List of Gumby episodes

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Pilot film without Gumby

Gumbasia[1] is a 3-minute film made by Art Clokey in 1953. There is no plot, but just the movement of 3-dimensional clay geometric shapes to the sound of jazz music. Gumby does not appear in this film. The actual Gumby series pilot was a film titled Gumby on the Moon.[1]

Gumby Bumpers

  1. Pokey shoots Gumby out of a cannon.
  2. Pokey rolls a giant green ball of clay off the cliff and it becomes nine mini Gumbys.
  3. Gumby inflates a balloon, but gets inflated into a bigger and fatter version with Pokey by his side.
  4. Pokey throws a baseball, Gumby swings the bat but misses, and then a springy noise is made.
  5. Gumby and Pokey are aerial fighters, and Gumby leaves an ammo hole shaped like him.
  6. Gumby and Pokey are inside the rocket about the blast off and leave behind a cloud in a shape of Gumby.
  7. Gumby and Pokey chess board.
  8. Gumby turns into a puddle, Pokey pops out from above the puddle, and enters the conference hall.
  9. Gumby (Return) - "Here comes another adventure with me and all my friends!"
  10. Gumby (Commercial Break) - "Don't go away! I'll be right back with all my pals after this."
  11. Pokey (Return) - "Holy Toledo! Here's another Gumby Adventure!"
  12. Prickle (Commercial Break) - "Hang on. Gumby will be right back after these messages. You can count on it."
  13. Goo (Return) - "Here comes more fun with Gumby and pals!"
  14. Professor Kapp (Commercial Break) - "Goodness gracious! There will be more Gumby Adventures right after this!"
  15. Gumbo and Gumba (Return) - Gumbo says, "Here comes another adventure with son, Gumby, and his friends." Then Gumba says, "I'm so proud of our boy!"
  16. Minga (Commercial Break) - "Stay right there. My brother Gumby will be back after these messages."

Episode Listing

Since information about the original airdates or original production order is unknown, these listings are reasonable estimates towards the original production order. The following was compiled based on the evolution of the appearance and voice for the characters. For most of the 1950s episodes, they were originally presented as 11-minute stories, but were later chopped in half and presented as two separate entries when they were packaged for syndication with new episodes produced in the 1960s. Several of these abbreviated versions borrow footage from their counterpart, while some had some 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 1950's episodes will be listed with the original title of the 11-minute version listed first and in parenthesis will be the name of the counterpart that was created when these episodes were split.

1950s Episodes

Produced circa. 1955-1956 for "The Howdy Doody Show"

  1. Moon Trip (Trapped on the Moon) (Gumby on the Moon)
  2. Mirror Land (Lost and Found)
  3. The Little Lost Pony (The Blockheads)
  4. The Fantastic Farmer (Gopher Trouble)
  5. Too Loo (Gumby Concerto)[1]
  6. The Black Knight (Mysterious Fires)
  7. Robot Rumpus (Yard Work Made Easy)[1]
  8. Toy Crazy (Toy Joy)[1]
  9. Lion Around (Lion Drive)
  10. The Eggs and Trixie (Egg Trouble)
  11. Odd Balls (Outcast Marbles)[1]
  12. Gumby Business (Toy Fun)

Produced circa. 1957 for "The Gumby Show"

  1. The Mocking Monkey (How Not to Trap Lions)
  2. The Magic Show (The Magic Wand)[1]
  3. Pokey Express (Indian Trouble)
  4. The Racing Game (Gumby Racer)[1]
  5. Rain Spirits (The Kachinas)[1]
  6. Toying Around (Toy Capers)
  7. In the Dough (Baker's Tour)[1]
  8. Tree Trouble (Eager Beavers)[1]
  9. In A Fix
  10. Train Trouble

1960s Episodes

Produced circa. 1960-1962

  1. The Zoops
  2. Even Steven
  3. The Glob[1]
  4. Chicken Feed
  5. Hidden Valley[1]
  6. The Groobee[1]
  7. The Witty Witch[1]
  8. Hot Rod Granny[1]
  9. Ricochet Pete[1]
  10. Northland Follies
  11. The Small Planets[1]
  12. Sad King Ott’s Daughter[1]
  13. King for a Day
  14. Rain for Roo
  15. Santa-Witch[1]
  16. Scrooge Loose[1]
  17. Pigeon in a Plum Tree[1]
  18. The Big Eye[1]
  19. Lawn Party (partially Live-action)

The following 4 films were billed as "Gumby Specials". Rather than featuring Gumby, the specials feature other clay characters. The first 3 listed star a bear named Henry and a blue clay bird named Rodgy. The fourth one features a character named Professor Kapp, who would later make regular appearances in Gumby episodes.

  1. Who’s What[1]
  2. Dragon Witch
  3. Treasure For Henry[1]
  4. Space Ball

Produced circa. 1966. These are the only episodes that were produced with a full slate of credits.

  1. Pilgrims on the Rocks[1]
  2. Pokey’s Price
  3. Son of Liberty[1]
  4. Gumby Crosses the Delaware[1]

Produced circa. 1967-1969

  1. Siege of Boonesborough
  2. The Missile-Bird
  3. Good Knight Story
  4. The Blue Goo[1]
  5. A Hair Raising Adventure
  6. Goo for Pokey
  7. Candidate for President[1]
  8. Gumby's Fire Department
  9. Motor Mania
  10. The Golden Iguana
  11. Making Squares
  12. The Magic Flute
  13. The Ferris Wheel Mystery
  14. School for Squares[1]
  15. The Gumby League
  16. The Golden Gosling
  17. Do-It-Yourself Gumby
  18. Behind the Puff Ball
  19. Super-Spray
  20. The Reluctant Gargoyles
  21. Tricky Train
  22. Tail Tale
  23. Indian Country
  24. Mason Hornet
  25. Haunted Hot Dog[1]
  26. Of Clay and Critters
  27. Tricky Ball
  28. Dragon Daffy
  29. Puppy Talk[1]
  30. A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
  31. Moon Madness
  32. Prickle's Problem
  33. A Bone for Nopey
  34. Shady Lemonade
  35. All Broken Up
  36. The Rodeo King
  37. Stuck on Books
  38. Dopey Nopey
  39. Dog Catchers
  40. This Little Piggy
  41. El Toro
  42. Puppy Dog School[1]
  43. Pokey Minds the Baby
  44. A Groobee Fight
  45. The Moon Boggles
  46. Wishful Thinking
  47. Turnip Trap
  48. Mystic Magic
  49. Foxy Box
  50. Point of Honor
  51. Weight and See
  52. Piano Rolling Blues
  53. Hot Ice
  54. Sticky Pokey
  55. Gumby Baby-Sits
  56. Gabby Auntie
  57. Bully for Gumby
  58. Grub Grabber Gumby[1]
  59. Indian Challenge
  60. Prickle Turns Artist
  61. Gold Rush Gumby

1980s Episodes

  1. The Music Ball
  2. Shrink-A-Dink
  3. Hatching Out
  4. Mirror-Aculous Recovery
  5. As the Worm Turns
  6. Wild Girls
  7. Lost Treasure
  8. The Beetle and the Caterpillar
  9. A Smashing Hit
  10. Gumbot
  11. Guitar Magic
  12. Gumbitty Doo Dah
  13. A Miner Affair
  14. All Cooped Up
  15. Gumby’s Circus
  16. The Elephant and the Dragon
  17. Denali’s House
  18. Ostrich Feathers
  19. Birthday Party in the Middle Ages
  20. The Big City
  21. Of Note
  22. Humbug!!
  23. Fun Day
  24. The Denali Blues
  25. The Fliver 5000
  26. Minga Sitting
  27. A Real Seal
  28. Melon Felons
  29. Merry-Go-Pumpkin
  30. Time Kapp-Sule
  31. The Search
  32. Educational TV
  33. Band Contest
  34. The Big Squirt
  35. Little Girl Lost
  36. Command Performance
  37. Witch Way
  38. Children for Sale
  39. Sleepy Time Robbers
  40. Strange Circus Animals
  41. A Gumby Day
  42. Cottage for Granny
  43. Wind Bag
  44. A Lotta Hot Air
  45. The Wild Horse
  46. The Plant
  47. Naughty Boy
  48. Young Granny
  49. Balloonacy
  50. Picnic
  51. Gumbastic
  52. Funtasia
  53. Rip Van Prickle
  54. The Great Mastodon Robbery
  55. Wild Train Ride
  56. Arctic Antics
  57. Runaway Camel
  58. The Abominable Doughman
  59. The Astrobots
  60. Blocks in the Head
  61. Geese Grief
  62. Fox Hunt
  63. Goo’s Pies
  64. Moving Experience
  65. Gumby’s Close Encounter
  66. Flying Carpet
  67. Minga’s Folly
  68. High as a Kite
  69. Proxy Gumby
  70. Goo and the Queen (Part 1)
  71. Prickle’s Baby Brudder
  72. Goo and the Queen (Part 2)
  73. Little Denali Lost
  74. Clay Play
  75. Gone Clayzy
  76. The Knight Mare
  77. Lost In Chinatown
  78. Joker’s Wild
  79. My-O-Maya
  80. Gumball Gumby
  81. Pokey à la Mode
  82. The Forbidden Mine (Part 1)
  83. Robot Farm
  84. The Forbidden Mine (Part 2)
  85. Space Oddity (Part 1)
  86. Chatter Box
  87. Space Oddity (Part 2)
  88. Skateboard Rally
  89. Goo’s Music Video
  90. Best in the Block
  91. The Lost Birthday Present
  92. Just Train Crazy
  93. Wickiups and Bulrushes
  94. Kangaroo Express
  95. Kid Brother Kids
  96. For the Graduate
  97. Clayfully Yours
  98. Gumby Music Video
  99. Time Out
  100. Dolly for Minga
  101. Lost Arrow
  102. Clay Trix
  103. To Bee or Not to Bee
  104. The Funny Bathtub

Restoration

From 2005-2006, a project took place to attempt to restore the entire 1950's and 1960s Gumby library. These versions are all official and authorized as they contain Premavision copyright notices at the beginning. As of 2010, a total of 36 restored transfers exist (33 episodes, the pilot cutdown "Gumby on the Moon", the experimental film "Gumbasia" and a stand-alone transfer of the 1967 theme-song intro). 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". Some of these restored versions have since been released on DVD by current rights holder Classic Media.

Home Video Availability

VHS

Throughout the 1980s Family Home Entertainment had released the 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 before the 1988 revival series, in which completely new soundtracks had to be recorded due to licensing issues involving the original soundtracks, which were sourced from the Capitol Records Hi-Q stock music library composed by John Seely.

7-DVD boxed set (2002, Rhino Home Video)

A compilation of 110 of the episodes from the 1950s through the 1960s. The set was not widely distributed, and it received much negative feedback because the prints used were the 1980s reissues that had the soundtracks and voices completely redubbed.

Christmas with Gumby (2003, GoodTimes Entertainment)

  1. Scrooge Loose
  2. Santa Witch
  3. Pigeon in a Plum Tree
  4. Toy Crazy/Toy Joy (both films edited back into their original format)

Gumby's Greatest Adventures (2003, GoodTimes Entertainment)

  1. Toying Around
  2. Sad King Ott's Daughter
  3. The Blockheads
  4. Gumby Crosses the Delaware (Edited)
  5. Gumby Concerto
  6. The Glob
  7. Gold Rush Gumby
  8. Baker's Tour (Edited)
  9. The Black Knight
  10. Gumby Racer

The Very Best New Adventures of Gumby Vol. 1 (2005, Rhino Home Video)

  1. Skateboard Rally
  2. Time Out
  3. Naughty Boy
  4. Kid Brother Kids
  5. Joker's Wild
  6. Clayfully Yours
  7. To Bee or Not to Bee
  8. Gumby Music Video
  9. Rip Van Prickle
  10. The Abominable Dough Man
  11. Goo's Pies
  12. Gumbastic

The Very Best New Adventures of Gumby Vol. 2 (2005, Rhino Home Video)

  1. Gumby's Close Encounter
  2. The Knight Mare
  3. Prickle's Baby Brudder
  4. The Wild Horse
  5. Blocks in the Head
  6. Lost in Chinatown
  7. Picnic
  8. Goo's Music Video
  9. Best in the Block
  10. Melon Felons
  11. Fun Day
  12. Gumbitty Doo Dah

Gumby Essentials Volume 1 (2007, Classic Media)

1950's:

  1. Robot Rumpus ("Yard Work Made Easy" and "Robot Rumpus" edited back into their original format)
  2. Too Loo ("Too Loo" and "Gumby Concerto" edited back into their original format)
  3. Rain Spirits ("Rain Spirits" and "The Kachinas" edited back into their original format)
  4. In The Dough ("In the Dough" and "Baker's Tour" edited back into their original format)
  5. The Racing Game ("The Racing Game" and "Gumby Racer" edited back into their original format)

1960's:

  1. The Groobee
  2. Hidden Valley
  3. Ricochet Pete
  4. The Small Planets
  5. Gumby Crosses the Delaware

1980's:

  1. The Wild Horse
  2. The Knight Mare
  3. Goo’s Pies
  4. To Bee Or Not To Bee
  5. Kid Brother Kids

Bonus Features:

  1. Art Clokey’s Original 1953 Theatrical Short, "Gumbasia"
  2. Re-mastered Pilot Episode, “Gumby on the Moon”
  3. 1960s Re-mastered Gumby Theme Song and Introduction
  4. Rare Gumby Bumpers
  5. Character Bios

Gumby: The Movie: Director's Cut (2008, Classic Media)

Bonus Episodes:

  1. Tree Trouble ("Tree Trouble" and "Eager Beavers" edited back into their original format)
  2. Robot Farm
  3. As the Worm Turns
  4. Melon Felons

The New Christmas Classics (2008, Classic Media)

In the fall of 2008, Classic Media released a 2-DVD set containing four Christmas themed programs. In addition to a compilation of Gumby episodes titled Gumby Season's Greetings, the other programs featured Casper the Friendly Ghost, Fat Albert and George of the Jungle.

Gumby Season's Greetings

  1. Pilgrims on the Rocks
  2. Pokey's Price
  3. Santa Witch
  4. Scrooge Loose
  5. Pigeon in a Plum Tree
  6. The Golden Gosling
  7. Humbug
  8. Toy Crazy ("Toy Crazy" and "Toy Joy" edited back into their original format)
  9. Gumby Business
  10. Toy Fun
  11. Train Trouble
  12. In a Fix

Gumby Best Selection (2010, Columbia Music Entertainment)

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 50-60's era to the 80's era, all digitally remastered and each have Japanese subtitles. Two DVDs were released: Gumby Best Selection: Early Years 50's-60's[2], released in September 1, 2010 followed by its English subtitled version in November 17, 2010 and Gumby Best Selection: 80's[3], released in November 17, 2010.

Gumby Best Selection: Early Years 50's-60's

  1. Robot Rumpus
  2. Too Loo
  3. Rain Spirits
  4. In The Dough
  5. The Racing Game
  6. The Groobee
  7. Hidden Valley
  8. Ricochet Pete
  9. The Small Planets
  10. Gumby Crosses the Delaware

Gumby Best Selection: 80's

  1. The Wild Horse
  2. The Knight Mare
  3. Goo's Pies
  4. To Bee Or Not To Bee
  5. Kid Brother Kid

Public Domain

Many budget-priced DVD collections can be found at dollar stores because a handful of episodes have fallen into the public domain. 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". These collections also often include Art Clokey's experiment film, "Gumbasia", which was a 3-minute short film of geometrical clay shapes moving to the sound of jazz music.

Digital

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. These episodes have also been made available to purchase through Amazon's video-on-demand service Amazon Unbox. A few of the later additions to Youtube wound up being sourced from 1980's 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 not yet completed. As of April, 2010, AOL no longer offers Gumby episodes for free viewing, and Youtube only officially carries the Christmas episodes (not counting unauthorized uploads by various users), while Amazon still carries the 35 restored versions in addition to a complete collection of 1988 episodes. In 2010, Hulu added the complete 1988 "Gumby Adventures" series to their site for free viewing.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai This episode has officially been restored by Premavision.
  2. ^ http://columbia.jp/prod-info/COBM-5829/
  3. ^ http://columbia.jp/prod-info/COBM-5830/