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Zoboomafoo
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Zoboomafoo is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to November 21, 2001. After the original run on public television, reruns were shown on PBS Kids Sprout until 2012. A total of 65 episodes were aired. A creation of the Kratt Brothers (Chris and Martin Kratt), it features an anthropomorphic Coquerel's sifaka lemur named Zoboomafoo, performed by Canadian puppeteer Gord Robertson, and mainly portrayed by a lemur named Jovian, along with a collection of returned animal guests.
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★ 6.8Zoboomafoo is an American children's television series that aired from January 25, 1999, to April 28, 2001, and is still shown today in syndication depending on the area, and it is regularly shown on PBS Kids Sprout. A total of 65 episodes were aired. A creation of the Kratt Brothers, it features a talking Coquerel's Sifaka, a type of lemur, named Zoboomafoo, or Zoboo for short, and 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. After January 16, 2004, the show was pulled from its weekday airing on most PBS stations, though some continue to air the show.
- Aired
- 1999–2001
- Seasons
- 2 · 65 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Chris Kratt, Martin Kratt, Leo Eaton
- Network
- TVOntario, PBS Kids
- Genres
- Comedy, Kids, Documentary
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Key facts
- Television.image
- Zoboomafoo logo.jpg
- Television.genre
- EducationalChildren'sComedy
- Television.runtime
- 28 minutes
- Television.presenter
- Chris and Martin KrattGord RobertsonJovian
- Television.starring
- Samantha Tolkacz (Season 1)Genevieve Farrell (Season 2)
- Television.open_theme
- "Me and You and Zoboomafoo"
- Television.composer
- Pure West
- Television.language
- English
- Television.network
- PBS Kids (US)CBC Kids (Canada)
- Television.num_seasons
- 2
- Television.num_episodes
- 65
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television series
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Creator
- Martin Kratt
- Cast member
- Jovian
- Production company
- Cookie Jar Group
- Duration
- 26
- Official website
- www.pbs.org/zoboo
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- original broadcaster
- PBS
- number of seasons
- 2
- number of episodes
- 65
- start time
- 1999-01-25
- distributed by
- WildBrain
- end time
- 2001-06-07
- presenter
- Chris Kratt
- set in period
- 1999
- broadcast by
- TiJi
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Production
- Cast
- Segments
- Episodes
- Series overview
- Season 1 (1999–2000)
- Season 2 (2000–01)
- Awards and nominations
- Other media
- References
- Notes
- External links
Zoboomafoo is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to November 21, 2001. After the original run on public television, reruns were shown on PBS Kids Sprout until 2012. A total of 65 episodes were aired. A creation of the Kratt Brothers (Chris and Martin Kratt), it features an anthropomorphic Coquerel's sifaka lemur named Zoboomafoo, performed by Canadian puppeteer Gord Robertson, and mainly portrayed by a lemur named Jovian, along with a collection of returned animal guests.
==Production== Zoboomafoo was produced by PBS Kids, CINAR Corporation (now folded into WildBrain), and the Kratt brothers' Earth Creatures company. Paragon Entertainment Corporation, who previously worked on ''Kratts' Creatures, was slated to be involved with Zoboomafoo before being replaced by CINAR.
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