List of Gumby episodes

Pilots

The first clay animation film by Clokey was Gumbasia, which was a short film showcasing a series of clay shapes twisting, turning, and contorting in kaleidoscopic patterns. Created in 1953, Clokey later showed the film to producer Sam Engel, who suggested that Clokey apply the technique to form children's stories. Although Gumbasia didn't originally air on television, it is usually considered to be the first pilot episode of what would become The Gumby Show. Soon later, Clokey completed an official pilot for NBC through the financial assistance of Engel. Entitled "Gumby on the Moon", this marked the first appearance of Gumby. The pilot was then shown on Howdy Doody to much success and NBC ordered Gumby his own series.

Episodes

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 voice and appearance of the characters. For most of the 1950s episodes, they were originally presented as 11-minute stories, but were later split up and presented as separate entries when they were packaged for syndication with the episodes produced in the 1960s. 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.

Gumby Adventures (1988)

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 remastered versions of The Gumby Show, were included with the revival's syndication.

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) says, "Here comes another adventure with me and all my friends!"
10. Gumby (Commercial Break) says, "Don't go away! I'll be right back with all my pals after this."
11. Pokey (Return) says, "Holy Toledo! Here's another Gumby Adventure!"
12. Prickle (Commercial Break) says, "Hang on. Gumby will be right back after these messages. You can count on it."
13. 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.)
14. Professor Kapp (Commercial Break) says, "Goodness gracious! There will be more Gumby Adventures right after this!"
15. 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!"
16. Minga (Commercial Break) says, "Stay right here. My brother Gumby will be right back after these messages."

Official releases

On June 24, 2015, it was announced that NCircle Entertainment has acquired the distribution rights to the original 50's and 60's series, the 80's 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. The Gumby Show: The 60s series Volume 1 followed in February 23, 2016 and The Gumby Show: The 60s series Volume 2 in September 13, 2016. There are 5 episodes that were skipped over on the 1960's volumes. These episodes are "Siege of Boonesborough", "Pokey's Price", "Gold Rush Gumby", "Indian Country" and "The Indian Challenge". These 5 episodes have Native American stereotypes that are now considered politically incorrect, thus the reason why they were skipped over.

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 1988 revival series, in which completely new soundtracks had to be recorded due to licensing issues involving the original soundtracks.

In 2002, Rhino Home Video released a 7-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 prints used were the 1980s reissues with the redubbed soundtracks and voices. Three years later, Rhino Home Video 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 2-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 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, released in September 1, 2010 followed by its English subtitled version in November 17, 2010 and Gumby Best Selection: 80's, released in November 17, 2010.

In 2013, the complete series was released on NTSC DVD in Australia as a JB Hi-Fi exclusive. The film transfers are said to be all new restorations from the original negatives. This release contains an NTSC transfer over seven discs.

Unofficial releases

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".

Public domain

Many budget-priced DVD collections can be found at dollar stores because some 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 Clokey's experimental film, Gumbasia.

Restoration

From 2005 to 2006, 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. 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 Classic Media, the rightsholder at the time these restorations were done.

Online distribution

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 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 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 temporarily stalled. The complete 1988 series was later added to Amazon. While many of the aforementioned services are no longer active, Legend Films' Gumby's Best Episodes is available for streaming on Hulu.

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.