Zoboomafoo
| Zoboomafoo | |
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| Created by |
Chris Kratt Martin Kratt Leo Eaton |
| Presented by | Chris Kratt Martin Kratt |
| Starring | Gord Robertson Jovian Samantha Tolkacz (Season 1) Genevieve Farrell (Season 2) |
| Theme music composer |
Sterling Jarvis Pure West |
| Country of origin |
United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 65 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Leo Eaton Peter Moss (2000–2001) Chris Kratt Martin Kratt |
| Producer(s) |
Maryland Public Television Cinar (Cookie Jar Group) |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | January 25, 1999 – November 21, 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Kratts' Creatures (1996) |
| Followed by | Wild Kratts (2011–present) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Zoboomafoo is an American/Canadian zoological children's television series that aired from January 25, 1999, to November 21, 2001. It is still currently shown in syndication (depending on the area) and it was regularly shown on Sprout until 2011. A total of 65 episodes were aired. A creation of the Kratt brothers (Chris and Martin), it features a talking Coquerel's sifaka named Zoboomafoo (voiced by Gord Robertson and mainly portrayed by Jovian) 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 series was pulled from its weekday airing on most PBS stations, though some continue to air it. It is currently unknown if the series will return.
On November 10, 2014, Jovian died of renal failure in his home at the Duke Lemur Center at the age of 20.
Upon their arrival at Animal Junction, the Kratt brothers (Chris and Martin Kratt) lean out the window and call Zoboomafoo [or "Zoboo" for short] (portrayed by Jovian), who is shown in a live-action segment as an actual lemur leaping across a field to reach them. When the lemur reaches Animal Junction, the Kratt brothers offer him a snack, generally some lemur-appropriate food like garbanzo beans, sweet potato, or mango slices, whereupon the "real" lemur spins around on a turntable (shouting, "ZOBOOMAFOOOOOOOOO!!!"), leaps off while briefly laughing, and becomes a talking lemur puppet (voiced by Ottawa-born puppeteer Gord Robertson). This change enables Zoboomafoo to lead into the main segment of the episode, which he begins by describing a "Mangatsika!" (a Malagasy word literally meaning "cold," but used in the series to mean "cool!") animal that he saw as he traveled to Animal Junction.
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