The WORST episodes of The Gumby Show

#1 - 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.

#2 - Outcast Marbles

Season 1957 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/4/1957

Gumby reads in a storybook about two marbles that have lost their shape and hardness and become soft and pliable. The two marbles suddenly pop out of the book and solicit Gumby’s help in regaining their shape.

#3 - Toy Fun

Season 1957 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/11/1957

While playing with toy robots, magical construction sets and toy baking sets, Gumby falls into a toaster. He pops up well browned, but Pokey scrapes off the brown.

#4 - How Not to Trap Lions

Season 1957 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/1957

Gumby and Pokey go to Africa to capture a lion to keep Richard The Lion from becoming too lonely at the zoo. They prepare a large trap, but the only animals caught are Gumby and Pokey.

#5 - The Magic Wand

Season 1957 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/1957

Gumby takes a trip to Magic Land to return the magician’s wand. He is rewarded with a miniature wand that will perform just one magic trick.

#6 - Indian Trouble

Season 1957 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/25/1957

While traveling out west, Gumby and Pokey encounter a local tribe who shoot arrows tipped with suction cups. They try to hide but are surrounded. Gumby scares them away by multiplying himself into a whole regiment of Gumby’s.

#7 - Gumby Racer

Season 1957 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/25/1957

When the Blockheads sabotage the racer Gumby and Pokey are using, Gumby forms himself into a small but powerful racer and ends the race as the winner.

#8 - The Kachinas

Season 1957 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/1/1957

Gumby and Pokey accompany a Hopi Native American boy to look for rain spirits, or Kachinas. The Kachinas send rain for the corn and the crops are saved.

#9 - Toy Capers

Season 1957 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/8/1957

Many toys come to life in Gumby’s toyshop and chase Gumby through an amusement park. Gumby and Pokey have scary rides on the monorail train, the ferris wheel and the cars.

#10 - Dragon Witch

Season 1963 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/1963

Gumby’s pals, Henry and Rodgy, set out to rescue a damsel in distress. The damsel turns out to be a witch who is about to be eaten by a dragon. Using Rodgy as a decoy, Henry lassoes the dragon’s tail.

#11 - A Hair-Raising Adventure

Season 1964 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/10/1964

Prickle is about to try Professor Kap’s new hair growing formula when the Blockheads grab the liquid. Gumby and Prickle set off in hot pursuit while the Blockheads keep their lead by shooting them with candy. Eventually, the liquid itself plays a role in the capture of the Blockheads. At last, Prickle can try the formula but he is in for quite a surprise.

#12 - Goo for Pokey

Season 1964 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/31/1964

Goo plays several tricks on Pokey getting him in trouble at school. This is not at al to Pokey’s liking so he tries to get away from Goo. This proves to be much more difficult than he anticipated.

#13 - Gumby's Fire Department

Season 1965 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/15/1965

Fireman Gumby goes to the rescue of Professor Kap and his laboratory in this exciting episode. Things seem pretty hopeless for the professor until Goo manages to come up with an idea for smothering the fire.

#14 - The Ferris Wheel Mystery

Season 1965 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/30/1965

Gumby has a detective agency in this adventure. A very baffling mystery is given to him to solve by Bill Waffle from the carnival. Bill’s prizes of stuffed animals are disappearing from under his nose. Sherlock Pokey tries to solve the case.

#15 - Tricky Train

Season 1964 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/18/1964

#16 - 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.

#17 - Eager Beavers

Season 1957 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/15/1957

Gumby starts to go for a swim but finds his river suddenly dry. He and his forest friends hunt for the cause and find that a couple of beavers are the culprits.

#18 - The Moon Boggles

Season 1967 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/30/1967

The Moon Boggles escape from their cage at the zoo, causing everyone to panic. Gumby and Pokey do their best to capture them, but end up frozen. Thankfully, the Moon Boggles only wanted a little fresh air.

#19 - The Small Planets

Season 1960 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/12/1960

Gumby runs away from doing work at home by entering a space book. His exploration of three small planets convince him there is no place like home.

#20 - Sad King Ott’s Daughter

Season 1960 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/19/1960

Gumby rescues the princess from the castle of the black knight with the help of a morph which changes into a small elephant.

#21 - King for a Day

Season 1960 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/25/1960

Gumby saves the King of Ott by jousting with the black knight and winning in an original manner.

#22 - Scrooge Loose

Season 1960 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/10/1960

Scrooge escapes from his book and sets out to wreck all the toys in the toyshop, but Gumby, playing detective, captures Scrooge right at the crucial moment.

#23 - Pigeon in a Plum Tree

Season 1960 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/17/1960

Prince Harold tries to find a partridge in a pear tree as a special Christmas gift for his girlfriend, but at the toy store he is sold a pigeon in a plum tree instead. Before the happy ending occurs, the prince battles a wolf and rescues an elf, all with the help of Pokey.

#24 - The Blue Goo

Season 1964 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/9/1964

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.

#25 - Hot Rod Granny

Season 1960 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/1960

After her glasses are broken, an elderly woman mistakes Gumby’s hot rod for her old car. While driving his hot rod, she is chased by a motor cop through exciting sequences.