Davey and Goliath (1960)

Animation · Family

Davey and Goliath is a 1960s stop-motion animated children's Christian television series. The programs, produced by the Lutheran Church in America, were produced by Art Clokey after the success of his Gumby series. Each 15-minute episode features the adventures of Davey Hansen and his "talking" dog Goliath as they learn Christian doctrine through everyday occurrences.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (586 votes)
Episode average: 8.2 +0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1960)

8.45 avg 12 episodes 8.1 → 8.8 15 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lost in a Cave	8.1	12
2	The Wild Goat	7.9	12
3	Stranded on an Island	7.9	15
4	The Winner	8.8	11
5	Cousin Barney	8.5	10
6	The New Skates	9.0	8
7	On the Line	8.8	8
8	The Polka Dot Tie	8.7	10
9	The Kite	8.1	13
10	The Mechanical Man	8.9	10
12	All Alone?	7.9	9
13	The Time Machine	8.8	8

Season 2 (1961)

8.11 avg 12 episodes 9.0 → 8.8 15 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Silver Mine	9.0	9
2	The Waterfall	8.4	7
4	The Bell-Ringer	8.6	7
5	The Parade	8.6	7
6	Officer Bob	7.5	10
7	The Shoemaker	7.7	9
8	Ten Little Indians	7.0	7
9	Not for Sale	8.0	7
10	Dog Show	7.5	10
11	Boy Lost	8.6	7
12	The Runaway	7.6	7
13	Sudden Storm	8.8	8

Season 3 (1962)

8.37 avg 10 episodes 9.2 → 8.6 15 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Man of the House	9.2	8
3	Bully Up a Tree	8.6	10
4	The Big Apple	8.1	12
6	Lemonade Stand	7.5	8
7	Rags and Buttons	7.7	8
8	A Diller, a Dollar	7.7	9
10	Editor in Chief	8.8	8
11	Jeep in the Deep	8.2	7
12	The Jickets	9.3	8
13	Good Neighbor	8.6	10

Season 4 (1971)

8.00 avg 9 episodes 9.4 → 8.1 14 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Stopped Clock	9.4	7
2	Who Me?	8.2	8
3	If at First You Don't Succeed	7.6	7
4	Finders Keepers	7.9	13
5	Kookaburra	9.0	7
6	The Caretakers	5.8	7
10	Boy in Trouble	8.0	8
12	Blind Man's Bluff	8.0	11
13	Who's George	8.1	9

Season 5 (1972)

8.13 avg 7 episodes 9.0 → 8.0 14 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Six-Seven-Six-Three	9.0	7
2	The Zillion Dollar Combo	7.7	8
3	Upside Down and Backwards	9.2	7
5	Ready or Not	7.2	10
6	Kum Ba Yah	7.0	10
9	Chicken	8.8	7
10	Doghouse Dreamhouse	8.0	9

Davey and Goliath (1960)

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