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The Gumby Show

Season 1968 1968
TV-G

  • 1968-01-01T05:00:00Z on NBC
  • 25m
  • 10h 50m (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Animation, Family, Comedy
Gumby first appeared in the 1953 film short Gumbasia, (believed to be one of the first music videos). In 1956 Gumby and his horse friend Pokey hit the airways on The Howdy Doody Show in their first shorts in 1956. It was so popular that it became its own show in 1957 called The Gumby Show. The show contained the 1956 shorts along with new ones. Each episode contained 3 cartoons. In the 1960's Goo the blue mermaid, Prickle the yellow dinosaur, and Nopey the dog were introduced. The Blockheads sometimes chased after Gumby, Pokey, Prickle, and Goo with some scheme. Gumbo and Gumba were Gumby's Dad and Mother.

26 episodes

Season Premiere

1968-01-01T05:00:00Z

1968x01 Behind the Puffball

Season Premiere

1968x01 Behind the Puffball

  • 1968-01-01T05:00:00Z25m

Puff balls and gold balls get mixed in this miniature golf game of Pokey and Prickle. Pokey’s puff ball becomes a gigantic growing ball absorbing everything in its path. Gumby and Goo race to the rescue with the fire truck and dissolve the ball with the water hose.

1968-01-03T05:00:00Z

1968x02 Weight And See

1968x02 Weight And See

  • 1968-01-03T05:00:00Z25m

Gumby has his fortune told by a weighing machine. When the fortune begins to come true he immediately decides to investigate this amazing machine. There is quite a surprise in store when he looks inside.

1968-01-15T05:00:00Z

1968x03 Pokey Minds The Baby

1968x03 Pokey Minds The Baby

  • 1968-01-15T05:00:00Z25m

Gumby turns baby sitter in this episode but when Pokey’s help is enlisted, trouble begins. Little baby Goobalee crawls out the door and from then on, has a really wild adventure.

1968x04 A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

  • 1968-01-22T05:00:00Z25m

Gumby tries to grow coconuts despite the fact the climate won’t allow it. Disappointed when nothing grows, Gumby enlists the help of a special formula that helps the trees bear fruit – the only problem is, it’s the wrong kind of fruit.

1968-02-01T05:00:00Z

1968x05 Grub Grabber Gumby

1968x05 Grub Grabber Gumby

  • 1968-02-01T05:00:00Z25m

Gumby can’t eat just one cookie. After eating more than allowed, he realizes he must right his wrong, but can only think of one thing – eating. Will his appetite be his undoing?

1968-02-20T05:00:00Z

1968x06 All Broken Up

1968x06 All Broken Up

  • 1968-02-20T05:00:00Z25m

Prickle and Goo put on a performance piece, but the pesky Blockheads ruin everything. Gumby comes to the rescue and shows the Blockheads how it feels to be all broken up.

1968-02-26T05:00:00Z

1968x07 This Little Piggy

1968x07 This Little Piggy

  • 1968-02-26T05:00:00Z25m

Gumby is determined to win a prize at next month’s fair for his pet pig, but Gumby’s grandfather warns Gumby that raising a pig isn’t easy. Gumby is concerned when the pig won’t eat, but Gumby’s grandfather sees the problem and helps his grandson.

1968-02-29T05:00:00Z

1968x08 Wishful Thinking

1968x08 Wishful Thinking

  • 1968-02-29T05:00:00Z25m

It is Prickle’s first birthday and the gang convinces Prickle to make a wish. Prickle locks himself away for fear his friends will trick him into revealing his wish – and his friends try to trick him into revealing his wish so Prickle will come out to play. Several elaborate failed plots later, Prickle realizes he’s forgotten his wish anyway.

1968-03-12T05:00:00Z

1968x09 Turnip Trap

1968x09 Turnip Trap

  • 1968-03-12T05:00:00Z25m

Prickle remembers his birthday wish and in his excitement, accidentally builds his friends into a cage. A farmer comes and offers to fill the cage with turnips so that Pokey, Gumby and Goo can climb out. Incidentally, this unusual method of escape ends up granting Prickle’s wish.

1968-03-17T05:00:00Z

1968x10 The Rodeo King

1968x10 The Rodeo King

  • 1968-03-17T05:00:00Z25m

Pokey thinks he is Bust-a-Bronc, the famous rodeo horse. After Prickle tries to cure him

(to no avail), the gang decide to enter Pokey in a rodeo to set him straight. However, it turns out Pokey is a great rodeo horse, but quickly reconsiders his career when he sees how much media attention a famous pony can get.

1968-03-22T05:00:00Z

1968x11 Gumby Babysits

1968x11 Gumby Babysits

  • 1968-03-22T05:00:00Z25m

Gumby is asked to baby-sit a troublesome young child. The young boy manages to turn the tables and tell Gumby what to do, before Gumby devises a plot to make the boy behave. However, before he can execute his elaborate plan, the boy’s mother comes home and praises Gumby for his good job.

1968-03-28T05:00:00Z

1968x12 El Toro

1968x12 El Toro

  • 1968-03-28T05:00:00Z25m

A bull has escaped from the stadium and chases Gumby and Goo up a tree. Prickle thinks he can avoid the bull by acting calm, but he soon ends up in the tree too. Finally Pokey arrives, and promptly scales the branches. All the weight causes the branch to break, but just before the bull can attack, a toreador arrives and saves the day.

1968-04-03T05:00:00Z

1968x13 Dopey Nopey

1968x13 Dopey Nopey

  • 1968-04-03T05:00:00Z25m

Gumby’s little dog Nopey finds a pair of spectacles. He is sure that wearing them will make him smart. Pokey wants them for the same reason and chases Nopey right into a little boy who settles the argument by taking the glasses.

1968-04-15T05:00:00Z

1968x14 Gold Rush Gumby

1968x14 Gold Rush Gumby

  • 1968-04-15T05:00:00Z25m

Gumby and his pals take a trip to the gold country. They find the gold but also find trouble when the hostile Indians appears. The Indians capture them and take them to the chief. Pokey is sure his mane is about to be removed but Gumby discovers that the trouble centres around a toothache. All ends well with Gumby pulling the chief’s tooth and substituting a gold one made from his newly found nugget.

1968-04-22T05:00:00Z

1968x15 Dog Catchers

1968x15 Dog Catchers

  • 1968-04-22T05:00:00Z25m

Prickle makes a skateboard for Nopey. Nopey is really enjoying his ride until the dogcatcher goes after him with his net. Gumby and Pokey get on their skateboards to rescue Nopey but the only one who escapes the dogcatcher’s net is Nopey.

1968-04-30T04:00:00Z

1968x16 Stuck On Books

1968x16 Stuck On Books

  • 1968-04-30T04:00:00Z25m

Gumby and Pokey can’t understand why Nopey is afraid to go through books to adventureland the way they do. Gumby coaxes but gets nowhere. Pokey tries another method and bucks Pokey through to the other side. Getting him out again though, proves to be a real problem.

1968-05-01T04:00:00Z

1968x17 Bully For Gumby

1968x17 Bully For Gumby

  • 1968-05-01T04:00:00Z25m

Gumby and Pokey stop to buy apples from Tony’s apple cart. They are having a nice chat when the Blockhead mischief-makers play a joke on them with a toy bull. Gumby thinks of a joke of his own to get even and they end up with the last laugh.

1968-05-15T04:00:00Z

1968x18 A Bone For Nopey

1968x18 A Bone For Nopey

  • 1968-05-15T04:00:00Z25m

Gumby promises Nopey the biggest bone in town. Nopey’s eyes nearly pop out when Gumby makes good his promise by driving him to the Dinosaur Bone State Park. But of course Nopey wants to bury his big bone and the fun comes in when Gumby tries to solve this gigantic problem.

1968-05-22T04:00:00Z

1968x19 Gabby Auntie

1968x19 Gabby Auntie

  • 1968-05-22T04:00:00Z25m

Gumby and Pokey visit Aunt Gumbiddy. Auntie likes to talk and Pokey gets sleepy and starts to sleepwalk. Gumby and Auntie try to catch the sleeping Pokey but first they have a nightmare of a ride through streets and canyons.

1968-05-31T04:00:00Z

1968x20 Foxy Box

1968x20 Foxy Box

  • 1968-05-31T04:00:00Z25m

Gumby discovers a mysterious box that seems to have an unlimited supply of interesting toys. A stubborn tractor and a diving plane are but two of the toys that amuse him in this adventure.

1968-06-09T04:00:00Z

1968x21 Indian Country

1968x21 Indian Country

  • 1968-06-09T04:00:00Z25m

Gumby, Prickle, Pokey and Goo go for a picnic where they are stalked by Indians. Gumby’s friends run away and hide, but Gumby is convinced there are no Indians around. Through a series of lucky circumstances, Gumby prevents the Indians from causing any mischief.

1968-06-18T04:00:00Z

1968x22 Tail Tale

1968x22 Tail Tale

  • 1968-06-18T04:00:00Z25m

Pokey agrees to allow Gumby to use him in testing his new teleporter machine, but Gumby has made a mistake in the construction and Pokey ends up with a flowerpot instead of a tail.

1968-06-19T04:00:00Z

1968x23 Motor Mania

1968x23 Motor Mania

  • 1968-06-19T04:00:00Z25m

Gumby and Pokey are in a drag race to Caboodle Corners. Reggie Van Snoot is sure that his high-powered car will defeat them but in the end, Pokey’s horsepower proves superior.

1968-06-23T04:00:00Z

1968x24 Sticky Pokey

1968x24 Sticky Pokey

  • 1968-06-23T04:00:00Z25m

Pokey is tired of trying to keep out of the clutches of the Blockheads so he goes to Professor Kap for help. The professor and his gluepot provide help all right, but in a most unexpected manner.

1968-06-24T04:00:00Z

1968x25 Point of Honor

1968x25 Point of Honor

  • 1968-06-24T04:00:00Z25m

Gumby is angry. Prickle is trying to win Goo’s favor at Gumby’s expense, so Gumby has challenged Prickle to a duel. This turns out to be quite a duel and since all is fair in love and war, many tricks are used. Goo is the only one who wins this round

1968-07-09T04:00:00Z

1968x26 Indian Challenge

1968x26 Indian Challenge

  • 1968-07-09T04:00:00Z25m

Prospector Pete has been telling lies about the Indians causing trouble amongst his people. The chief of the Indian tribe, Old Joe, is angry and seeking revenge. Gumby and Pokey spy on Old Joe to assess the situation, but discover he lies just as much as Prospector Pete. To settle issues, Joe and Pete enter a tall tale contest – whoever loses has to stop telling stories.

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