Zoboomafoo

Overview

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.

Episodes

S01E01 The Nose Knows

January 25, 1999 27 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...

S01E02 Eye Spy

January 26, 1999 27 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...

S01E03 Dinosaurs

December 7, 1999 27 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...

S01E04 Who's In the Hole

January 28, 1999 27 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...

S01E05 Happy Lemur Day

January 29, 1999 27 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...

S01E06 Swimming

February 1, 1999 27 min
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,...

S01E07 Slimy Buddies

February 2, 1999 27 min
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...

S01E08 Snow Day

February 3, 1999 27 min
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.

S01E09 Night Time

February 4, 1999 27 min
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...

S01E10 Climbing

February 5, 1999 27 min
Many animals have unique features that help them climb, from the sticky pads on the bottoms of frogs' feet to the prehensile tail of the kinkajou. The Kratts lose a climbing contest to a band...

S01E11 Fierce Creatures

February 8, 1999 27 min
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...

S01E12 Homes

February 9, 1999 27 min
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.

S01E13 Puppies

February 10, 1999 27 min
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...

S01E14 Tracks

February 11, 1999 27 min
Martin and Chris follow the tracks of a lynx through the snow, and Jackie works on protecting her bird feeder from marauding squirrels.

S01E15 Fling

February 12, 1999 27 min
"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.

S01E16 Itchy

February 15, 1999 27 min
Everyone has got an itch, whether it's from poison ivy, bugs, or burrs.

S01E17 Ears Hear

February 16, 1999 27 min
Rabbits, bloodhounds, springhares, and foxes weigh in as Chris and Martin want to hear every animal's range of hearing.

S01E18 Feeling Good

February 17, 1999 27 min
It's all about animal coats, from porcupine to lynx to duck.

S01E19 Running

February 18, 1999 27 min
Martin and Chris run like other animals, beginning with the emu, extending to the crab, the fisher, the gecko, and the cheetah.

S01E20 Animal Daycare

February 19, 1999 27 min
Today, Animal Junction is full of baby creatures! A baby ring tailed lemur, lynx kittens, bobcat kittens, a sliver fox kit, and baby coatis all need to be taken care of. Chris and Martin build...

S01E21 Giants

February 22, 1999 27 min
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...

S01E22 Pets

June 21, 1999 27 min
Chris and Martin find a bunch of pets at Animal Junction. They all belong to Jackie and her animal helpers. Zoboomafoo learns how to take care of ducklings, goldfish, a rabbit, puppies, kittens, a crab,...

S01E23 Bears

June 22, 1999 27 min
Animal Junction finds itself the center of attention for bears, wolverines, and kinkajous.

S01E24 Lids

June 23, 1999 27 min
The guys have a plan to plant grass seeds to attract the African Crowned Crane to Animal Junction. But, they have a time trying to keep the sheep and goats from eating all the grass...

S01E25 Great Singers

June 24, 1999 27 min
Animal "music" spills into Animal Junction, performed by camels, wolves, and elk, far better than a sound effects machine.

S01E26 Playtime

June 25, 1999 27 min
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.

S01E27 Fast and Slow

June 28, 1999 27 min
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.

S01E28 Horses

June 29, 1999 27 min
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.

S01E29 Bathtime

June 30, 1999 27 min
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.

S01E30 Jumpers

July 1, 1999 27 min
Zoboomafoo welcomes his fellow jumping animals to Animal Junction, from kangaroos to frogs.

S01E31 Funny Faces

July 2, 1999 27 min
Time for a few laughs as moose, pigs, bats and others give viewers a look-in at their friendly faces.

S01E32 Spots and Stripes

September 6, 1999 27 min
Spots and stripes are great camouflage for creatures, helping them blend into their environments. When Zoboo, Chris and Martin see striped and spotted creatures (tiger cub, serval cats, Dalmatian puppies, coati babies and a skunk),...

S01E33 Sand Creatures

September 7, 1999 27 min
Meerkats, scorpions and camels start arriving after a sandstorm buries Animal Junction.

S01E34 Water Creatures

September 8, 1999 27 min
When two African penguins stop by Animal Junction, Zoboo, Chris and Martin talk about water creatures. Even though penguins are birds, they swim instead of flying. But these penguins aren't swimming! Finally, they realize it's...

S01E35 Who's In the Egg?

September 9, 1999 27 min
Rhode Island Red chicks hatch at Animal Junction, but Zoboo, Martin and Chris don't have any idea what's inside a strange egg they find in the nest. The guys are surprised to discover it's a...

S01E36 Hail to Tails

September 10, 1999 27 min
A kinkajou comes to hang out in Animal Junction. Her prehensile tail -- a grabber the kinkajou uses to swing through the trees and hop on the ground -- takes center stage. Creatures use their...

S01E37 Cats

April 24, 2000 27 min
It's kitten pandemonium when all kinds of kittens turn Animal Junction upside down. An overwhelmed Zoboo, Martin and Chris try to take care of these curious creatures but quickly realize that they're in over their...

S01E38 The Four F's

April 25, 2000 27 min
Creature coats are the key to keeping animals warm in cold weather. Zoboo, Chris and Martin realize that animals beat the cold with the four F's: fur, feathers and fat and in the case of...

S01E39 Stinky

April 26, 2000 27 min
In the creature world, different smells mean different things. When a skunk visits the gang at Animal Junction, Zoboo, Martin and Chris discover the difference between a 'come-here' smell and a 'go away' smell. They...

S01E40 Bzzz

April 27, 2000 27 min
Animal Junction goes buggy, and Zoboo, Chris and Martin start to think that these tiny critters are nature's little superstars. Insects and spiders are amazing athletes: quick-leaping grasshoppers, far-flying butterflies, super-strong ants, heavily armored beetles...

Cast

Chris Kratt
Chris
Martin Kratt
Martin Kratt
Martin
Gord Robertson
Zoboomafoo (voice)
Genevieve Farrell
Amy

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