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Zoboomafoo is an American children's television series that was regularly shown on Sprout until 2012. A total of 65 episodes were aired. A creation of the Kratt Brothers (Chris and Martin), it features a talking lemur (a Coquerel's sifaka) named Zoboomafoo, voiced by Ottawa-born puppeteer Gord Robertson, and mainly portrayed by a lemur named Jovian, along with a collection of repeat animal guests. Every episode begins with the Kratt brothers in Animal Junction, a peculiar place in which the rules of nature change and wild animals come to visit and play. Because PBS co-owned Sprout when the channel was launched, it aired a variety of shows from its archive library on Sprout, including reruns of Zoboomafoo.
Plot
- "This television series introduces youngsters to the wonderful world of animals. With Zoboo and the Kratt Brothers, children explore common and exotic animals and their habitats. The show encourages children to be confident, inquisitive, caring, and helpful to people and animals." (link)
History on Sprout
The show premiered on September 26th, 2005, along with several other shows, to celebrate the launch of the Sprout network. Prior to that, they released it on Sprout On Demand under the "Children's Favorites" category.
The show aired at 12:30PM ET during the early afternoon block and 4PM during The Sprout Sharing Show. Although it stopped airing during the former timeslot in September 2010.
The show has a Sprout Diner snack, Zoboomafoo Banana Pops, and Gord Robertson reprises his role as Zoboo in its webisode, as well a Birthday Show activity, Zoboomafoo Bingo.
Several episodes stopped airing on Sprout in 2008, and "Humans" stopped airing in 2010, leaving 32 episodes left. The show left the network for good on February 13th, 2012, a day before the premiere of The Super Sproutlet Show, although it remained on Sprout on Demand[2] and its page on SproutOnline.com remained up even with the site refresh in 2013. The final episode to air was "Spots & Stripes."
Games
Episodes
See List of Zoboomafoo episodes.
Notes
- Sprout Sharing Show segments often played in the middle of the episodes.
- The creators of the show, the Kratt Brothers, also created Wild Kratts.
- The final episode to air on Sprout was "Spots & Stripes." After that, it never aired on TV again.
- The show received a PlayStation game, Leapin' Lemurs.
- The show was called "Zoboomafoo" in "SPRNEXTONZABOOMAFOO" on ASCAP.
Gallery
Videos
External links
Sources
- ↑ Fretz, Madeline. The TV Media Fan and Expert (March 20, 2022), Retrieved August 16, 2024
- ↑ Twitter post (March 9, 2012), Retrieved August 16, 2024