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

|Episode|Date|Run time|DVD release / Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_The Eggs and Trixie & Egg Trouble_|Dec 28, 1957|11 min.|After finding egg, cut to "Egg Trouble" in 5 minutes.|
|_Mirrorland & Lost and Found_|December 29, 1956|6 min.|"Lost and Found" ending scene of the car then cut to the coin in _Gumby's Fun Fling_.|
|_The Gumby Pilot_|Nov 28, 1954||Also on the Gumby 7 DVD Set|
|_The Fantastic Farmer & Gopher Trouble_|Dec 29, 1956|11 min.|Both films edited back into their original format.|
|_Dragon Daffy_|April 8, 1967|7 min.||
|_Goo for Pokey_|Feb 6, 1965|||
|_The Missile Bird_|Jan 2, 1965|||
|_Birthday Party in the Middle Ages_|Feb 13, 1982|8 min., 3 sec.||
|_Mirror-Aculous Recovery_|Jan 3, 1981|6 min., 30 sec.||
|_Of Clay and Critters_|April 8, 1967|5 min.||
|_The Music Ball_|Nov 1, 1980|7:12||
|_Prickle Turns Artist_|April 6, 1968|4:04||
|_Stuck on Books_|September 2, 1967||Also in _Gumby's Fun Fling_ (VHS).|
|_Gabby Anne_|September 2, 1967|4 min.||
|_Pokey a la Mode_|December 31, 1988|1:42||
|_Train Trouble_|November 29, 1958|4:41|The episode of Gumby is 1958 version.|
|_Gumby Business/Gumbasia: Baby Gumby/Toy Fun_|February 2, 1958|7 min.|Both films edited back into their original format.|
|_Lawn Party_|May 2, 1964|5:43|Also in VHS _Gumby's Fun Fling_.|
|_The Big Eye_|May 2, 1964|5 min.||
|_Gumbot_|May 2, 1981|5 min., 51 sec.||
|_How Not to Trap Lions/The Mocking Monkey/Monkey Business_|February 2, 1958||Both films edited back into their format.|
|_Gone Clayzy_|September 3, 1988|1:43||
|_The Funny Bathtub_|Nov 25, 1995|4 min.|Also in Gumby DVD Set|
|_Chatter Box_|Nov 25, 1995|60 sec.||
|_All Cooped Up_|August 1, 1981|||
|_Band Contest_|December 31, 1983|5:53||
|_Clayfully Yours_|December 30, 1989|3:58|Also in The Very Best New Adventures of Gumby Vol. 1.|
|_Lost Treasure_|April 4, 1981|||
|_The Gumby League_|April 1, 1967|3 min.||
|_A Real Seal_|January 1, 1983|6 min.||
|_The Beetle and the Caterpillar_|April 4, 1981|||
|_Guitar Magic_|May 2, 1981|||
|_Gumby's Circus_|August 1, 1981|6:13||
|_The Groobee_|August 1, 1959||Also in Gumby Essentials Vol. 1.|
|_The Witty Witch_|August 1, 1959|||
|_Merry-Go-Pumpkin_|December 3, 1983|||
|_Clay Play_|September 3, 1988|5:05||
|_A Minar Affair_|August 1, 1981|||
|_Dolly for Minga_|November 2, 1992|||
|_Hidden Valley_|May 30, 1959||Also in Gumby Essentials Vol. 1.|
|_Hot Rod Granny_|August 1, 1959|||
|_Chicken Feed_|May 30, 1959|||
|_Lost Arrow_|November 2, 1992|||
|_Tricky Ball_|April 8, 1967|4 min.||
|_Even Stevens_|Apr 4, 1959|5 min.||
|_The Zoops_|April 4, 1959|||
|_Motor Madness_|January 6, 1968|||
|_Puppy Dog School_|April 29, 1967||An episode of Gumby "Puppy Dog School" in Eastman Color in 16mm film.|
|_The Search_|December 31, 1983|||
|_The Astrobots_|June 4, 1988|||
|_Grub Grabber Gumby_|April 6, 1968|4 min.||
|_Wishful Thinking_|April 6, 1968|||
|_Geese Grief_|June 11, 1988|||
|_Fox Hunt_|June 11, 1988|||
|_Shrink-a-Dink_|November 1, 1980|||
|_Hatching Out_|November 1, 1980|6:10||

## Bonus Features

_The Adventures of Gumby_ had 22 bonus episodes and 16 episodes with commentary.

### Bonus Episodes

|Episode|Date|Run time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Weight and See_|January 6, 1968|||
|_Magic Mystic_|January 6, 1968|||
|_Ricochet Pete_|December 2, 1961||Also in Gumby Essentials Vol. 1.|
|_Northland Follies_|December 2, 1961||Audio episode in 1995.|
|_The Small Planets_|December 2, 1961||Also in Gumby Essentials Vol. 1.|
|_Turnip Trap_|November 30, 1968|||
|_The Indian Challenge_|November 30, 1968|||
|_Wild Girls_|January 3, 1981|||
|_Gumby Baby-sits_|May 6, 1967||Also in VHS _Gumby's Fun Fling_.|
|_Dopey Nopey_|April 29, 1967|||
|_Pilgrims on the Rock_|December 4, 1964|||
|_The Blue Goo_|February 6, 1965|||
|_A Hair-Raising Adventure_|February 6, 1965|||
|_Pokey Express_|June 7, 1958|11 min.|1958 episode edited back to original 11 minutes.|
|_Pokey Minds the Baby_|March 4, 1967|||
|_The Moon Boggles_|March 4, 1967|||
|_Hot Ice_|March 4, 1967|||
|_My-O-Maya_|December 3, 1988|||
|_Pokey a La Mode_|December 3, 1988|||
|_Balloonancy_|April 23, 1988|||
|_Wild Train Ride_|May 7, 1988|||
|_Minga Sitting_|Feburary 27, 1982|6 min|Also on Cartoon Network.|

### Gumby episodes w/Commentary

|Episode|Date|Run time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Foxy Proxy_|September 2, 1967|||
|_The Lost Birthday Present_|March 4, 1989|||
|_Minga's Folly_|June 11, 1988|||
|_Little Denali Lost_|September 3, 1988|||
|_Just Train Crazy_|March 4, 1989|||
|_Wickiups and Bulrushes_|March 4, 1989|||
|_Kangaroo Express_|March 11, 1989|||
|_For the Graduate_|March 11, 1989|||
|_Sad King Ott's Daughter_|December 1, 1962|||
|_King for a Day_|December 1, 1962|||
|_Rain for Roo_|December 1, 1962|||
|_Candidate for President_|February 13, 1965|||
|_A Groobee Fight_|March 4, 1967|||
|_Piano Rolling Blues_|March 11, 1967|||
|_Time Kapp-Sule_|December 3, 1983|||
|_A Gumby Day_|April 7, 1984|||

### Gumby Featurettes

|Episode|Date|Run Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Moon Trip_|December 31, 1955|18 min.|Also in _Gumby Vol. 1_ (VHS and DVD) and _Gumby Essentials Vol. 1_ (DVD).|
|_Goo and the Queen_|August 6, 1988|13 min.|1988 episode edited back to 1980's 13 minutes length.|
|_The Forbidden Mine_|January 7, 1989|13 min.|1989 episode edited back to 1980's 13 minutes length.|
|_Space Oddity_|January 14, 1989|13 min.|1989 episode edited back to 1980's 13 minutes length.|

### 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.

## Other websites

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