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The Nick Jr. show ''Oobi'' began as a series of two-minute shorts featuring the same characters.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041227045328/http://www.worldscreen.com:80/print.php?filename=selig Interview with Little Airplane's Josh Selig] Retrieved 24 Feb '19.</ref> These shorts were | The Nick Jr. show ''Oobi'' began as a series of two-minute shorts featuring the same characters.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041227045328/http://www.worldscreen.com:80/print.php?filename=selig Interview with Little Airplane's Josh Selig] Retrieved 24 Feb '19.</ref> These shorts were billed as '''''Noggin Presents: Oobi''''' and aired during commercial breaks on Noggin and Nickelodeon, beginning in 2000. They were shown regularly until April 2003, when the first season of half-hour ''Oobi'' episodes premiered. Nickelodeon stopped airing the shorts altogether on their main network, but sparse airings continued on Noggin until 2007. | ||
The half-hour series is widely distributed; all of its episodes have been released by Nickelodeon in "Complete Series" collections on Amazon Video and YouTube. However, the full set of ''shorts'' hasn't seen an official release. | The half-hour series is widely distributed; all of its episodes have been released by Nickelodeon in "Complete Series" collections on Amazon Video and YouTube. However, the full set of ''shorts'' hasn't seen an official release. Some of them have been found in home-recorded tapes of Noggin and Nick Jr., but most are not currently available online. | ||
==History== | ==History== |
Revision as of 19:55, 13 June 2019
The Nick Jr. show Oobi began as a series of two-minute shorts featuring the same characters.[1] These shorts were billed as Noggin Presents: Oobi and aired during commercial breaks on Noggin and Nickelodeon, beginning in 2000. They were shown regularly until April 2003, when the first season of half-hour Oobi episodes premiered. Nickelodeon stopped airing the shorts altogether on their main network, but sparse airings continued on Noggin until 2007.
The half-hour series is widely distributed; all of its episodes have been released by Nickelodeon in "Complete Series" collections on Amazon Video and YouTube. However, the full set of shorts hasn't seen an official release. Some of them have been found in home-recorded tapes of Noggin and Nick Jr., but most are not currently available online.
History
In the United States, the shorts were shown on Noggin and Nickelodeon during its Nick Jr. block. Like its other interstitial programming, Nickelodeon had no specific schedule for airing them and played the shorts at random intervals. On Noggin, one short was played before each 30-minute show from 6 AM to 6 PM.[2] After the full episodes started airing on April 7th, 2003, Noggin stopped airing the shorts as frequently and adopted the same randomized schedule as Nick Jr.
In Canada, TVOntario aired 46 of the shorts on a rotating schedule.[3] TVO's schedule catalogs are the source of official titles for many of the shorts. However, some of them ("Itsy Bitsy Spider!" and "Toys!") don't appear at all on their schedules, indicating that TVO didn't air the complete collection.
Availability
Shortened versions of "Dance!" and "Bubble Bath!" were released on Nick Jr. DVDs in 2003, but that was it in terms of official releases. 48 shorts are confirmed to exist, but it is unknown how many were made in total.
Episodes
# | Episode Title | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | "Dance!" | Partially Lost | The ending is missing. |
2 | "Tag!" | Lost | |
3 | "Flush!" | Found | |
4 | "On and Off!" | Lost | |
5 | "Share Pretzels!" | Found | |
6 | "Watermelon!" | Partially Found | The last 10 seconds only. |
7 | "Soup!" | Partially Found | Clips of this short are featured in the intro sequence. |
8 | "Hotdog and Ketchup!" | Lost | |
9 | "Prince Oobi!" | Lost | |
10 | "Bubbles!" | Partially Found | The last 15 seconds only. |
11 | "Empty and Full!" | Found | |
12 | "Popcorn!" | Found | |
13 | "Worm!" | Partially Found | A clip of this short is featured in the intro sequence. |
14 | "Apple Picking!" | Found | |
15 | "Pretend Wind!" | Lost | |
16 | "Tea!" | Found | |
17 | "Ice Cream!" | Lost | |
18 | "Water Games!" | Lost | |
19 | "Guess!" | Lost | |
20 | "Bird!" | Partially Lost | The first few seconds are missing. |
21 | "Cat!" | Lost | |
22 | "Puppy!" | Lost | |
23 | "Animal Cookies!" | Lost | |
24 | "Slide!" | Partially Found | A clip of this short is featured in a promo. |
25 | "Follow the Leader!" | Lost | |
26 | "Peekaboo!" | Found | |
27 | "Dig!" | Lost | |
28 | "Hide and Seek!" | Partially Found | A clip of this short is featured in the intro sequence. |
29 | "Nature!" | Partially Found | A clip of this short is featured in a promo. |
30 | "Pretend Catch!" | Found | |
31 | "Music!" | Found | |
32 | "Guitar!" | Partially Found | A clip of this short is featured in a promo. |
33 | "Bongo Drums!" | Found | |
34 | "Quiet Read!" | Found | Low-quality. |
35 | "Clap Hands!" | Found | |
36 | "Painting!" | Lost | |
37 | "Macaroni Jewelry!" | Found | |
38 | "Paint Shapes!" | Lost | |
39 | "Pinch Pot!" | Partially Found | A clip of this short is featured in the intro sequence. |
40 | "Drawing Game!" | Found | |
41 | "Neighborhood Art!" | Lost | |
42 | "Toothpaste!" | Found | Low-quality. |
43 | "Feelings!" | Found | |
44 | "Cake!" | Lost | |
45 | "Wet and Dry!" | Lost | |
46 | "Bubble Bath!" | Found | |
47 | "Itsy Bitsy Spider!" | Found | |
48 | "Toys!" | Found |
Photo Gallery
Screenshots
Production Photo
A photograph of the production of "Dig!", which is featured on Tim Lagasse's website.
Videos
External Links
References
- ↑ Interview with Little Airplane's Josh Selig Retrieved 24 Feb '19.
- ↑ Archive of Noggin's Oobi homepage Retrieved 24 Feb '19.
- ↑ TVOntario schedule from January 2004 Retrieved 24 Feb '19.