Pilot film without Gumby

Gumbasia

Gumbasia

Gumbasia, a 3 minute 34 second short film produced in 1953 and released on September 2, 1955, was the first clay animation produced by Art Clokey, who went on to create the classic series Gumby and Davey and Goliath using the same technique. Many of his later animations have influenced many, many...

is a 3-minute film made by Art Clokey

Art Clokey

Arthur "Art" Clokey was a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia, influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California.After the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth came up...

 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

Gumby

Gumby is a green clay humanoid character created and modeled by Art Clokey, who also created Davey and Goliath. Gumby has been the subject of a 233-episode series of American television as well as a feature-length film and other media...

 series pilot was a film titled Gumby on the Moon.

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 for "The Howdy Doody Show"

1. Moon Trip -
2. Mirror Land -
3. The Little Lost Pony -
4. The Fantastic Farmer -
5. Too Loo -
6. The Black Knight -
7. Robot Rumpus -
8. Toy Crazy -
9. Lion Around -
10. The Eggs and Trixie -
11. Odd Balls -
12. Gumby Business -

Produced circa. 1956 for "The Gumby Show"

1. The Mocking Monkey -
2. The Magic Show -
3. Pokey Express -
4. The Racing Game -
5. Rain Spirits -
6. Toying Around -
7. In the Dough -
8. Tree Trouble -
9. In A Fix -
10. Train Trouble -

1960s Episodes

Produced circa. 1960-1962

1. The Zoops
2. Even Steven
3. The Glob
4. Chicken Feed
5. Hidden Valley
6. The Groobee
7. The Witty Witch
8. Hot Rod Granny
9. Ricochet Pete
10. Northland Follies
11. The Small Planets
12. Sad King Ott’s Daughter
13. King for a Day
14. Rain for Roo
15. Santa-Witch
16. Scrooge Loose
17. Pigeon in a Plum Tree
18. The Big Eye
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
2. Dragon Witch
3. Treasure For Henry
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
2. Pokey’s Price
3. Son of Liberty
4. Gumby Crosses the Delaware

Produced circa. 1967-1969

1. Siege of Boonesborough
2. The Missile-Bird
3. Good Knight Story
4. The Blue Goo
5. A Hair Raising Adventure
6. Goo for Pokey
7. Candidate for President
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
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
26. Of Clay and Critters
27. Tricky Ball
28. Dragon Daffy
29. Puppy Talk
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
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
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

Classic Media

Classic Media, LLC, is an American production company and distributor of family programming. It was founded in 2000 by former Marvel Entertainment CEO Eric Ellenbogen and former Broadway Video executive John Engelman in hopes of acquiring mismanaged classic properties and giving exposure to...

.

VHS

Throughout the 1980s Family Home Entertainment

Family Home Entertainment

Family Home Entertainment was an American home video company founded in 1980 by Noel C. Bloom. It was a division of International Video Entertainment, which had its headquarters in Newbury Park, California.-General information:...

 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

GoodTimes Entertainment

GoodTimes Entertainment, Ltd. was a home video company that originated in 1984 under the name of GoodTimes Home Video. Though it produced its own titles, the company was well-known due to its distribution of media from third parties and classics...

)

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

GoodTimes Entertainment

GoodTimes Entertainment, Ltd. was a home video company that originated in 1984 under the name of GoodTimes Home Video. Though it produced its own titles, the company was well-known due to its distribution of media from third parties and classics...

)

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

Classic Media

Classic Media, LLC, is an American production company and distributor of family programming. It was founded in 2000 by former Marvel Entertainment CEO Eric Ellenbogen and former Broadway Video executive John Engelman in hopes of acquiring mismanaged classic properties and giving exposure to...

)

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

Gumby: The Movie

Gumby: The Movie is a 1995 clay animation feature film featuring the character Gumby.The movie is rated G by the MPAA.-Opening sequence clip:...

: Director's Cut (2008, Classic Media

Classic Media

Classic Media, LLC, is an American production company and distributor of family programming. It was founded in 2000 by former Marvel Entertainment CEO Eric Ellenbogen and former Broadway Video executive John Engelman in hopes of acquiring mismanaged classic properties and giving exposure to...

)

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

Classic Media

Classic Media, LLC, is an American production company and distributor of family programming. It was founded in 2000 by former Marvel Entertainment CEO Eric Ellenbogen and former Broadway Video executive John Engelman in hopes of acquiring mismanaged classic properties and giving exposure to...

)

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

Casper the Friendly Ghost

Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable...

, Fat Albert

Fat Albert

Fat Albert may refer to:* Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, a cartoon show* Fat Albert , a 1973 comedy album by Bill Cosby* Fat Albert , a 2004 live-action film...

 and George of the Jungle

George of the Jungle

George of the Jungle was an American animated series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who created The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The character George was inspired by the legend of Tarzan. It ran for 17 episodes on Saturday mornings from September 9 to December 30, 1967, on the American TV...

.

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

Columbia Music Entertainment

is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as . It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until...

)

In the Fall of 2010, Columbia Music Entertainment

Columbia Music Entertainment

is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as . It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until...

 released two compilation DVDs in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 titled 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

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 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.

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

AOL

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's In2TV

In2TV

In2TV was a website offering ad-supported streaming video of classic TV shows in the USA only .The main appeal of the service was that it made available numerous old shows which were rarely, if ever, aired on broadcast television...

, while later a select few became available on Youtube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

. These episodes have also been made available to purchase through Amazon's

Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...

 video-on-demand service Amazon Unbox

Amazon Unbox

Amazon Instant Video is an Internet video on demand service, only available in the United States, offered by Amazon.com which offers television shows and films for rental and purchase. The service became available on September 7, 2006 as Amazon Unbox...

. A few of the later additions to Youtube wound up being sourced from 1980's VHS transfers from Family Home Entertainment

Family Home Entertainment

Family Home Entertainment was an American home video company founded in 1980 by Noel C. Bloom. It was a division of International Video Entertainment, which had its headquarters in Newbury Park, California.-General information:...

 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

Hulu

Hulu is a website and over-the-top subscription service offering ad-supported on-demand streaming video of TV shows, movies, webisodes and other new media, trailers, clips, and behind-the-scenes footage from NBC, Fox, ABC, and Obstacle on October 20th 2011 Nickelodeon and CBS and many other...

added the complete 1988 "Gumby Adventures" series to their site for free viewing.