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The first season of the Noggin/Nickelodeon 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> 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 show was turned into a half-hour series for its second season. Nickelodeon stopped airing the shorts altogether on their main network, but sparse airings continued on Noggin until 2007. | The first season of the Noggin/Nickelodeon 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> 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 show was turned into a half-hour series for its second season. Nickelodeon stopped airing the shorts altogether on their main network, but sparse airings continued on Noggin until 2007. | ||
The half-hour episodes are widely distributed; all of them have been released by Nickelodeon in "Complete Series" collections on Amazon Video and | The half-hour episodes are widely distributed; all of them have been released by Nickelodeon in "Complete Series" collections on Amazon Video and Paramount+. However, the full set of ''shorts'' hasn't seen an official release. A good number of them have been found in home-recorded tapes of Noggin and Nick Jr., but the rest are not currently available online. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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|2||"Tag!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-02-Tag.mp4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | |2||"Tag!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-02-Tag.mp4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|3||"Flush!"||[https://youtu.be/ | |3||"Flush!"||[https://youtu.be/lReBz30JD8w<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|4||"On and Off!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''|| | |4||"On and Off!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''|| | ||
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|5||"Share Pretzels!"||[https://youtu.be/a4ULzhRTxM4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | |5||"Share Pretzels!"||[https://youtu.be/a4ULzhRTxM4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|6||"Watermelon!"||[https://youtu.be/eVF7Fcraw6Q<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']||The last 10 seconds | |6||"Watermelon!"||[https://youtu.be/eVF7Fcraw6Q<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']||The last 10 seconds of footage have been found. | ||
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|7||"Soup!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||Clips of this short are featured in the intro sequence. | |7||"Soup!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||Clips of this short are featured in the intro sequence. | ||
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|8||"Hot Dog and Ketchup!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''|| | |8||"Hot Dog and Ketchup!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''|| | ||
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|9||"Prince Oobi!"||[https://youtu.be/ | |9||"Prince Oobi!"||[https://youtu.be/axebcrQTXHw<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|10||"Bubbles!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span><br/>([https://youtu.be/ | |10||"Bubbles!"||<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span><br/>([https://youtu.be/IirZe1j06Go 1] <nowiki>|</nowiki> [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rl8QsAWYiC847kgUqDlDphamm2ct6cE9/view 2])||Most of the audio and the last 15 seconds of footage have been found. | ||
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|11||"Empty and Full!"||[https://youtu.be/ | |11||"Empty and Full!"||[https://youtu.be/s1GT0aytSDE<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|12||"Popcorn!"||[https://youtu.be/ | |12||"Popcorn!"||[https://youtu.be/piUE5pwLXHY<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|13||"Worm!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||A possible clip of this short is featured in a promo. | |13||"Worm!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''||A possible clip of this short is featured in a promo. | ||
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|14||"Apple Picking!"||[https://youtu.be/ | |14||"Apple Picking!"||[https://youtu.be/UvTyBh3KCYE<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|15||"Pretend Wind!"||[https://archive.org/details/pretend-wind <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | |15||"Pretend Wind!"||[https://archive.org/details/pretend-wind <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|16||"Tea!"||[https://youtu.be/ | |16||"Tea!"||[https://youtu.be/bQCdJmrMRhc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|17||"Ice Cream!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''|| | |17||"Ice Cream!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''|| | ||
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|18||"Water Games!"||[https://youtu.be/ | |18||"Water Games!"||[https://youtu.be/d3jFQOI2KxE<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|19||"Guess!"||[https://youtu.be/9z_dv0cti1U<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Low-quality. | |19||"Guess!"||[https://youtu.be/9z_dv0cti1U<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Low-quality. | ||
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|36||"Painting!"||[https://youtu.be/PcjelN5BMI8<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | |36||"Painting!"||[https://youtu.be/PcjelN5BMI8<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|37||"Macaroni Jewelry!"||[https://youtu.be/ | |37||"Macaroni Jewelry!"||[https://youtu.be/wbGuQaY5mUA<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|38||"Paint Shapes!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-38-Paint-Shapes.mp4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | |38||"Paint Shapes!"||[https://archive.org/details/noggin-presents-oobi-shorts/Oobi-38-Paint-Shapes.mp4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|42||"Toothpaste!"||[https://youtu.be/XrKqHO3hK4Y<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Low-quality. | |42||"Toothpaste!"||[https://youtu.be/XrKqHO3hK4Y<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']||Low-quality. | ||
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|43||"Feelings!"||[https://youtu.be/ | |43||"Feelings!"||[https://youtu.be/x4C0tWtDEtc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']|| | ||
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|44||"Cake!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''|| | |44||"Cake!"||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''|| |
Revision as of 01:52, 24 August 2021
The first season of the Noggin/Nickelodeon show Oobi was a series of two-minute interstitial shorts.[1][2] 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 show was turned into a half-hour series for its second season. Nickelodeon stopped airing the shorts altogether on their main network, but sparse airings continued on Noggin until 2007.
The half-hour episodes are widely distributed; all of them have been released by Nickelodeon in "Complete Series" collections on Amazon Video and Paramount+. However, the full set of shorts hasn't seen an official release. A good number of them have been found in home-recorded tapes of Noggin and Nick Jr., but the rest 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.[3] After the second season 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.[4] TVO's schedule catalogues 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 from 2003 to 2004, 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
12 of the 48 known shorts are currently lost. 5 more currently exist in an incomplete form.
# | Episode Title | Status | Notes |
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1 | "Dance!" | Partially Lost | The ending is missing. |
2 | "Tag!" | Found | |
3 | "Flush!" | Found | |
4 | "On and Off!" | Lost | |
5 | "Share Pretzels!" | Found | |
6 | "Watermelon!" | Partially Found | The last 10 seconds of footage have been found. |
7 | "Soup!" | Lost | Clips of this short are featured in the intro sequence. |
8 | "Hot Dog and Ketchup!" | Lost | |
9 | "Prince Oobi!" | Found | |
10 | "Bubbles!" | Partially Found (1 | 2) |
Most of the audio and the last 15 seconds of footage have been found. |
11 | "Empty and Full!" | Found | |
12 | "Popcorn!" | Found | |
13 | "Worm!" | Lost | A possible clip of this short is featured in a promo. |
14 | "Apple Picking!" | Found | |
15 | "Pretend Wind!" | Found | |
16 | "Tea!" | Found | |
17 | "Ice Cream!" | Lost | |
18 | "Water Games!" | Found | |
19 | "Guess!" | Found | Low-quality. |
20 | "Bird!" | Partially Lost | The first few seconds are missing. |
21 | "Cat!" | Lost | |
22 | "Puppy!" | Lost | |
23 | "Animal Cookies!" | Found | |
24 | "Slide!" | Lost | A clip of this short is featured in a promo. |
25 | "Follow the Leader!" | Partially Lost | The first few seconds are missing. |
26 | "Peekaboo!" | Found | |
27 | "Dig!" | Found | |
28 | "Hide and Seek!" | Lost | A clip of this short is featured in the intro sequence. |
29 | "Nature!" | Found | |
30 | "Pretend Catch!" | Found | |
31 | "Music!" | Found | |
32 | "Guitar!" | Found | |
33 | "Bongo Drums!" | Found | |
34 | "Quiet Read!" | Found | Begins at the 8:16 mark, damaged audio |
35 | "Clap Hands!" | Found | |
36 | "Painting!" | Found | |
37 | "Macaroni Jewelry!" | Found | |
38 | "Paint Shapes!" | Found | |
39 | "Pinch Pot!" | Lost | A clip of this short is featured in the intro sequence. |
40 | "Drawing Game!" | Found | |
41 | "Neighborhood Art!" | Found | |
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 "Prince Oobi!", which is featured on Tim Lagasse's website.
Videos
External Links
References
- ↑ Interview with Little Airplane's Josh Selig Retrieved 24 Feb '19.
- ↑ Tim Lagasse's website Retrieved 15 Oct '20.
- ↑ Archive of Noggin's Oobi homepage Retrieved 24 Feb '19.
- ↑ TVOntario schedule from January 2004 Retrieved 24 Feb '19.