Gumby

The Fantastic Farmer

11 min

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.

The Black Knight

11 min

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.

Too Loo

10 min

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.

Robot Rumpus

11 min

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"

Toy Crazy

11 min

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.

Lion Around

11 min

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.

The Eggs and Trixie

11 min

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.

Outcast Marbles

11 min

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"

Gumby Business

11 min

Split into episodes 24 and 25 in syndication: Gumby Business Toy Fun Run time: 10 minutes, 55 seconds. This is the first episode without dialogue. A short version of this episode is called "Toy Fun"