The Gumby Show is an American clay animation television series developed by Art Clokey.
A television bulletin warns people to be on the look-out for a lost red pony, with a reward set at 100 ice cream cones.
Rushing to the sound, Gumby finds the pony named Pokey caught on a railroad track and wiggles him free.
With hopes of gaining the ice cream cone reward, "G" and "J" Blockhead try to get rid of Gumby and capture Pokey.
Gumby plays with a giant electromagnet on a crane in the toy store, which accidentally strips the armor off of a knight who was passing by.
This gives Gumby the opportunity to retrieve the electromagnet, using it to strip the Black Knight's armor off, much to the delight of the audience and the king.
When the magician leaves his magic wand behind by accident, Gumby opts to return it to him after it breaks his mom's favorite pitcher.
He is then whisked away to a surrealistic world known as "Magic Land", where he must traverse its ever-changing landscape, while fending off a pair of guardians named Red and Whitey, who have been tasked with upholding vague orders that hinder Gumby's efforts.
Gumby uses "Super Gro" chicken feed, which causes his pet hen Tilly to become monstrous and lay gigantic eggs everywhere.
Due to her blurred vision, Granny risks all sorts of accidents, which she blames on "young reckless speedmonsters" and is happy to hear police sirens, only to realize a motorcycle policeman is on the lookout for Gumby's stolen car.
When Santa Claus gets sick, Pokey calls up the witch to fly the sleigh and deliver children their Christmas presents.
Prickle remembers what it was that he wished for, but he needs Gumby, Pokey, and Goo's help to build a Corn Crib first.
Its contents are revealed to be a shapeshifting gold ball that reacts to the sound of Gumby and his friends' music.
While searching for animals to use in their show, Gumby and Pokey befriend an orphaned baby mastodon named Denali, after witnessing its mother's death.
Gumby and his friends are invited to perform a concert at an ice cream-serving saloon, where they are interrupted by two notorious Blockheads referred to as the Kid Brothers and a food fight breaks out.
In 2013, Beyond Home Entertainment released the complete series on NTSC DVDs in Australia as a JB Hi-Fi exclusive.
The set was not widely distributed, and it received much negative feedback because the film elements used were the 1980s reissues with the redubbed soundtracks and voices.
Three years later, Rhino Home Video/Rhino Retrovision released a two-volume set entitled The Very Best New Adventures of Gumby.
In 2008, Classic Media released a director's cut of Gumby: The Movie that included bonus episodes from the series.
In the fall of 2010, Columbia Music Entertainment released two compilation DVDs in Japan titled "Gumby Best Selection" (ガンビー・ベストセレクション) with permission from Premavision and Classic Media.
GoodTimes Entertainment also released the VHS Fun with Gumby in 1994, containing the episodes "The Kachinas", "Tree Trouble", "Lion Drive", "Yard Work Made Easy", and "The Magic Show" (edited for time).
The set includes: "Tree Trouble", "Lion Drive", "Yard Work Made Easy", "Sad King Otts Daughter", "The Blockheads", "Gumby Concerto", "The Glob", "Bakers Tour", "The Black Knight", "The Kachinas", "In a Fix", "The Witty Witch", "The Groobee", "Gumby Racer", "Rain for Roo", and "Hidden Valley".
These restorations were not perfect as the original negatives for the 11-minute versions appear to be lost and now only exist split into their syndication halves.
[19] In November 2014, the entire first and second seasons of Gumby were launched on television and online via the children's on demand network Kabillion.