Yo Gabba Gabba! (found pilots/test demo of Nick Jr. live-action/puppet musical series; early 2000s/2006)
The pilot version of the series logo.
Status: Found
Date found:
19 Dec 2020 (Short Story)
12 Oct 2023 (Play)
Found by:
RayStarKitty (Short Story)
Roxy241 (Play)
Yo Gabba Gabba! was a live-action/puppet musical series that ran on Nick Jr. from 2007 to 2015.[1] The series consists of the musician DJ Lance Rock and five costumed characters (Muno, Plex, Foofa, Toodee, and Brobee) as toys that come to life when placed in a multi-colored landscape. They appear in many segments and musical numbers of each episode.
Pilots
The series had two pilots developed in 2006. All the characters (minus Brobee) had slightly different looks from the final show: Foofa had a bulkier costume design, Plex had a blue antenna instead of a red one, Muno had slightly sharper teeth, and Toodee had glossier eyes. Additionally, Julius the Monkey appears in "Short Story" while dancing with the other characters, even though he is nowhere to be seen in the final show.
Test Demo
In the early 2000s a low budget test demo was made titled Yo Gabba. The demo consisted of three characters, two created by the American rock band The Aquabats; The Cyclopsis (who became Muno) and Weedy the Broccoli Bee (who became Brobee) and an unnamed grey robot (who presumably became Plex albeit the color change).
Availability
One pilot, titled "Short Story" or "Show #1", was uploaded in two parts on December 19th, 2020 by Vimeo user RayStarKitty. The pilot was found on a DVD used to promote the show before being picked up by Nickelodeon.
The other pilot titled "Show #2", or "Play", was uploaded on February 15th, 2021, but was taken down a month later with only 2 surviving segments from it titled La La Doodles!! that was originally uploaded onto YouTube by krisboban in 2007, And Bubblebeard that was originally uploaded onto YouTube by devinater200 in 2006. There is a clip uploaded to Youtube named Crazy Yo Gabba Gabba Kid by HaroldChizick where you can make out a song from the second pilot. The demo was found later that year and uploaded onto Vimeo by user Atomic Toybox.
On October 12th, 2023, the second pilot was uploaded to YouTube by user Roxy241. It was obtained by the said user by Kris Boban, who had worked on the La La Doodles segment and the first season of the show, and he had a copy of the second pilot which he gave to the user when asked in an email.
Gallery
Images
Footage
See Also
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Bumpers and Interstitials
- Loretta the Letter Lady (partially found Nick Jr. short interstitial series; mid 1990s)
- Nick Jr. (partially found revamped Face promos of Nickelodeon channel block; 2003-2004)
- Nick Jr. Power Play Summer (partially found Nick Jr. interstitial series; 2005)
- Snappy Larry's Showtime (partially lost Nick Jr. UK interstitial series and American dub; mid-2000s)
Pilots
- The Backyardigans (partially found Nick Digital pilot of Nick Jr. CGI animated series; 2002)
- Blaze and the Monster Machines (lost pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2012)
- Blue's Clues (partially found pitch pilots of international adaptations of Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; late 1990s)
- Blue Prints (found unaired pilot of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; 1994-1995)
- Bubble Guppies (found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. CGI animated series; 2006)
- Dora the Explorer (partially found unaired pilots of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)
- Fresh Beat Band of Spies (found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated spin-off of musical series; 2013)
- The JumpArounds (partially found pitch pilot of "The Fresh Beat Band" Nick Jr. musical series; 2008)
- Me and My Friends (partially found live-action pilot of "The Backyardigans" Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; 1998)
- Oswald (partially found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)
- PAW Patrol (lost pitch pilots and early concepts of Nick Jr. animated series; 2008-2013)
- Super Why! (found stop-motion Nick Jr. pilot of PBS Kids CGI animated series; 1999)
- The Umizumiz (partially found pitch pilot of "Team Umizoomi" Nick Jr. live-action/CGI animated series; 2008)
- Wallykazam! "Monty's Magic Words" (partially found pilot for Nick Jr. education series; 2010s)
Other
- As Pistas da Blue (partially lost Portuguese adaptation of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; mid-2000s)
- The Backyardigans (partially lost British dub of Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; mid-late 2000s)
- Binyah Binyah! (found spin-off of "Gullah Gullah Island" Nick Jr. musical series; 1997-1998)
- Blue's Clues (found British adaptation of Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; 1998-2003)
- Bubble and Squeak (partially found Nick Jr. UK live-action puppet series; 2007-2010)
- Downward Doghouse (found precursor to "Ni Hao, Kai-Lan" Nick Jr. animated series; 2000s)
- Eureeka's Castle (partially found Nick Jr. puppet series; 1989-1991)
- Made by Maddie (partially found unaired Nick Jr. animated series; 2020)
- Riddle Blue/수수께끼 블루 (partially found Korean adaptation of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; 2000-2001)
- Whoopi's Littleburg (partially found Nick Jr. musical miniseries; 2004)
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (partially found British dub of Nick Jr. animated series; late 2000s-early 2010s)
- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (partially found early test animation of Nick Jr. animated series; 2005)
- You Do Too (partially found Nick Jr. UK live-action puppet series; early 2000s)
External Links
- Gabbapedia Wiki page on the pilots.
- Gabbapedia Wiki page on the test demo.
- The booklet that came with a DVD of one of the pilots.
- Pilot DVD photo.
References
- ↑ A webpage announcing the series. Retrieved 21 Aug '21