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|title=<center>Oobi</center>
|title=<center>Noggin Presents: Oobi</center>
|image=Oobi.png
|image=Noggin-Presents-Oobi.png
|imagecaption=The show's logo.
|imagecaption=A scene from the intro used for Noggin airings.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
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'''''Oobi''''' was a puppet TV series that was co-produced by Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon for Noggin.
The '''first season''' of the Noggin show ''Oobi'' was a series of two-minute interstitial shorts.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041227045328/http://www.worldscreen.com/print.php?filename=selig Interview with Little Airplane's Josh Selig] Retrieved 24 Feb '19.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120807181845/http://www.hello.timlagasse.com/2011/02/06/directing-resume/ Tim Lagasse's website] Retrieved 15 Oct '20.</ref> The show eventually ran for three seasons, and the last two seasons were widely released in HD on Amazon and Paramount+.  


The show began as a series of shorts that aired during commercial breaks on Noggin starting from 2000. The success of the shorts led to full episodes being produced. The full episodes aired from 2003 until 2005. In 2007, however, Nickelodeon pulled the plug on their partnership with Sesame Workshop. While the full episodes continued to air in reruns on Noggin, the shorts did not.
However, the first season of shorts never got a full, official release. This season's episodes are mostly available from home-recorded clips of Noggin. Two episodes of the season are currently missing.


==Premise==
==History==
The show is set in a neighborhood populated by bare-hand puppets, and is shown from the perspective of a 4-year-old boy named Oobi. The puppets tend to interact with the audience and encourage them to join in on whatever they are doing. The puppets speak in clipped sentences (ex. "Uma, school, first day!" instead of "It's my first day of school!").
In the United States, the shorts were mainly shown on Noggin. From late 2000 until early 2003, one short was played before each 30-minute show from 6 AM to 6 PM.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.noggin.com:80/activities/oobi/home.swf?feature=1 Archive of Noggin's Oobi homepage] Retrieved 24 Feb '19.</ref> For the month of April 2002, Nickelodeon's main channel also aired the shorts as part of a cross-promotion for the Noggin channel.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/nick-jr-commercial-break-april-2002 Nick Jr. commercial break - April 2002] Retrieved 10 Oct '22.</ref>


Oobi lives in an old-fashioned single-story home with his excitable little sister, Uma, and somewhat hapless grandfather, Grampu. Oobi's best friend, Kako, lives right across the street and visits often. Each episode focuses on Oobi discovering or learning more about a particular concept, such as a game or sport. Uma and Kako provide comic relief, often misunderstanding Oobi's discoveries in a comical way.
In Canada, TVOntario aired 46 of the shorts on a rotating schedule.<ref>[http://ontla.on.ca/library/repository/ser/13855/2004/200401jan.pdf TVOntario schedule from January 2004] Retrieved 24 Feb '19.</ref> TVO's schedule catalogues are the source of official titles for many of the shorts. However, two 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==
==Availability==
While all of the full episodes are available to legally watch for free on YouTube, 15 of the 48 known shorts are completely lost.
Shortened versions of "Dance!" and "Bubble Bath!" were released on Nick Jr. DVDs from 2003 to 2004, but that was it in terms of official releases. 48 shorts are confirmed to exist.


===Episodes===
===Episodes===
2 of the 48 known shorts are currently lost. The sixth short, "Dance!", is only available in an incomplete form.
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! style="background-color:green" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #<ref>[https://archive.org/details/tvo-logs-oobi TVOntario program logs: September 2003 to September 2006] Retrieved 5 Feb '24.</ref>
! style="background-color:green" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:lightblue" |Episode Title
! style="background-color:green" | Status
! style="background-color:lightblue" |Status
! style="background-color:green" | Notes
! style="background-color:lightblue" |Notes
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|1||"Dance!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>||Available on the '''Blue's Clues: Shapes and Colors!''' and the '''Dora the Explorer: Rhymes and Riddles''' DVDs, albeit lacking the ending.
|1||"Slide!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||A clip of this short is featured in a promo.
|-
|-
|2||"Tag!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|2||"Follow the Leader!"|| [https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-25-Follow-the-Leader.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|3||"Flush!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
| 3||"Pretend Catch!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-30-Pretend-Catch.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|4||"On and Off!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|4||"Peekaboo!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-26-Peekaboo.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|5||"Share Pretzels!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|5||"Tag!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-02-Tag.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|6||"Watermelon!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||Last 10 seconds.
|6||"Dance!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-01-Dance.mp4 <span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost''']||The ending is missing.
|-
|-
|7||"Soup!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A short clip of this episode is featured in the shorts' opening sequence.
|7||"Share Pretzels!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-05-Share-Pretzels.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|8||"Hotdog and Ketchup!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|8||"Watermelon!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-06-Watermelon.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|9||"Prince Oobi!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|9||"Soup!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-07-Soup.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|10||"Bubbles!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|10||"Hot Dog and Ketchup!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-08-Hot-Dog-and-Ketchup.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|11||"Empty and Full!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|11||"Empty and Full!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-11-Empty-and-Full.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|12||"Popcorn!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|12||"Popcorn!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-12-Popcorn.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|13||"Worm!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A short clip of this episode is featured in the shorts' opening sequence.
|13||"Worm!"||[https://youtu.be/hhpTkYRW5aw&ab <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|14||"Apple Picking!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|14||"Apple Picking!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-14-Apple-Picking.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|15||"Pretend Wind!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|15||"Pretend Wind!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-15-Pretend-Wind.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|16||"Tea!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|16||"Dig!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-27-Dig.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|17||"Ice Cream!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|17||"Hide and Seek!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-28-Hide-and-Seek.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|18||"Water Games!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A low-quality screenshot of this episode exists online.
|18||"Nature!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-29-Nature.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|19||"Guess!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A screenshot of this episode exists online.
|19||"Music!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-31-Music.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|20||"Bird!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|20||"Guitar!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-32-Guitar.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|21||"Cat!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|21||"Bongo Drums!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-33-Bongo-Drums.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|22||"Puppy!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|22||"Quiet Read!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-34-Quiet-Read.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|23||"Animal Cookies!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A short clip of this episode is featured in the shorts' opening sequence.
|23||"Clap Hands!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-35-Clap-Hands.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|24||"Slide!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A short clip of this episode is featured in a promo.
|24||"Painting!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-36-Painting.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|25||"Follow the Leader!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|25||"Macaroni Jewelry!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-37-Macaroni-Jewelry.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|26||"Peekaboo!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|26||"Paint Shapes!" ||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-38-Paint-Shapes.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|27||"Dig!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A Behind-The-Scenes photograph of the production of this short is featured on Tim Lagasse's website.
|27||"Pinch Pot!"||[https://youtu.be/V3V7U8Bdkiw?t=90 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|28||"Hide and Seek!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A short clip of this episode is featured in the shorts' opening sequence.
|28||"Drawing Game!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-40-Drawing-Game.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|29||"Nature!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A short clip of this episode is featured in a promo.
|29||"Neighborhood Art!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-41-Neighborhood-Art.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|30||"Pretend Catch!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|30||"Toothpaste!"||[https://youtu.be/4ldghafKPQ4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|31||"Music!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|31||"Wet and Dry!"||[https://youtu.be/4ldghafKPQ4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|32||"Guitar!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A short clip of this episode is featured in a promo.
|32||"Bubble Bath!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-46-Bubble-Bath.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|33||"Bongo Drums!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|33||"Feelings!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-43-Feelings.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|34||"Quiet Read!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|34||"Cake!"||[https://youtu.be/4ldghafKPQ4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|35||"Clap Hands!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|35||"Flush!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-03-Flush.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|36||"Painting!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A low-quality screenshot of this episode exists online.
|36||"On and Off!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-04-On-and-Off.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|37||"Macaroni Jewelry!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|37||"Prince Oobi!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-09-Prince-Oobi.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|38||"Paint Shapes!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|38||"Bubbles!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-10-Bubbles.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|39||"Pinch Pot!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>||A short clip of this episode is featured in the shorts' opening sequence.
|39||"Tea!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-16-Tea.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|40||"Drawing Game!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|40||"Ice Cream!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-17-Ice-Cream.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|41||"Neighborhood Art!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|41||"Water Games!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-18-Water-Games.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|42||"Toothpaste!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|42||"Guess!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-19-Guess.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Low-quality.
|-
|-
|43||"Feelings!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|43||"Bird!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-20-Bird.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|44||"Cake!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|44||"Cat!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-21-Cat.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|45||"Wet and Dry!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>||
|45||"Puppy!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||
|-
|-
|46||"Bubble Bath!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||Available on the '''Dora the Explorer: City of Lost Toys''' and the '''Blue's Clues: Blue Takes You to School''' DVDs, albeit lacking the beginning.
|46||"Animal Cookies!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-23-Animal-Cookies.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|-
|47||"Itsy Bitsy Spider!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|47||"Itsy Bitsy Spider!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-47-Itsy-Bitsy-Spider.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|-
|48||"Toys!"||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>||
|-
|-
|48||"Toys!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-48-Toys.mp4 <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||
|}
|}
==Photo Gallery==
 
 
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
===Screenshots===
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
<gallery mode="packed" heights="175px">
Watergames!.png|A low-quality screenshot of "Water Games!".
Oobi-shorts-Slide-commercial.jpg|A screenshot from a Noggin commercial, featuring a clip from "Slide!"
Guess!.jpg|A screenshot of "Guess!".
Oobi-shorts-Pinch-Pot.jpg|A screenshot from "Pinch Pot!"
Painting!.jpg|A low-quality screenshot of "Painting!".
Oobi-shorts-ending-Dance.jpg|The missing ending of "Dance!" (as shown in a Noggin commercial).
Nature!.png|An unidentified screenshot, likely from a bumper.
</gallery>
</gallery>
===Production Photos===
===Production Photo ===
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
<gallery mode="packed" heights="175px">
Dig!.png|A photograph of the production of "Dig!".
Dig!.png|A photograph of the production of "Prince Oobi!", which is featured on [http://timlagasse.com/#/oobi/ Tim Lagasse's website].
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Videos==
=== Footage===
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   |description2 =A musical Noggin commercial, which contains a short clip from "Guitar!".
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352085/ IMDb article on ''Oobi''.]
*[https://imdb.com/title/tt0352085/ IMDb article on ''Oobi''.]
*[https://oobi.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Oobi_episodes Oobi Wiki article on the show's list of episodes.]
*[https://oobi.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Oobi_episodes Oobi Wiki article on the show's list of episodes.]
==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 5 February 2024

Noggin-Presents-Oobi.png

A scene from the intro used for Noggin airings.

Status: Partially Lost

The first season of the Noggin show Oobi was a series of two-minute interstitial shorts.[1][2] The show eventually ran for three seasons, and the last two seasons were widely released in HD on Amazon and Paramount+.

However, the first season of shorts never got a full, official release. This season's episodes are mostly available from home-recorded clips of Noggin. Two episodes of the season are currently missing.

History

In the United States, the shorts were mainly shown on Noggin. From late 2000 until early 2003, one short was played before each 30-minute show from 6 AM to 6 PM.[3] For the month of April 2002, Nickelodeon's main channel also aired the shorts as part of a cross-promotion for the Noggin channel.[4]

In Canada, TVOntario aired 46 of the shorts on a rotating schedule.[5] TVO's schedule catalogues are the source of official titles for many of the shorts. However, two 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 from 2003 to 2004, but that was it in terms of official releases. 48 shorts are confirmed to exist.

Episodes

2 of the 48 known shorts are currently lost. The sixth short, "Dance!", is only available in an incomplete form.

#[6] Episode Title Status Notes
1 "Slide!" Lost A clip of this short is featured in a promo.
2 "Follow the Leader!" Found
3 "Pretend Catch!" Found
4 "Peekaboo!" Found
5 "Tag!" Found
6 "Dance!" Partially Lost The ending is missing.
7 "Share Pretzels!" Found
8 "Watermelon!" Found
9 "Soup!" Found
10 "Hot Dog and Ketchup!" Found
11 "Empty and Full!" Found
12 "Popcorn!" Found
13 "Worm!" Found
14 "Apple Picking!" Found
15 "Pretend Wind!" Found
16 "Dig!" Found
17 "Hide and Seek!" Found
18 "Nature!" Found
19 "Music!" Found
20 "Guitar!" Found
21 "Bongo Drums!" Found
22 "Quiet Read!" Found
23 "Clap Hands!" Found
24 "Painting!" Found
25 "Macaroni Jewelry!" Found
26 "Paint Shapes!" Found
27 "Pinch Pot!" Found
28 "Drawing Game!" Found
29 "Neighborhood Art!" Found
30 "Toothpaste!" Found
31 "Wet and Dry!" Found
32 "Bubble Bath!" Found
33 "Feelings!" Found
34 "Cake!" Found
35 "Flush!" Found
36 "On and Off!" Found
37 "Prince Oobi!" Found
38 "Bubbles!" Found
39 "Tea!" Found
40 "Ice Cream!" Found
41 "Water Games!" Found
42 "Guess!" Found Low-quality.
43 "Bird!" Found
44 "Cat!" Found
45 "Puppy!" Lost
46 "Animal Cookies!" Found
47 "Itsy Bitsy Spider!" Found
48 "Toys!" Found


Gallery

Screenshots

Production Photo

Footage

A shortened version of the intro sequence.

A musical Noggin commercial, which contains a short clip from "Guitar!".

A musical Noggin commercial, which contains an unidentified clip (likely from a bumper), and a clip from "Slide!".

Promos for the Noggin website, one of which contains a clip from "Dance!"'s missing scene.

External Links

References