Friday, July 30, 2010

Zoboomafoo
















Upon their arrival at Animal Junction, the Kratt brothers lean out the window and summon Zoboomafoo, who is shown in a live-action segment as an actual lemur leaping across a field to reach them. When the lemur reaches Animal Junction, the Kratt brothers offer him a snack, generally some lemur-appropriate food like garbanzo beans or mango slices, whereupon the "real" lemur spins around on a turntable and becomes a talking lemur puppet. This change enables Zoboomafoo to lead into the main segment of the episode, which he begins by describing a "Mangatsika!" (a Malagasy word meaning "amazing") animal that he saw as he traveled to Animal Junction.
As he describes the animal, a song is played wondering "Who Could It Be?", while a cartoon shows the characteristics of the "mystery animal". At the end of the song, Chris and Martin attempt to guess the animal Zoboomafoo has described, and the mystery is solved when the animal or animals arrive at Animal Junction. Each episode has a theme, for example, baby animals, frightening animals, or the importance of play, and the arrival of the "mystery animal" leads the Kratts and Zoboo into a conversation about various aspects of that particular animal.
Zoboomafoo makes frequent forays into the zobooland world, where Zoboo and his friends tell stories. Chris and Martin also leave Animal Junction during each episode to better demonstrate the theme of the day, traveling to exotic places like India or Africa to visit the creatures there.

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