Gumby

Gumby is a dark green clay figure.  He was in 233 episodes on American television series. He was also in a feature-length movie and other media.  He has become well known as an example of stop motion clay animation.  He has become a cultural icon.  There have been many tributes and parodies, including a video game and toys. Gumby Adventures aired on PBS Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network and Galavision

Origin
Gumby was started by Art Clokey in 1953. The first 'episode' was a 3-minute short called Gumbasia. It showed moving lumps of clay set to music, and parodied Fantasia. In 1955, Art showed Gumbasia to movie producer Sam Engel, who then paid him for a 15-minute movie called Gumby Goes to the Moon. 

Gumby was given his own NBC series in 1957. Female actress' voiced Gumby. New episodes were added in 1962, and Dallas McKennon became the voice of Gumby.

Characters
Gumby's main sidekick is Pokey, a talking orange pony. His enemies are the Blockheads. They are a pair of human-like, red-colored figures with block-shaped heads. The Blockheads were inspired by the Katzenjammer Kids, who were always getting into scrapes and causing discomfort to others. Other characters are Gumby's dog Nopey.  All he says is "nope".  There is also Prickle, a yellow dinosaur who sometimes acts like a detective with pipe and hat like Sherlock Holmes. Also on the series are Goo, a flying blue mermaid who spits blue goo balls and can change shape at will; Gumby's mother Gumba and father Gumbo.  The later series in 1988 added Gumby's sister Minga and mastodon friend Denali.

1954
Gumbasia: Baby Gumby (November 27, 1954) - First appearance.

1956 - 1981
The Gumby Show (December 29, 1956 - June 13, 1981) - Episodes aired on NET.

1983 - current
Gumby Adventures (August 6, 1983 - April 19, 1997) - 1983 - 1989 aired on PBS. And 1994 - 1997 aired on Nickelodeon.
The Puppetoon Movie (June 12, 1987) - Hosted by Gumby, Pokey and Arnie.
Gumby: The Movie (December 1, 1995) - Gumby's first movie.
Gumby vs. the Astrobots (August 1, 2005) - Gumby's only in the game.
Gumby's 50th Anniversary (December 2, 2005) - Gumby's first special.

List of Gumby episodes

Bonus Features
The Adventures of Gumby had 22 bonus episodes and 16 episodes with commentary.

Bonus Episodes

Gumby episodes w/Commentary

Gumby Featurettes

Premavision History
1950's (1950-1959)
1960's (1960-1969)
1980's (1980-1989)
1990's (1990-1999)
2000's (2000-2009)

Games
Clayzy Game
Make the Gumby Scene

Deleted Episode
Baking Cookies (2008) - 1 minute
Gumbo and Gumba Bumper (2002) - 9 seconds (not episode); also in Gumby Vol. 1 (VHS and DVD).
Gumby Goes Clayzy - 6 minutes
In a Fix (1959) - 4 minutes

Gumby Bumpers
Gumby Bumpers in 2 minutes is released in January 4, 1980 starring Gumby, Pokey and cameo appearance of Blue Mermaid Goo.

Mary Had a Little Lamb
Was released on February 13, 1982. It is 6 minutes long.

1967 version
In 1967 version, an episode of Gumby Train Trouble is released in January 7, 1967 starring Gumby and first appearance of Nopey. This episode in 1967 is the version of 1958.

References

Other websites 

Gumbyworld.com
 Bren's Gumbyland - The Ultimate Gumby Memorabilia Collection/Fansite

Fictional characters