The WORST episodes of The Magilla Gorilla Show
Every episode of The Magilla Gorilla Show ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Magilla Gorilla Show!
Magilla Gorilla was about a gorilla for sale in a pet store that no one wants to buy. With voice talents including Mel Blanc (Looney Tunes: Voice Artist) and Don Messick, this show was an instant classic.
#1 - Super Blooper Heroes
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/25/1965
Because he is inspired by a TV show, Magilla Gorilla tries to become a crime fighting super hero.
#2 - Beau Jest
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/18/1965
After Mr. Peebles gets mad at Magilla he runs away from home and joins the French Foreign Legion. After doing his duty they send him back to the pet shop on a camel shaped balloon.
#3 - Mad Avenue Madness
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/11/1965
In trying to promote a new flying car, some advertisers from "Madison Avenue" create the slogan "a car so simple even a gorilla can drive it". After they accidentally meet Magilla they buy him and try to use him in the advertising campaign.
#4 - Wheelin' and Dealin'
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/1965
Magilla comes to the assistance of an automobile enthusiast when a sports car breaks down outside the pet shop. However, Magilla accidentally drives away with the car and since he cannot drive, he becomes a nuisance on the streets.
#5 - Magilla Mix-Up
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1965
When Magilla is making some deliveries for Mr. Peebles, he accidentally finds his way into a Secret-Agent headquarters. When the head agent thinks he is the agent to deliver a secret package to “you know who;” a bad guy starts to follow him, in hopes of getting the package away from the gorilla. It is when the bad guy tells Magilla that he is “you know who” that Magilla thinks that the bad guy is the recipient of the package and then gives him the wrong package. Unfortunately for Magilla, he is eventually shot at on his way back to the pet store by one of Mr. Peebles’s customers when he makes his other deliveries.
#6 - Big Game
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/14/1964
After a millionaire finally buys Magilla, he soon finds out he is really a big game hunter, out for one last kill.
#7 - Gridiron Gorilla
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/1964
Mr. Peebles gives Magilla away to a football coach, who recruits him as a fullback in the Pennsylucky Lions team against the Wabash Cannonballs.
#8 - Private Magilla
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/1964
Magilla has been assigned with the military as a private. He bests the army and is about to be sent on a mission to the moon.
#9 - Airlift
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/1964
Magilla accidentally drinks a potion left in the fridge and ends up floating above the city, where advertising executives spot him and want him for their new campaign.
#10 - Bank Pranks
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/1964
Mr. Peebles sells Magilla to a couple of thieves who are hoping to make use of him, but Magilla foils their robbery attempt.
#11 - Groovey Movie
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/1964
The director of Grotesque Pictures buys Magilla for his newest motion picture, but the showbiz proves to be painful for Magilla.
#12 - Masquerade Party
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/1964
Magilla goes to a party where everyone thinks he is in a costume.
#13 - Come Blow Your Dough
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/1964
Ogee buys Magilla for one penny when Mr. Peebles has a sale in his pet shop. Unfortunately when Ogee brings Magilla home, her parents do not agree with the purchase.
#14 - Come Back Little Magilla
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/1964
When Ogee’s father refuses to buy Magilla for her, she decides to run away in retaliation. Before going to Hollywood to get a job that will pay her enough money to buy the gorilla, Ogee stops by Mr. Peebles Pet Store to tell Magilla goodbye.
#15 - Planet Zero
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/31/1964
Magilla takes a trip to outer space and visits Planet Zero where aliens mistake him for a human. He is then subjected to taking tests determining whether or not the aliens should take over Earth or not.
#16 - Fairy Godmother
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/24/1964
Magilla reads a book about a Fairy Godmother, and then his own Fairy Godmother appears and grants him three wishes.
#17 - Mad Scientist
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/1964
Magilla is going to be the subject of scientific experiments unless he can escape from the Mad Scientist who has him.
#18 - Is That Zoo?
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/21/1964
After making a mess in the store on his unicycle, Mr. Peebles decides to donate Magilla to the local zoo so people could admire him from a distance.
#19 - Motorcycle Magilla
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/14/1964
Magilla accidentally starts a scooter and rides it around town, with Mr. Peebles chasing after him. They then get saved by a helicopter pilot after riding over a waterfall and Magilla then decides to take another joyride, only this time in the helicopter.
#20 - Prince Charming
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/7/1964
When Ogee goes to visit Magilla at Mr. Peebles pet store, the gorilla begins telling her numerous fairy tales; one of which involves a beautiful princess having to kiss a homely animal to turn him into her Prince Charming.
#21 - Bird Brained
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1965
Mr. Peebles gets a new Love Bird but the bird flies away and Magilla must catch him before he gets in trouble.
#22 - Montana Magilla
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1965
When Magilla finds out that Mr. Peebles needs a lot of money to pay his bills, he decides to become a cowboy and enter a local rodeo event to win the first prize money. Under the nickname of "Montana Magilla".
#23 - That Was the Geek That Was
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1965
A strange pet bird, a "South American Geek", comes to the pet shop. Unfortunately, Magilla is not aware that the bird has the unexplained ability to escape from any situation, and this causes Magilla to frantically try to capture the bird.
#24 - Deep Sea Doodle
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1965
After Phoebe the pet goldfish gets sick Mr. Peebles sends Magilla to take Phoebe to "Oceanland" for a checkup. While the fish is getting a checkup, Magilla is causing mayhem throughout Oceanland.
#25 - High Fly Guy
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1965
Mr. Peebles sends Magilla to the store to buy bananas, where he decides to ride the children's airplane ride in front of the store. However Magilla plugs the airplane ride into "high-voltage" and the little plane takes off.