RiffTrax: Gumby - Band Practice

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[@ecojosh1]

I remember "I No Longer Need My Horse Friend" being played on the radio all the time back in the 90s.

[@Icanhasautomaticcheeseburger]

Much like Motley Crue, I still can't believe INLNMHF is classic rock... God, we're getting old...

[@sfighter0085]

Poor Pokey, he just realized that he's gonna be sold to make glue. lol

[@frankcolumbo4481]

I was an animator on the new series and the movie, I loved animating the blockheads because they were such devious little bastards.

[@jikorijo4516]

Thats cool. What was it like working with Gumby creator, Art Clokey?

[@Thoralmir]

"He's planning to geld me, I just know it."

[@VictorGonzalez-xs9oc]

He said "he planning to kill me, i just know it".

[@williamcrowe2576]

They need to riff all the Gumby shorts, not just "Robot Rumpus".

[@mclockwork777]

Agreed.

[@tremorsfan]

I prefer Robot Rump.

[@marshallhuffer4713]

They riffed "Baker's Tour" and "Gumby Concerto" last year.

[@teresaforever21]

The movie riff was absolutely hilarious.

[@JamieSwitzer]

I absolutely loathed Gumby in this movie, I didn't remember him always being a prick to his friends, but then again, it's been a long time since I've watched the show!

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Haha it's funny if you watch that hanging out with Rifftrax they just did on here, where they dissect this movie, if they are replicants from the moon, why pokey is such a prick, and all the other bizarro shit

[@MikeReidWrites]

I remember seeing it when it came out on VHS. I watched Gumby all the time as a kid, and was psyched to find there was a movie, but...it does feel pretty different in that way. Kid-me wasn't a fan of the film, but looking back on it now, I appreciate it more...in part because of just how freaking strange it is.

[@jadenova]

I thought Pokey would be in the backseat showing us all why he's called Pokey.

[@mclockwork777]

I need a physical copy to add to my current Gumby DVD collection.

[@derekchristenson5711]

As a little kid (very little), I enjoyed the Gumby shorts. As an adult, I saw the MST3K sendoff of "Robot Rumpus", and loved every second of it (especially their confusion at the part that always confused me as a child: why the heck are crackers considered such a special reward?). Now, as an older adult, I watched this bit, laughed, and felt a little confused. I clicked the RiffTrax link, watched the preview there, and read the description... WTF?? LOL! Added to my Wishlist, even though I'm still like "I totally wouldn't believe this is a real description of anything involving Gumby, but it's 2021, so I'm pretty sure any stupid thing is possible now!" ;-)

[@RatelHBadger]

We have a new song, it's called My Lovely Horse...

[@christopherwall2121]

*WE HAVE TO LOSE THAT SAX SOLO!*

[@Bee-ih5uy]

@@christopherwall2121" ...lIke a train in the night, yeah, like a train in the night!" 😂

[@Huskrrrr]

Next: Pokey becomes a drunk.

[@tuckerbowen4626]

A RiffTrax with closed captioning? You guys must have received my letters :)

[@racheledwards2352]

You guys have to do Attack of the 50 foot Woman and Open Water.

[@theboombody]

I really want this Rifftrax, but I also really want Baby Ghost and Suburban Sasquatch. So many decisions. I'm glad I got the Rifftrax Friends subscription so I at least got to view all the older content, INCLUDING the shorts,

[@bodhisattva71]

*Pokey could stomp the band but since they're clay they would just merge into a greater abomination!*

[@noahstottlemyer483]

The yellow guy reminds me of Buzz Osbourne from the Melvins

[@sgtmajor5700]

Power!

[@matthewclark5612]

My lovely, lovely, lovely horse (my lovely horse)

[@monker45]

Pretty much what the Dead were after Vince and Bruce joined

[@joe7923]

That was some very rough music.

[@victorhernandez8723]

Say what you want about the Gumby movie, the music slaps! It helps that the guitarist from Jefferson Starship provides the music.

[@mikesilva3868]

Really funny 😊

[@joypopoola6115]

I remember watching this Gumby episode in real time with my five year old bad little brother he ripped on this!

[@williamruiz5965]

Nice! MST 3000 vibes!

[@TerrenceNowicki]

This *feature film* from 1995 has stop-motion animation that's only slightly better than what I was doing around the same time as a 13-year-old with access to Premier 4.

[@MisterMelange]

It's a Gumby movie. The crude nature of it is part of the charm.

[@willtheangrydudeist9120]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@delsydsoftware]

I bought this and RoboVampire, and I'm not sure which one is more batshit insane.

[@dunes8817]

There's something off about that dog's design.

[@kanna-san.]

Hyper realistic dog

[@DJPenguino51]

Gumby needs a set of Moog bass pedals. JS

[@hawaiidispenser]

How the hell was Gumby still a profitable entity in 1995 (the year of this film)?

[@dunes8817]

It wasn't. Movie cost just about 3 million to make, but only made around $57,100.

[@nickchavez720]

@@dunes8817 On one hand that is very sad for all the people who worked hard on the movie. On the other hand that is very funny

[@christopherwall2121]

@@nickchavez720 there was also a huge amount of production trouble, iirc

[@nickchavez720]

@@christopherwall2121 really? I might have to look into that. Sounds interesting

[@DEthe5150]

Apparently, they said the film was finished in 1992, but they couldn't find a distributor until 1995.

[@ImperatorPenguin]

Three preview clips for one movie... strange, but I'm probably overthinking it.

[@crazyfvck]

lol :)

[@dsantos5059]

I still have toys of Gumby, Pokey, Prickle, Goo, and Gumby’s Sister. Some of them have broken over the years. Me: Cheap pieces of cra- Gumby: “Ahem!” (I turn around and see Gumby holding the lightsaber. Waiting for me to finish my insult on the toys.) Me: -crumbles of joy! Heh heh! Gumby: Good. (Gumby turns off his lightsaber)

[@delsydsoftware]

I bought this and RoboVampire, and I'm not sure which one is more batshit insane.