Gumby, Boxed Set (7dv): Amazon.ca: Various (TV): DVD

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Gumby, the little green plasticine boy from the toy-land world of Gumbasia, first burst onto TV screens on the Howdy Doody show in 1956. By 1957 the landmark children's show had launched its own series of reality-bending adventures. Gumby could walk into storybooks and through mirrors, blast off to the moon and travel back to the dinosaur age, and roll himself into any shape he chose. What kid didn't want to be Gumby?! Over 40 years later the delightful mix of innocence, imagination, and surrealism for kids is just as much fun and still feels unexpectedly inventive--the spacy electronic music alone feels years ahead of its time. Rhino's seven-disc boxed set features over 100 shorts made between 1956 and 1967, remastered from creator Art Clokey's original materials. The age of the series may show in minor scratching and speckling and occasional unsteady frames, but the picture is sharp and the color and sound surprisingly good and the whimsical little shape-shifting boy is as young as ever. The bonus seventh disc features a toy box of Gumby-related goodies, notably interviews with Clokey and original Gumby voice artist Dal McKinnon (quite the ham on camera) and a collection of Clokey's early films, including the inventive Gumby pilot film (sans soundtrack, sadly), gorgeous experimental exercises in abstract art, and two very entertaining marriages of silent slapstick comedy and stop-motion magic. --Sean Axmaker

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Rhino Home Video is proud to debut one of the most beloved animated characters of our time on DVD. The GUMBY set features collected shorts ranging from The Gumby Show in 1956 to syndicated episodes in 1967. The DVD boxed set includes seven discs, a miniature Gumby figure, and such bonus features as an interview with the creator of GUMBY, the GUMBY pilot, storyboards, and bumpers.

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1.0 out of 5 stars What a disaster!, Jun 17 2004

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Stphs326 (California United States) - See all my reviews

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Who in their right mind would release a classic like Gumby with all of the 80's stupid/silly sounding music! We want "Gumby" how Gumby was! Since I spent my almost 100.00, the box set has been sitting on a shelf in my garage! I was so upset, and felt I was taken advantage of. If they had put, "Sound not original", somewhere on the box, I would not have purchased it, nor many others.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Value, April 12 2004

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J. A Miller "conjammenson" (Computer Chair) - See all my reviews
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Here it is! All the Gumby episodes packed into one collection. It is great to be able to watch all the episodes of Gumby, and they are even in chronological order. However, the set could have been put together way better. It receives four stars because it is a Gumby box set, the first time all the episodes were put together like this. Here are some notes on the features of the set:

The Soundtrack: This is a partially annoying part of the set. They used the synth track made in the 80s for the episodes. I have many VHS sets made by F.H.E. and they used the original soundtracks. So, its not as if the original sound was lost or anything like that. However, Gumby's voice is done by the same person and the rest of the voices are done well enough.

Episodes: I hate the way the episodes are cut up into different parts. The original 22 episodes were 12 minutes in lenght and then cut up to make 44 6 minute episoeds. This is not done by Rhino, but was done by the studio way back when. I have no idea why they did it, but it is annoying.

Packaging: The DVDs do fold out in an awkward way. I like it though because it is different and makes it unique. The set also comes with a Gumby figurine.

Special Features: There are several of Clokey's original clay featuers that are cool to watch. The interview with Clokey himself, however, is very boring. The interview with the voice of Gumby is better. It almost seems as though the voice of
Gumby likes the series more than the one who created it.

Bad points: The menus and navigation in the set is very annoying. The Rhino introduction is retarded. Between each episode there is an introduction to the next one. The intros are repetetive and really stupid. I don't like the new gumby song that plays during the menus. I hate the children singing it. The navigation is so overly childish that I think even children would be annoyed by it.

Overall Value: The value of having all these gumby episodes availible in this way makes this set worth everything. The packaging and presentation could have been way better and I have no idea why they chose to go with the soundtrack that they went with. Maybe they thought modern children would enjoy it more. Who knows?

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5.0 out of 5 stars IF YOU WATCHED GUMBY IN THE 80s+ YOUL LOVE IT, Mar 31 2004

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K. Reeves "Gumbooo" (Aus land) - See all my reviews
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All these other reviews down this dvd so much, i grew up with gumby in the late 80s early 90s and i cant notice a difference in music or voice quality, which is what everyones complaining about, i do notice in the early episodes, there voices are different, but thats obviosly how they started out. This dvd is true to the era of gumby in the 80s. This is the best box set i have ever owned, and will be treasured for ever. I reccommend not thinking twice about buying it, think once and think yes. This is a classic to show the kids, and they will love it as much as you did. This is a great buy, and i give it 5 stars.

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1.0 out of 5 stars To Kylemonger
I agree but as a baby b0oomr who grew up in the Sixties and Seventies and who remembers the (freelanced) Capitol Records-Licensed (incl. Read more

Published on Mar 25 2004 by Steve Carras

5.0 out of 5 stars Gumby's the greatest
Don't let the reviews of other people fool you. Any original animation of Gumby is superb, no matter whats going on with the soundtrack

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