Gumby Adventures

1987-1989

Gumby Adventures is a 1987 clay animation television series produced by Art Clokey.

Storyline

Gumby and his pals are back in all-new adventures taking them into the 1980s. Now a high-school teenager, Gumby lives with his parents and younger sister Minga. He and his good friends Pokey, Prickle and Goo manage a farm together and also play in a band, and often thwart the Blockheads' evil doings. They often have their adventures across Toyland and in various books, and many surreal things happen, just like the original show. Additional recurring characters include Granny, Professor Kapp and the Groobee (from the 60s episodes), Denali the Mastodon and Tillie the hen (both new to the franchise).

Sound Effects Used

NOTE: For the most part, this show uses the Series 1000 Sound Effects Library from Sound Ideas, along with a few Series 2000 effects, and several custom-created Roland/synthesizer sound effects.

• Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, PROP - LONG DIVE 02 (Heard once in "Minga-Sitting".)
• Sound Ideas, AUTO, SKID - TIRE SKID 01
• Sound Ideas, AUTO, SKID - TIRE SKID 02
• Sound Ideas, BABY - CRYING, HUMAN 01 (Heard once in "Clayfully Yours".)
• Sound Ideas, BABY - CRYING, HUMAN 05 (Heard once in "Clayfully Yours".)
• Sound Ideas, BABY - LAUGHING, HUMAN 01 (Heard once in "Clayfully Yours".)
• Sound Ideas, BABY - LAUGHING, HUMAN 02 (Heard once in "Clayfully Yours".)
• Sound Ideas, BELL, ALARM - BURGLAR OR FIRE ALARM 01
• Sound Ideas, BELL, CHURCH - RINGING (Heard once in "Gumbastic".)
• Sound Ideas, BRUSHING TEETH - BRUSHING TEETH (Heard once in a lower pitch in "Wild Train Ride".)
• Sound Ideas, BUZZER, DOOR - DOOR BUZZER: TWO SHORT BUZZES
• Sound Ideas, CHILDREN - CHEERING, CROWD 02 (Heard once in "Fun Day", lower pitched.)
• Sound Ideas, CHILDREN - SCREAMING: FRIGHTENED, BOY OR GIRL, HUMAN (1st scream; heard once in a higher pitch in "Fun Day".)
• Sound Ideas, CHIMES - DOOR BELL, DING DONG, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
• Sound Ideas, CLOCK, ALARM - OLD CLOCK TICKING, ALARM SOUNDS (Heard once in "Time Out".)
• Sound Ideas, CLOCK, CUCKOO - ONE O'CLOCK
• Sound Ideas, CLOCK, GRANDFATHER - GONG, RINGING FIFTEEN TIMES (Heard in "Time Out".)
• Sound Ideas, CLOCK, TICK - OLD CLOCK TICKING (Heard in "Time Out".)
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, GLASS - GLASS SHATTERING, AUTO, SMASH 01
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, GLASS - GLASS SHATTERING, AUTO, SMASH 02
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, GLASS - GLASS SHATTERING, SMASH
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, INDUSTRIAL - SOMETHING FALLING
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, JUNK - JUNK FALL AND CRASH
• Sound Ideas, CRASH, JUNK - SHORT JUNK CRASH
• Sound Ideas, DOOR, WOOD - OPEN, SQUEAK
• Sound Ideas, DRAWBRIDGE - RAISED: CHAINS AND PULLEYS, CRANKING SLOWLY, CASTLE
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY - ARC ZAPS/ELECTRICITY - HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL ARCING 01
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRONIC, ALARM - CONSTANT RINGING, SIREN 01 (typically used for shrinking rays)
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRONIC, GUN SHOT - GALACTIC GUN SHOT: SINGLE, LASER, SPACE 02/RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 03
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRONIC, SPACE - SPACE SHOT, LASER 02 (typically used for characters changing size or going in and out of books)
• Sound Ideas, HUMAN, SNEEZE - MALE: SNEEZE 01 (Heard once in "Wild Girls.")
• Sound Ideas, SWIMMING, DIVE - DIVING SPLASH, WATER, POOL 01
• Sound Ideas, TELEPHONE, BELL - RING SEVERAL TIMES, OFFICE 02
• Sound Ideas, TELEPHONE, ELECTRONIC - PHONE RINGS THREE TIMES, PICK UP, EXTERNAL, OFFICE
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - LOUD THUNDER CRACK, WEATHER, RAIN 01
• Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CRACK, RAIN IN B/G, WEATHER 01 (Heard in "A Real Seal".)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, CROSSING - BELL
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, DIESEL - APPROACH, PASS BY, HORN BLASTS, TRACKS CLACKING
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, DIESEL - PASSES BY, HORN BLASTS (Horn heard in a lower pitch in "Just Train Crazy".)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN - EXTERIOR: MOVING, THROUGH CROSSING, BELL, HORN BLASTS, SUBWAY (Heard once in "Cottage for Granny".)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - CONDUCTOR CALL 'ALL ABOARD' (Heard once in "A Dolly for Minga".)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - EXHAUST BLAST
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - IDLE, CHUGGING
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - START IN MOTION 01 (Heard in "Wild Train Ride".)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - STEAM WHISTLE: SMALL, ONE BLAST 01 (Heard once in "A Dolly for Minga".)
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, TRAIN CHUGGING
• Sound Ideas, WINDOW - SLIDE OPEN 01
• SoundDogs, Train: Trains - Steam Train - MCU - Idle W Whistle, Away W Lots Of Swish & Chug, Interesting Alternating Hiss Which Stops At Some Point, No Wheels Or Clack-Tracks/Unknown Sound Effects Library, Train Whistle 02

Image Gallery

• Gumby Adventures/Image Gallery

External Links

• A 1989 article about the audio production for the series.