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The show's revamped logo.

Status: Partially Found

Zoom was an live-action children's series that aired from January 4, 1999 to May 6, 2005 produced by WGBH (now GBH) that aired on PBS. It was a revival of another live-action series of the same name that aired in 1972-1978. The show is in the same vain as other popular children's shows that aired on PBS like Sesame Street and The Electric Company but it's cast is made up of kids ages 8 and up and perform various activates like games, plays, poems, songs and would occasionally start conversations on various topics like prejudice and hospitals, with most topics being submitted by the home audience. The revival became a ratings winner for PBS and switched to the channel's children's block "PBS Kids" halfway through the show's first season. The revival lasted 7 seasons with 200 episodes (outliving it's precursor in episode length), ending in May 2005 due to poor ratings.[1]

The revival only saw four home media releases in the form of four VHS tapes that were released between 1999 and 2002. After PBS Kids stopped rerunning the show in 2007, a large majority of the show's run have never been seen since and is mostly lost.

Unaired Footage

In addition to all of the above, many segments that were filmed for the show remain unaired. Some, if not all of them, are available on the website.

Until the entire first season is uploaded, it can be presumed that all unaired segments from it were released on the "Party With ZOOM" VHS. Here is a list of lost segments from seasons 2-7, gathered from information provided on the website over the years.

Season 2

ZOOMDo

  • Kaleidoscope (made by Kenny; briefly seen in episode 233 at the 26:33 mark)
  • Bubble Stationary and Homemade Envelopes (made by Zoe)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Purple Cow (made by Jessie; two versions filmed)
  • Banana Juice (made by Jessie; two versions filmed)
  • Orange Dream Soda (made by Jessie; two versions filmed)
  • Root Beer Float (made by Jessie(?))

ZOOMSci

  • Mirror Maze (with Jessie (?), Caroline (?), Alisa (?) and Ray (?))

ZOOMGames

  • Rota
  • Hop The Pawn
  • Category Cards
  • Indoor Bottle Blowing
  • Thrower
  • Alphabet Conversation
  • Marble Toes
  • Charades (also played in season 1)
  • Book Balance On Head Relay
  • ZOOM and Erp

ZOOMPhenom

  • ZOOMRoom Card Trick (with Kenny and Zoe (?))
  • Keep In Chair (with Ray and Claudio; also done in season 3 with Frances and Rachel)
  • Compass (with Claudio)
  • Paper Fold (with Zoe (?))
  • House Number Game (possibly unfilmed; website does not provide image)
  • Hand/Foot Coordination (with Caroline (?), Jessie, Kenny and Alisa (?))

Season 3

ZOOMDo

  • Sponge Stationary (with Frances)
  • Pocket Pouch (with Caroline (?))
  • Masks (with Eric)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Apple Sailboat, Celery Wagon and Mouse In a Cage (with Frances (?))
  • Salsa (with Eric (?))

Znack

  • Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich (with Eric)
  • Trail Mix (with Kaleigh (?))

ZOOMGame

  • Equation Bingo
  • Squat Relay
  • Water Tug of War
  • Nim
  • Rhyming Pairs
  • Jump The Creek (with everyone but either Rachel or Frances)
  • Carolyn's Word Game

Season 4

ZOOMDo

  • Collage (all ZOOMers)
  • Recycled Junk Creature (with Kaleigh, Aline, Rachel, and Matt)
  • Jean Pocket Bag and Jean Leftovers (with Rachel (?))

ZOOMGame

  • On a Roll (a brief shot of this is seen in the opening)
  • Going On a Picnic
  • Pass The Stick
  • Mixed-Up Sports Relay

Season 5

ZOOMDo

  • Marionettes (with Estuardo)
  • Yarn Cards (with Aline (?) in season 7 by Kyle and Kortney)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Nana's Cookies (with Caroline)

Znack

  • Tuna Canoes (with Kortney (?))

ZOOMGame

  • Musical Clothes
  • Tails (a brief shot of this is seen in the opening)
  • Dictionary Game

ZOOMSci

  • Drop on Pennies II (with Mike (?) and Caroline (?))
  • Pennies and Water (with Mike and Caroline (?))
  • Soap-powered Boat II

Season 6

ZOOMDos

  • Potato Beads (also made by Shing Ying and Emily in season 7; a shot of Emily holding up a bead-lined skewer looks similar to the website photo; however, as that photo was first released in April 2004, it may have still been made in season 6)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Buffalo Wings (with Francesco (?) and Cara (?))
  • Corndogs (with Kyle (?) and Kortney (?))
  • Eggboats (with Francesco (?); not to be confused with the sci in season 3 of the same name)

ZOOMSci

  • Game Timer
  • Secret Candy Safe

ZOOMGame

None, although The Cup Game (originally played in season one, also played in season 7) and All About You (played in season 5), were listed as "new" when season 6 premiered.

Season 7

ZOOMDo

  • Balloon Badminton (with Noreen)
  • High Bouncy Ball
  • Sweater Mittens (with Taylor)

Cafe ZOOM

  • Monkey Bread (with Taylor (?) and Noreen (?))
  • Homemade Applesauce (with Kyle (?) and Francesco (?))

Znack

  • Lettuce Boats (with Nick (?) and Kyle (?)

ZOOMGame

  • 3-Ball Football
  • Balloon Badminton

ZOOMSci

  • Deliver a Message (with Nick and Francesco)

ZOOMPlayhouse

  • Clever Jackyl (briefly shown in episode 709 at the 14:02 mark)
  • How Ubbi Dubbi Was Started

Availability

Eventually, a number of individual segments were released onto YouTube by various users, and in 2011, about half of season 2 was as well by user ZOOMerTube.

A possible unaired segment featuring Kenny involving a mirror-instrument

As of the summer of 2015, all episodes from seasons 2-7 and 11 episodes of season 1 have been found, uploaded onto YouTube by user ZOOMFan1, who had gone to the lengths of recording them all twice while they were on the air.

Season One

Unfortunately, by the time ZOOMfan1 started watching, season 1 would only be syndicated once more (in late 2002/early 2003), and 29 episodes that were originally a part of the season would be skipped over. Many individual segments from them were uploaded in 2008-2009 by user KrisTheKnight. In March 2018, the "headstand zinger" clip was unfortunately taken down.

A handful of other segments have been uploaded by EngineersWeek2008 (from a website some science-related clips were officially released onto), comeonandzoomazoom, and kejennings13. However, the episodes in their entirety are still at large. The episodes were respectively episodes 105 through 133. Additionally, ZOOMFan1 accidentally taped over one of the episodes that aired during the time he recorded season 1 (episode 136) and the episode also has yet to surface online in its entirety.

As of January 2022, episodes 109, 112 and 130 have been found, although the beginning and end of the episodes are missing, everything from the end of the theme song to the credits is intact.

Below is a list of known lost and found segments from the missing 30. The list mainly complies from segments listed on the website in 1999 since games and plays were not listed at the time (and zingers and ZOOMAlongs never were) those listed as "lost" come mainly from outtakes, memories of those who saw the season when it aired, the "ZOOMerang" magazines available as printouts online, and two books ("Fun With Friends" and "ZOOM Zingers") that were tied-into the season.

Also, it should be noted that the episodes that segments are listed as appearing in are, in some cases approximation, due to the limited available information of the 30 episodes. These approximations of which segments went in their respective episodes are based on the order and quality of the segments KrisTheKnight uploaded. Those that aren't for sure in the respective episode listed will have (?).

Additionally, some of the lost segments listed as appearing in "Unknown Episode" may not have even been aired.

ZOOMsci

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5 Cup Tower Found
S1E6 Spool Racers Found
S1E7 Film Canister Rockets Found
S1E7 (?) Tongue Roller Survey Lost
S1E8 Pet Can Found
S1E8 Plastic Bag Parachute Found
S1E10 Newspaper Tower Found
S1E11 Box Arch Found
S1E11 Bug Survey Found
S1E13 Color Symphony Lost
S1E13 (?) Waterwheel Lost
S1E14 Balloon Cars Lost
S1E15 Baking Soda Vinegar Boat Found
S1E16 Windmills Found
S1E17 Moldy Soup Found
S1E17 Newspaper Chair Found
S1E18 Cantilever Found
S1E19 Egg Drop Found
S1E20 Glider Lost
S1E21 Compost & Biodome Lost
S1E22(?) Rocking Structure Found
S1E23 Playing Card Structure Lost
S1E24 Strongest Shape Found (Poor-Quality)
S1E24 Marshmallow and Toothpick Shapes Lost
S1E25 Germinator Found
S1E25 Straw Bridge Lost
S1E26 Baking Soda Submarines Found
S1E27 Egg Drop II Found (Poor-Quality)
S1E28 Junk Boats Lost
S1E29 Newspaper Tower II Found
S1E31 Salt Pendulum Lost

ZOOMdo

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5 String Sculpture Found
S1E6 Bean Mosaic Found
S1E7 Tie-Dye T-Shirt Lost
S1E10(?) Glamorous Glitter Eggs Lost
S1E13 Rainstick Found
S1E14(?) Sawdust Art Found
S1E15 Flipbook Found
S1E15(?) Comic Book File Box Lost
S1E18 Paintings Found
S1E19 Gum-Wrapper Bracelet Found
S1E20(?) Worry Doll Lost
S1E23(?) Serpent Tie Creature Lost
S1E24(?) Straw Weaving (possibly a guest do) Lost
S1E25 Friendship Bracelet Lost
S1E26(?) Nylon Racket Found
S1E27 Pantyhose Face Doll Lost
S1E28 Papier-Mache Bowls Lost
S1E31 Magazine Beads Lost
S1E32 Homemade Paper Found
S1E33 Yarn Doll Lost

CafeZOOM

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E6(?) Marshmallow Mountain Lost
S1E8 Pizza Bagels Found
S1E10 Banana On a Stick Found
S1E11 Homemade Ice Cream Found
S1E16 ZOOMspread Found
S1E17(?) Apple Triangles Lost
S1E19 Homemade Pretzels Found
S1E20 Yogurt Parfaits Lost
S1E21 Tortilla Sandwiches Lost
S1E23 Baked Apples Found
S1E24 Peanut Butter Treats Lost
S1E25(?) Lemon Slush Lost
S1E26 Fabulous Fruit Kabobs Lost
S1E27(?) Pinwheel Cookies Lost
S1E28 Bagel Faces Lost
S1E29 Calzone Lost
S1E32(?) Stained Glass Cookies Lost
S1E36 Smoothies Found

ZOOMalong

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E6 Water Trick Found
S1E11 Magnet Hands Found
S1E13 Paper Worm Found
S1E16 Door Trick Found
S1E25 Penny Trick Lost
S1E29 The Flying Trick Lost
S1E36 Paper Helicopter Found
Unknown Hoop Glider Found

ZOOMgames

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5(?) Ice Transfer Found
S1E7 Peanut Roll Race Found
S1E8 Human Knot Found
S1E8 Snatch the Hanky Found
S1E10 Dots Found
S1E10 Bubblegum Race Lost
S1E11 Simon Says Not Found
S1E13 Dr. Pretzel Lost
S1E14 The Cup Game Partially Found
S1E15(?) Whistling Game Found
S1E16 Feelings Found
S1E16 Beetle Found
S1E16(?) Tag Found
S1E17(?) Concentration Found
S1E18 Walk On Your Knees Found
S1E19 The Wind Blows Lost
S1E24 Funny Bones Lost
S1E26(?) Ping Pong Circle Found
S1E27(?) Staring Contest Found (Poor-Quality)
S1E28 Water Balloon Fight Lost
S1E28 Pileup Lost
S1E29 Bubble Race Lost
S1E31 Wink (1 | 2 | 3) Found (Poor-Quality)
Unknown Down Down Baby Clapping Game Lost
Unknown Shoe Relay Lost
Unknown Toe-To-Toe Lost
Unknown Back-To-Back Dash Lost
Unknown Head Ball Race Found
Unknown Balloon Bounce On Head Relay Lost
Unknown Jellybean Transfer Lost
Unknown Turkey Chase Lost
Unknown Octopus Tag Lost

Zingers

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5(?) Ball Lift Found
S1E6 Back-to-Back Zinger Found
S1E8 Haha Found
S1E11 Toss 'n Clap Found
S1E11 Toothpick Puzzles Found
S1E13(?) Knot Zinger Found
S1E14(?) Psychic Zinger Found
S1E15(?) Sock Zinger Found
S1E16(?) Guess What Found
S1E17(?) Card Trick Found (Listed as "Card Trick 2")
S1E17(?) Body Zinger Found
S1E18(?) Headstands Lost
S1E18 Homonyms II Found
S1E19 Lemon Zinger Found
S1E20(?) Step Through Your Hands Lost
S1E22 Sour Candies Lost
S1E22(?) Word Game Found
S1E23 Balloon Bouncing Found
S1E24(?) Write Your Name With Your Toes Lost
S1E24(?) Name 10 Body Parts Using 3 Letters Lost
S1E26(?) Card Trick 2 Found (Part 1 is Listed as Part 2)
S1E36 Shoelace Zinger Found
Unknown Run, Rabbit Run Lost
Unknown Draw Your Name On Your Forehead Lost
Unknown Connect Nine Dots Without Taking The Pen Off The Page or Using More Than Four Strokes Lost
Unknown Penny Drops Found
Unknown Group Juggling Lost

ZOOMplayhouse

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E6 The Genie Lost
S1E13 Trouble In Candy Kingdom Found
S1E15 Where's Your Homework? Found
S1E19 The Present Partially Lost
S1E21 Little Red Riding Hood in Ubbi Dubbi Lost
S1E22 The Fortune Teller Found
S1E29 The Sweet Roll Found (Poor-Quality)
Unknown Name unknown that featured Jared playing a TV talk show host interviewing Greek gods played by David and Zoe Lost

Additionally, a shot from another unknown play or skit is featured at the 9:14 mark in "The Making of ZOOM"; it is unknown if it was aired.

Ubbi Dubbi Skits

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5(?) Singing Voice Found
S1E6(?) Sneezing Powder Found
S1E8 Unknown skit Lost
S1E11 Cough Drops Found
S1E15(?) Giant Pencil Found
S1E17 Weather Report: Earthquake Found
S1E18 Jokes Found
S1E19 Chips and Dip Found
S1E20 Peanut Butter Lost
S1E22 Zoe's Flea Circus (not an ubbi dubbi skit) Found
S1E23 Keiko the Magician (unknown if it's an Ubbi Dubbi skit) Lost
S1E25(?) Spot The ZOOM dog I Found
Spot the ZOOM dog II Lost
S1E28(?) Row, Row, Row Your Boat (singing in a round) Lost
S1E29(?) Jared the Chef I Found (Poor-Quality)
S1E33 Jared the Chef II Lost
S1E36 Unknown Weather Skit Lost
Unknown Hiccups Lost
Unknown Weather Report: Sun Lost

ZOOMChats

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E8 Competition Found
S1E10 Being Left Out Lost
S1E15(?) Embarrassing Moments Found
S1E17(?) Friends Found
S1E18 Boys and Girls Found
S1E23 Meeting New People Lost
S1E25(?) In 10 Years Found
S1E26 Peer Pressure Found
S1E30 Speaking Out Lost
S1E32 Popularity Found
Unknown Family Relations Lost

ZMails

Season & Episode Name Status
S1E5 With Lynese, Pablo, David and Zoe Found
S1E19 Unknown Lost
S1E22 With Lynese, Pablo, Keiko and Alisa Found
Unknown With Keiko, David, Jared and Pablo Found

Additional Segments

In addition to the above, most segments that didn't feature the ZOOMers ("ZOOMGuest", "What's Zup?", etc.) are at large. Other miscellaneous things, such as jokes, poems, the "Today on ZOOM" openings (some of which, in season 1, would feature a ZOOMer introducing the episode's ZOOMAlong) and the stingers after the credits also remain at large.

Remastering of Earlier Seasons

In 2002, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation began to fund ZOOM. For continuity's sake, the funding credits of all previous episodes were updated to include this.

Season 1 returned to PBS stations in January 2002 to be shown regularly for the first time since September 2000 (a few episodes had been broadcast on some stations in March 2001, but the season had otherwise disappeared from rotation since). Advertised as an "encore presentation" on the website, the season was broadcast on Mondays through Thursdays from January 21 to June 7. Aside from the first episode and the special "The Making of ZOOM," which began and ended the cycle, respectively, all episodes were aired twice on most stations. At the same time, a new, fourth season of the show began premiering on Fridays and aired new episodes up to that point.

After this, season four aired exclusively on weekdays until August, when season 2 began to reair. As was the case with season 1, it aired on Mondays through Thursdays while the show's fourth season took the Friday timeslot. This continued until December. All episodes of the season were reaired twice on most stations aside from the first; a re-airing of "The Making of ZOOM" on the Thursday of the final week signified the end of the cycle.

During these airings of the first two seasons, the episodes were shown in their remastered forms on local stations. Both of the seasons had originally contained a short segment known as "ZOOM a Cum Laude," in which the ZOOMers would give kids acknowledgment and credit for their work on certain things. During the third season, this segment was removed and replaced with a new one called "ZOOM Into Action," which was similar but focused more on volunteering.

For continuity's sake, local airings of the first two seasons removed the original "ZOOM a Cum Laude" segments and replaced them with "ZOOM Into Action" ones. Because these new segments were made well after the first two seasons were filmed, they didn't show the cast of those seasons or have them narrating, like the original "ZOOM a Cum Laude" segments did.

In addition to this, season 2 saw many of the 30-second stingers originally shown at the end of the episodes shortened to 15 seconds or replaced with a short, 15-second web advertisement.

After a short period from December 2002 to January 2003, season 1 was rerun on Mondays through Thursdays, with season four once again taking the Friday timeslot. Season 3 began re-airing immediately after. Following the pattern of the first two seasons, it aired on Mondays through Thursdays, while season 4 took the Friday timeslot as usual. The show's fifth season premiered on March 31, 2003, and interrupted the cycle for a week of new episodes; it was regulated to Fridays only the following week, while the third season returned to the Mondays through Thursdays timeslot. This continued until early June. During this time, all episodes of the third season except for episodes 301, 321, 322 and 340 were aired twice on most stations.

Like season 2, local broadcasts of season 3 saw the original stingers for the episodes shortened to 15 seconds or replaced with 15-second website advertisements. In addition to this, a short clip originally shown at the beginning of the first episode was removed. Taking the place of the standard "Today on ZOOM" opening, it featured returning ZOOMers Kenny and Caroline welcoming viewers back to the show and introducing the new season. In later airings, this was replaced with a standard "Today on ZOOM." (It should be noted that this was only used a few times before the episode's final airing on local stations, which preempted it for "ZOOM Out The Vote!" promos.)

WGBY Airings and Availability

Despite these edits remaining permanent in all further airings of the episodes on local stations, WGBH's own station, WGBY, continued to show the episodes almost exactly as they were originally shown. Although ZOOMFan1 started recording the show in 2002, he mainly recorded it on the WGBY station.

Although two episodes of season 1 (101 and 104) and one episode of season 2 (234) in his uploaded collection are local versions, they appear to be no different from the WGBY versions at the time. There is no "ZOOM Into Actions" on any of them, suggesting no "ZOOM a Cum Laude" was shown on WGBY, and episode 234 has its 30-second stinger intact. However, ZOOMFan1 has since recalled seeing a "ZOOM a Cum Laude" be featured in the WGBY broadcast of episode 104.

The season 3 recordings, meanwhile, contain six local episode broadcasts. They are episodes 306, 307, 311, 315, 326, and 329, respectively. Interestingly, the recording of episode 326 contains a 30-second stinger and the original funding credits. In contrast, the recording of episode 318, despite being a WGBY broadcast, contains the updated funding credits and a 15-second stinger.

While it is unknown for sure what the true stingers for episodes 306, 307, 311, 315, 318 and 329 are, it can be approximated. Episode 306 contains an "Ubbi Dubbi Man" skit, and the true stinger for all other episodes containing said skit was a website advertisement relating to it. So 306 most likely featured that. Episodes 307 and 311 contain shortened versions of stingers that appear as regular, 30-second ones on WGBY recordings of other episodes; it's fairly safe to assume that those were the original stingers for these episodes. Episode 315 most likely featured the web advertisement relating to the play "Time-Out!" that is shown at the end of episodes 324 and 326, as 315 was the episode that featured said play. The recordings of episodes 318 and 329 each feature 15-second clips that are continuations of games shown earlier in their respective episode. Several other true stingers feature these, so it's safe to assume that the true stingers for these episodes were simply longer versions (ZOOMFan1 remembers 318's containing another round of the game shown). If so, these are the only material from season 3 (aside from the local opening used for episode 301) that are currently missing.

In short, season 3 remained entirely unedited from its original broadcast when WGBY aired it after the remastering. The first two seasons, however, are a different story.

Permanent Disappearance of Material From First Two Seasons

One thing notably absent from most of ZOOMFan1's ten seasons is the ZOOM, a Cum Laude segment. The only episodes to feature it are 102 (as a stinger), 103, and 137. According to ZOOMFan1, episode 136 did not feature one either.

While the episodes to feature the ZOOM a Cum Laude segment run 28:25, all but two of the episodes that don't feature it (138 and 140, respectively) run about 30 seconds shorter. Since ZOOM a Cum Laude were about this length in the first season, it can be assumed that they were featured in the original broadcasts for these episodes, only to be permanently removed from all stations after the remastering. A very abrupt cut in the recording of episode 135 (at the 24:06 mark) appears to be evidence of the episodes being edited.

Additional evidence of edits in the remastering comes from KrisTheKnight's 2008-2009 clips from the season. In 2016, Youtube user Adam Suckenick discovered that the ending to the "Gelatin Molds" Cafe ZOOM segment contained different music in ZOOMFan1 and KrisTheKnight's respective uploads of the clip and the episode featuring it and that the screen faded purple on the former's version and green on the latter's. Some months later, in 2017, user BirdOfPrey12 found another difference in clips that both KrisTheKnight and ZOOMFan1 had uploaded: the fact that the "feather zinger" segment (the first segment of the entire series) ended with the zinger logo appearing in KrisTheKnight's version of the clip, despite being followed by a ZOOMDo in ZOOMFan1's upload of the episode. This suggests that some segments were rearranged in the 2002 remastering. To further confuse matters, it appears that some things were even moved to different episodes. Evidence of this comes from the fact that ZOOMFan1 claims to have seen a skit in episode 136 that KrisTheKnight posted, but in the latter's clip, appears to come after a segment that ZOOMFan1 never saw.

In short, there is a lot of mystery surrounding the remastering of season one, in addition to some of the season being a mystery itself, as 30 episodes are missing in any complete format, and there isn't a ton of information about them online.

Season 2 doesn't appear to have gone through nearly as many permanent edits in the remastering. Aside from episode 234, all the episodes of the season posted are from WGBY recordings. Episodes 202-233, 235-237, and 239 appear to be unchanged from their original broadcasts. The remaining four episodes, however, are a different story.

Episodes 201 and 240 notably feature short, 15-second stingers. They aren't shortened versions of anything, simply short website promos that were featured in the middle of some episodes. So the original stingers were clearly something different. It's possible that different episodes also used them, due to stingers advertising the website often being reused. While this is quite possibly the case for episode 201, it's less likely for episode 240. The last episode prior to episode 240 to have a website advertisement as the stinger was episode 229, meaning 240's was more likely something original. However, a website advertisement used in episode 214 is related to a skit featured in episode 240; at about 23 seconds, it could possibly be a slightly shortened version of 240's stinger. It's also worth noting that several later season 2 episodes contain bloopers at the end, making that a possibility if the stinger was something original.

There also appear to be several missing "ZOOM a Cum Laude" segments for the season. This is evidenced by the fact that four episodes run under time. The first, episode 201, runs nearly a minute under time; this is partly due to the replacement stinger. The second, episode 234, runs about 40 seconds under time, about the length of a "ZOOM a Cum Laude" in the season. The third, episode 238, runs nearly a minute under time; this is partly due to a shorter version of the funding credits being used at the end of this episode and the next two (it is unknown if these shortened funding credits were featured in the original broadcast). The fourth and final one, episode 240, runs about a full minute under time; this is again in part due to the shortened funding credits, as well as the replacement singer. It should be noted that in the season 2 episodes containing "ZOOM a Cum Laude," each ZOOMer announces five or six apiece, except for Alisa, who only announces three. This seems to be further evidence that there were originally "ZOOM a Cum Laude" segments in these episodes.

However, that might not be the case for episode 201. User BirdOfPrey12 claims to remember a short skit in the middle of an early season 2 episode that isn't in any of ZOOMFan1's uploads. As episode 201 is the only early episode of the season to run under time, it's highly likely that it was this skit that was removed from the episode in addition to the full singer. This means that the episode either never contained a "ZOOM a Cum Laude" to begin with, or featured it as the stinger, like in episode 102.

Also of note is the fact that episode 234 reuses a non-standard shot of the cast saying, "Send it to ZOOM!" at the end of the closing rap, the only time a non-standard shot is reused. This could possibly mean that something different was originally used. Additionally, episodes 236, 238 and 239 go back to using the original standard shot featured in the first 21 episodes. However, as two of these three episodes appear to be unedited, it's highly likely that that was simply the way they were always shown.

Missing Things from Seasons 4-7

Because WGBY was the main station ZOOMFan1 recorded from, almost everything from the original airings of seasons 2 and 3 are available online. Some "ZOOM Into Action!" segments from seasons 4-7 narrated by the ZOOMers aren't, however, as WGBY featured it's own version of the segment that didn't feature the ZOOMers and focused on different volunteers from those shown on the local versions. Currently, episodes 401, 404, 405, 410, 412, 413, 501, 503, 505, 507, 508, 509, 512, 518, 716, 717 and 718 are the only local ZITAs from the seasons available.

All episodes of season 6 notably showed the ZOOMers backstage during the credits, but on WGBY, it showed a select group of kids thanking viewers for "ZOOMing on WGBY." Episodes 703-709 of season 7 do this as well. All of the remaining uploads aside from 701, 712, 718 and 720 show standard credits (the first two were specials). Since several of the episodes with the groups of kids are from WGBY, it's possible that some of those featured the ZOOMers on the local versions. Meanwhile, episodes 602 (from a different source), 603, 616 and 618 are the only episodes with the local credits available. Both versions of the credits for episode 604 are missing, as ZOOMFan1's recording reuses episode 603's credits. It's also worth noting that episodes 610, 612, 615, and 620 are all under 28 minutes long; it's unlikely anything was removed in certain broadcasts, and merely due to the fact that season 6's episodes didn't have a standard length.

Local airings of seasons 4 and 5, interestingly, also featured brief shots of scenes from the respective episodes in the openings. Currently, only the versions of episodes 401, 405, 408, 503, 505, 507, 508 (from a different source) and 518 are available.

"ZOOM Out The Vote"

From August to November of 2004, promos to support the election featuring current ZOOMers were featured on local airings in place of "Today on ZOOM" and the stingers. A few have been found and uploaded by ZOOMFan1, although some are still at large.

As ZOOM also aired during the 2000 election, it's possible that similar promos were aired at the time.

Miscellaneous Things

  • In ZOOMFan1's recordings, there are two instances when the recording blacks out. Approximately 40 seconds of the ZOOMGuest segment in 236 is missing due to a glitch in the recording. It also blacks out briefly in episode 301 right after Caroline eats the edible spiders.
  • It's possible that the special "The Making of ZOOM" featured a regular "Today on ZOOM" in airings after the remastering; half of ZOOMFan1's recording of it comes from a local station, but the beginning isn't featured. Of note is the fact that the recording doesn't contain the original stinger for the episode, a preview of season 2. ZOOMFan1 has confirmed that the WGBY version contained it, however. This means it was likely removed during the remastering due to being outdated, like the opening for 301. If so, this supports the idea that the local version contained a "Today on ZOOM" at the time.

See Also

Zoom

Bumpers

PBS

PBS Kids

References