The BEST episodes of The Gumby Show season 1968
Every episode of The Gumby Show season 1968, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Gumby Show season 1968!
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.
#1 - Grub Grabber Gumby
Season 1968 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/1968
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?
#2 - Gumby Babysits
Season 1968 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/22/1968
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.
#3 - Foxy Box
Season 1968 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/31/1968
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.
#4 - Tail Tale
Season 1968 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/18/1968
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.
#5 - Indian Challenge
Season 1968 - Episode 26 - Aired 7/9/1968
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.
#6 - This Little Piggy
Season 1968 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/26/1968
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.
#7 - All Broken Up
Season 1968 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/1968
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.
#8 - Gold Rush Gumby
Season 1968 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/15/1968
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.
#9 - Turnip Trap
Season 1968 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/12/1968
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.
#10 - Wishful Thinking
Season 1968 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/29/1968
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.
#11 - Weight And See
Season 1968 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/1968
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.
#12 - Motor Mania
Season 1968 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/19/1968
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.
#13 - Gabby Auntie
Season 1968 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/22/1968
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.
#14 - Stuck On Books
Season 1968 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/30/1968
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.
#15 - A Bone For Nopey
Season 1968 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/15/1968
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.
#16 - Dog Catchers
Season 1968 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/22/1968
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.
#17 - Dopey Nopey
Season 1968 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/3/1968
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.
#18 - Bully For Gumby
Season 1968 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/1/1968
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.
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Season 1968 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/1968
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.
#20 - The Rodeo King
Season 1968 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/1968
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.
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#21 - A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
Season 1968 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/22/1968
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.
#22 - Pokey Minds The Baby
Season 1968 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/15/1968
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.
#23 - Indian Country
Season 1968 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/9/1968
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.
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Season 1968 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1968
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.
#25 - Sticky Pokey
Season 1968 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/23/1968
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.