[18] While many of the aforementioned services are no longer active, Legend Films' Gumby's Best Episodes is available for streaming on Hulu.[19]
In November 2014, the entire first and second seasons of Gumby were launched on television and online via the children's on demand network Kabillion.[20][21]
References
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- ^ "Gumby's new look at 50". Daily News (New York). March 18, 2007. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ Wood, Chris (September 18, 2007). "Joe Clokey Finds Gumby Essential". Toon Zone. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ "1960s Episode List". Gumby World. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ "1960's Episode List". www.gumbyworld.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "1960's Episode List". www.gumbyworld.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "1960's Episode List". www.gumbyworld.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "Gumby Adventures Episode Guide". Big Cartoon DataBase. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ "Gumby Adventures". SIMKL. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
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