Zoboomafoo

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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Comedy
Kids
Documentary
Created By

Chris KrattMartin KrattLeo Eaton

First Aired on

Jan 25, 1999

2 seaons till Jun 07, 2001

Popularity: 10.4388
29 votes
Networks
(CA)
(US)
Production

Maryland Public TelevisionEarth CreaturesCINAR (CA)Cookie Jar Entertainment (CA)Kratt Brothers CompanyPBS (US)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Messy and Clean

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 65 episodes

Season 1

Aired

40 Episodes
  • Episode 1The Nose Knows27 min

    Toothbrush, the baby elephant finds Martin and Chris Kratt, roaming about in a cave where bats live. Since Toothbrush has been separated from her family, the Kratt brothers aide her in searching for them. This way, she will be reunited with them again. A garder snake is spotted, when Jackie was cutting the grass. The snake likes being in dark areas, so she doesn't mow down, part of the grass.

  • Episode 2Eye Spy27 min

    After admiring the camouflaged coats and amazing night vision of two visiting black jaguar cubs, Martin and Chris build a pair of "Eye-Spy goggles", a contraption that lets them see the world as various animals do. Jackie replants the evergreen that was her Christmas tree and decorates it with apples and popcorn for the birds.

  • Episode 3Dinosaurs27 min

    While the brothers are building a model of a dinosaur they call the ""Martinandchrisaurus,"" Zoboo tells them he thinks he saw a dinosaur on his way to Animal Junction. The mystery creature turns out to be a monitor lizard. Jackie breaks open a pellet from an owl's stomach to see its prey's bones and fur inside, then runs into the Kratts while visiting the Royal Ontario Museum to see dinosaur bones.

  • Episode 4Who's In the Hole27 min

    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.

  • Episode 5Happy Lemur Day27 min

    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.

Crew & Team

Leo Eaton

Executive Producer

Peter Moss

Executive Producer

Chris Kratt

Executive Producer

Martin Kratt

Executive Producer

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