Season 1
6.8/1035 votesMirrorland
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"
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8.4/1013 votesThe 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.
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7.4/1010 votesThe 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. Gumby goes to Farmer Glenn's 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 Gumby's, 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 feeds his large, hungry family, and injects the roots of corn plants with a chemical that makes them grow into giant ears and roots. Gumby solves the problem by inventing a machine that makes tasty roots out of weeds.
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- 6.7/1013 votes
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.
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- 6.5/1019 votes
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.
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- 4.6/1085 votes
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"
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- 6.6/1013 votes
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.
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- 7.4/1011 votes
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.
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- 8.4/1010 votes
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.
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- 7.4/109 votes
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"
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- N/A/100 votes
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".
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- N/A/100 votes
Chicken Feed
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 1/22/1960
Episode 4 of revival. Episode 47 in syndication. Run time: 5 minutes, 59 seconds. Gumby uses "Super Gro" chicken feed, which causes his pet hen Tilly to become monstrous and lay gigantic eggs everywhere. The veterinarian comes to the rescue. Note: Tilly's first and only prototypical appearance.
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- N/A/100 votes
Hot Rod Granny
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 2/20/1960
Episode 8 of revival. Episode 51 in syndication. Runtime: 5 minutes, 52 seconds. Gumby is taking his hot rod for a spin downtown, at the same time when Granny broke her glasses and mistakes the hot rod for her car and Pokey, who is still inside, for her dog Hepzibah. Due to her blurred vision, Granny risks all sorts of accidents, which she blames on "young reckless speedmonsters" and is happy to hear police sirens, only to realize a motorcycle policeman is on the lookout for Gumby's stolen car. Note: Granny's debut, and this is the first day in the limelight episode.
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- N/A/100 votes
The Small Planets
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 3/12/1960
Episode 11 of revival. Episode 54 in syndication. Runtime: 5 minutes, 16 seconds. Gumby has had enough of parental rule and encourages Pokey to come with him into outer space to find their own planet, despite Pokey's reluctance to leave Earth. They then find three planets all populated by kids who ran away from home.
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- N/A/100 votes
Santa-Witch
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 12/3/1960
Episode 15 of revival. Episode 58 in syndication. Runtime: 6 minutes, 2 seconds. When Santa Claus gets sick, Pokey calls up the witch to fly the sleigh and deliver children their Christmas presents. This is the first episode where Gumby is mentioned.
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- N/A/100 votes
The Blue Gooooooo
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 7/9/1964
Episode 26 of revival. Episode 69 in syndication. Runtime: 4 minutes, 25 seconds. There are, in fact, seven 'o's on the title screen. Gumby and Prickle, who are World War One aviators, attempt to put an end to the Black Baron. Goo has her way of helping the heroes. While fighting the Black Baron in his tri-plane, Gumby crashes. Pokey and Prickle vow to carry on the fight for Gumby. Goo is ordered to remain on the ground because she is a girl – but Goo has her own ideas about that – and it is through her efforts that the mission is carried out successfully.
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- N/A/100 votes
G. F. D. (Gumby's Fire Department)
Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 8/15/1965
Episode 30 of revival. Episode 73 in syndication. Runtime: 3 minutes, 53 seconds. An experiment causes a fire in Professor Kapp's laboratory. The Gumby Fire Department rushes to save Kapp, only for Gumby, Pokey and Prickle to realize they lost their jump net and other equipment. Goo saves the day by making herself into a net to save Kapp, then uses her clay to snuff the fire.
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- N/A/100 votes
The Golden Iguana
Season 1 Episode 54 - Aired 9/14/1965
Episode 32 of revival. Episode 75 in syndication. Runtime: 4 minutes, 52 seconds. Prickle wins a national pet contest and is awarded a prize golden iguana. The professor mixes a special formula for its food but there is one wrong ingredient. This causes the iguana to double its size. The blockheads decide to take the iguana but Gumby again manages to foil them. Before things are over though, the iguana gives them all a shock.
Director: Unknown
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- N/A/100 votes
School for Squares
Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 9/18/1965
Episode 33 of revival. Episode 76 in syndication. Runtime: 5 minutes, 36 seconds. Gumby receives a distress signal from the Pesky Indian Reserve. The chief says the Blockheads have kidnapped the Indian children and forced them into their school, which is actually an indoctrination center transforming them into Blockhead children.
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- N/A/100 votes
Prickle's Problem
Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 10/2/1966
Episode 37 of revival. Episode 80 in syndication. Runtime: 4 minutes, 45 seconds. Prickle feels that he goes unnoticed and that his life lacks excitement. While eating ice cream with Gumby, Pokey and Goo, Prickle notices a baby about to be hit by a car. He saves the child and becomes famous – but his fame turns out to be a curse, as the evil Doctor Zveegee decides he wants to capture Prickle to add to his collection.
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- N/A/100 votes
Piano Rolling Blues
Season 1 Episode 79 - Aired 12/27/1967
Episode 57 of revival. Episode 100 in syndication. Runtime: 4 minutes, 39 seconds. An evil scientist, who lives next to a pianist, attempts to get rid of his neighbor's piano by hiring the Gumby Piano Moving Company, claiming himself to be the pianist who is no good. Gumby attempts all sorts of ways to get rid of the piano until the mad scientist sees Prickle is one of Gumby's employees, then attempts to capture a living dinosaur.
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