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The Best Episodes of Gumby

Every episode of Gumby ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Gumby!

Innovative "Claymation" adventures of Gumby and his horse Pokey.
Genres:FamilyAnimationComedy
Network:NBC

Best Episodes Summary

"The Little Lost Pony" is the best rated episode of "Gumby". It scored 8.2/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/22/1956. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Eggs and Trixie".

  • The Little Lost Pony
    8.2/1012 votes
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    #1 - The Little Lost Pony

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/22/1956

    Split into episodes 6 and 7 in syndication: Little Lost Pony The Blockheads Run time: 11 minutes 9 seconds. A television bulletin warns people to be on the look-out for a lost red pony, with a reward set at 100 ice cream cones. Meanwhile, Gumby goes outside to play and hears a whinny of distress. Rushing to the sound, Gumby finds the pony named Pokey caught on a railroad track and wiggles him free. With hopes of gaining the ice cream cone reward, "G" and "J" Blockhead try to get rid of Gumby and capture Pokey.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Eggs and Trixie
    8.2/108 votes
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    #2 - The Eggs and Trixie

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/17/1956

    Split into episodes 20 and 21 in syndication: Eggs and Trixie Egg Trouble Run time: 11 minutes, 2 seconds. Gumby has a daydream adventure with a young dinosaur named Trixie. The pre-historic adventure provides an authentic view of these times. Gumby has an exciting adventure in Dinosaurland. Volcanoes erupting, an earthquake and a dinosaur stampede all cause Gumby trouble before his adventure is over.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Dough
    8.0/1012 votes
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    #3 - In the Dough

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/10/1956

    Split into episodes 38 and 39 in syndication: In The Dough Baker's Tour Run time: 10 minutes, 42 seconds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rain Spirits
    7.9/109 votes
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    #4 - Rain Spirits

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/5/1956

    Split into episodes 34 and 35 in syndication: Rain Spirits The Kachinas Run time: 12 minutes, 13 seconds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Magic Wand
    7.8/106 votes
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    #5 - The Magic Wand

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/24/1956

    Split into episodes 28 and 29 in syndication: The Magic Show The Magic Wand Run time: 9 minutes, 59 seconds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In a Fix
    7.7/107 votes
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    #6 - In a Fix

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/9/1956

    Episode 43 in syndication. Run time: 4 minutes, 34 seconds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mocking Monkey
    7.6/106 votes
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    #7 - The Mocking Monkey

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/7/1957

    Split into episodes 26 and 27 in syndication: The Mocking Monkey How Not to Trap Lions Run time: 10 minutes, 15 seconds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fantastic Farmer
    7.4/1010 votes
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    #8 - The Fantastic Farmer

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/29/1956

    Split into episodes 8, and 9 in syndication: The Fantastic Farmer Gopher Trouble Run time: 10 minutes, 57 seconds. Gum’by goes to Farmer Glenns Ranch to help Pokey. His crops are not growing properly, so Gumby helps in every way he can and finally divides himself into a lot of Gumbys, which go over the fields with many different farm machines. It turns out that the wild growth of the crops is the result of a gopher who In order to feed his large, hungry family, injects roots of corn plants with a chemical that makes them grow into giant ears and roots. Gumby solves the problem by inventing a root machine that makes tasty roots out of weeds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tree Trouble
    7.3/1017 votes
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    #9 - Tree Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/26/1956

    Split into episodes 40 and 41 in syndication: Tree Trouble Eager Beavers Run time: 9 minutes, 23 seconds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gumby Business
    7.2/107 votes
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    #10 - Gumby Business

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/31/1957

    Split into episodes 24 and 25 in syndication: Gumby Business Toy Fun Run time: 10 minutes, 55 seconds. This is the first episode without dialogue. A short version of this episode is called "Toy Fun"

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Racing Game
    7.2/1011 votes
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    #11 - The Racing Game

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/28/1956

    Split into episodes 32 and 33 in syndication: The Racing Game Gumby Racer Run time: 10 minutes, 15 seconds. A short version of this episode is called "Gumby Racer"

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lion Around
    7.1/1010 votes
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    #12 - Lion Around

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/10/1957

    Split into episodes 18 and 19 in syndication: Lion Around Lion Drive Run time: 11 minutes, 9 seconds. A lion escapes from the zoo, frightening Gumby and Pokey who have been playing in the park. The lion proves to be friendly and asks Gumby and Pokey to show him how to go abo’ut seeing the world. Meanwhile, the zookeeper sets a lion trap to recapture the lion but instead succeeds in capturing Gumbys father. Richard the lion sets out to see the world in a fast sports car, taking Gumby and Pokey with him. A wild and frightening ride through the streets of the city gets even scarier when they become airborne. Richard wisely decides that life outside the zoo is too much for him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Outcast Marbles
    7.0/107 votes
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    #13 - Outcast Marbles

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/24/1957

    Split into episodes 22 and 23 in syndication: Odd Balls Outcast Marbles Run time: 10 minutes, 37 seconds. Gumby reads a story about two soft marbles that can't hold their shape, and goes on a mission to find which sound will make them round normal marbles again. A shortened version of this episode was named "Odd Balls"

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mirrorland
    6.8/1035 votes
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    #14 - Mirrorland

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/15/1956

    Split into episodes 4 and 5 in syndication: Mirrorland Lost and Found Run time: 9 minutes 40 seconds. When Gumby loses his coin through one of three mirrors, he begins a search within the virtual images of each. In one of the mirrors, Gumby's reflection assists him. Instructed to do everything backwards in the Mirror Land, Gumby is able to trace the location of his coin. A shortened version of this episode was named "Lost and Found"

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Train Trouble
    6.8/106 votes
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    #15 - Train Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/2/1956

    Episode 42 in syndication. Run time: 4 minutes, 43 seconds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Black Knight
    6.7/1013 votes
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    #16 - The Black Knight

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/6/1956

    Split into episodes 10 and 11 in syndication: The Black Knight Mysterious Fires Run time: 10 minutes, 42 seconds. Gumby's playing with a giant electromagnet on a crane one day, which accidentally strips the armor off of a knight who was passing by. As they sort the mess out, Gumby learns that the knight is looking for someone who can challenge The Black Knight, who has placed a spell on the dragon that makes it burn down wheat fields. And so, Gumby confronts the Black Knight, who challenges Gumby to a duel over whether or not the dragon should be freed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Too Loo
    6.7/1018 votes
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    #17 - Too Loo

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/13/1956

    Split into episodes 12 and 13 in syndication: Too Loo Gumby Concerto Run time: 9 minutes, 42 seconds. Too and Loo are music notes who escape from a cracked record. After Gumby woke up from his nap, he got up to turn off the record player. Two giant sentient notes jump out of it and hide in his mouth from the sour note, which also jumps out of it. When the sour note flies away on the record, the notes, Too and Loo, come out of Gumby's mouth and explain that they want to go home to the instrument they came from. Gumby agrees to take them to Music Land and help them find their home. Unfortunately, they forgot what instrument played them, so Gumby has to try them all, and they go into crying fits with every mistake. Gumby decides to put on a show to cheer them up. Meanwhile, the sour note has found their hiding place and he's using his little flying record to try and catch them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Moon Trip
    6.6/1050 votes
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    #18 - Moon Trip

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/1956

    Split into episodes 1,2, and 3 in syndication: Moon Trip Gumby on the Moon Trapped on the Moon Run time: 15 minutes 41 seconds.

    Director: Art Clokey

    Writer: Art Clokey

  • Toy Crazy
    6.6/1013 votes
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    #19 - Toy Crazy

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/27/1956

    Split into episodes 16 and 17 in syndication: Toy Crazy Toy Joy Run time: 10 minutes, 47 seconds. It is Gumbys birthday and he is permitted to choose his own present from the toy store! Note: This episode was edited into the unofficial Christmas segment without the title card.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Toying Around
    6.3/109 votes
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    #20 - Toying Around

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/19/1956

    Split into episodes 36 and 37 in syndication: Toying Around Toy Capers Run time:11 minutes, 27 seconds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pokey Express
    6.1/109 votes
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    #21 - Pokey Express

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/21/1958

    Split into episodes 30 and 31 in syndication: The Pokey Express Indian Trouble Run time: 9 minutes, 57 seconds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Robot Rumpus
    4.5/1083 votes
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    #22 - Robot Rumpus

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/20/1956

    Split into episodes 14 and 15 in syndication: Robot Rumpus Yard Work Made Easy Run time: 11 minutes, 5 seconds. Gumby uses toy robots to do his household chores on Saturdays, but they go haywire. Alternate title of edit is "Yard Work Made Easy"

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Zoops
    NaN/100 votes
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    #23 - The Zoops

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/1/1960

    This is the first new episode following the revival and syndication. Episode 44 in syndication. Run time: 6 minutes, 42 seconds. Gumby, who has been selling watermelons to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present, is given a magic potion by a wizard which transforms watermelons into colorful creatures called "Zoops", which move about randomly. Seeing the chance for a fast buck, Gumby sells them to the zoo, then celebrates at an automat. When Pokey says they should only spend the money on the present, Gumby says to lighten up and live a little. Meanwhile at the zoo, when the Zoops are out of control, the zookeeper hoses them with water, causing them to revert to watermelons. Gumby, who already spent half the money celebrating, is made to work it off cleaning cages. Pokey is sorry Gumby's mother will not be getting a present, and when Gumby suggests another moneymaker, Pokey replies "No, Gumby, I have had enough of your ideas".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Even Steven
    NaN/100 votes
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    #24 - Even Steven

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/3/1960

    Episode 2 of revival. Episode 45 in syndication. Run time: 6 minutes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Glob
    NaN/100 votes
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    #25 - The Glob

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/15/1960

    Episode 3 of revival. Episode 46 in syndication. Run time: 5 minutes, 41 seconds. A clip of this episode appears in Gumby: The Movie.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A