Zoboomafoo
TV-Y
7.6
1999
Comedy
, Documentary
, Kids
Zoboomafoo 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.
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- Cast:
- Chris Kratt , Martin Kratt
Episode 33 : Sand Creatures
September. 07,1999
Meerkats, scorpions and camels start arriving after a sandstorm buries Animal Junction.
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Episode 31 : Funny Faces
July. 02,1999
Time for a few laughs as moose, pigs, bats and others give viewers a look-in at their friendly faces.
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Episode 30 : Jumpers
July. 01,1999
Zoboomafoo welcomes his fellow jumping animals to Animal Junction, from kangaroos to frogs.
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Episode 29 : Bathtime
June. 30,1999
A bath for certain animals is not what one would think. Chris and Martin give a bath to dogs before stepping out of Animal Junction for the elephant bath.
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Episode 28 : Horses
June. 29,1999
Everybody likes horses, so the Kratts spend time with a foal and her mother, a strong Belgian draft horse. Then the brothers learn what's different about zebras.
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Episode 27 : Fast and Slow
June. 28,1999
Between the cheetah and the snail, the Kratts find a great deal about the speed of animals. Then there is the chameleon, which varies speed a good deal.
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Episode 26 : Playtime
June. 25,1999
You know what they say about all work and no play. Thus the Kratts take a break at Animal Junction, playing with lion cubs, serval kittens, ducklings and, yes, children.
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Episode 25 : Great Singers
June. 24,1999
Animal "music" spills into Animal Junction, performed by camels, wolves, and elk, far better than a sound effects machine.
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Episode 23 : Bears
June. 22,1999
Animal Junction finds itself the center of attention for bears, wolverines, and kinkajous.
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Episode 21 : Giants
February. 22,1999
There are giant animals galore at Animal Junction: giraffe, elephant, camel, and capybaras among them. This leads the Kratt brothers to find the world's biggest deer, biggest lemur, and biggest cat. Trees are also given giant attention.
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Episode 19 : Running
February. 18,1999
Martin and Chris run like other animals, beginning with the emu, extending to the crab, the fisher, the gecko, and the cheetah.
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Episode 18 : Feeling Good
February. 17,1999
It's all about animal coats, from porcupine to lynx to duck.
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Episode 17 : Ears Hear
February. 16,1999
Rabbits, bloodhounds, springhares, and foxes weigh in as Chris and Martin want to hear every animal's range of hearing.
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Episode 16 : Itchy
February. 15,1999
Everyone has got an itch, whether it's from poison ivy, bugs, or burrs.
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Episode 15 : Fling
February. 12,1999
"Fling" is the nickname the Kratts give to a white-fronted capuchin monkey, which they return to the wild. Jackie learns about the wild when she tries to build a terrarium for a frog.
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Episode 14 : Tracks
February. 11,1999
Martin and Chris follow the tracks of a lynx through the snow, and Jackie works on protecting her bird feeder from marauding squirrels.
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Episode 13 : Puppies
February. 10,1999
The discovery of a litter of eight puppies turns Chris, Martin, and Zoboo into puppysitters. When one of the puppies and a calf both wander off from their mothers, everyone at Animal Junction learns how important it is to keep a close watch on babies.
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Episode 12 : Homes
February. 09,1999
The Kratts help out a beaver who's looking for wood to build a dam, and Jackie and the Animal Helpers build nest boxes for Eastern bluebirds.
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Episode 11 : Fierce Creatures
February. 08,1999
Zoboo decides he wants to join a visiting pack of Arctic wolves, so he takes lessons in howling, hunting, and obeying the pack pecking order. But just when he's ready to go home with his new friends, someone explains how different from warm, sunny Animal Junction the wolves' home territory is, and he rethinks his decision. Meanwhile, Jackie rescues a spider who's been stranded in a neighbor's bathtub.
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Episode 9 : Night Time
February. 04,1999
A camp-out at Animal Junction gives everyone a chance to discover nocturnal animals, creatures who sleep during the day and are active at night. Binturongs, raccoons, owls, ringtails, and dormice are among those living the night life.
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Episode 8 : Snow Day
February. 03,1999
During the snowstorm of the century, Martin, Chris, Zoboo, and Jackie shelter one very cold Japanese snow monkey and shovel paths for animals having trouble maneuvering through the white stuff.
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Episode 7 : Slimy Buddies
February. 02,1999
Chris, Martin, and Zoboo explore the good things about slime, from puppies showing affection by licking to the slick coatings that keep frogs from drying out and let earthworms slide through dirt. To help make MudPuppy Pond an even better home for her own favorite slimy buddies "mudpuppy salamanders", Jackie rakes dead leaves into the water.
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Episode 6 : Swimming
February. 01,1999
The arrival of a couple of river otters prompts a swimming party, with black jaguars, soft-shelled turtles, penguins, and capybaras jumping in. Jackie and her dog Goldie join in with a swim in MudPuppy Pond, where they meet even more water creatures.
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Episode 5 : Happy Lemur Day
January. 29,1999
When two fellow ring-tailed lemurs come to visit, Zoboo is stunned to hear that many people don't know what a lemur is. The Kratt brothers offer to remedy things by declaring an international Lemur Day holiday, complete with party and cake. Jackie rescues two turtles who were heading for a busy highway.
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Episode 4 : Who's In the Hole
January. 28,1999
A flying squirrel glides in looking for a hole to live in, and a search around Animal Junction reveals lots of other animals, from foxes and rabbits to snakes and porcupines, already living in various holes. When a man starts to cut down a dead tree with a hole in it, Jackie stops him by explaining that it may be the home of an owl.
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