Bambaloo

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Bambaloo
Genre Preschool
Created byDonna Andrews
Justine Flynn
StarringAngela Kelly
Andre Eikmeier
Voices ofEmma de Vries
Adam Kronenberg
David Collins
Roslyn Oades
Theme music composerClive Harrison
Opening theme"Bambaloo Theme"
Ending themeVarious ending themes
Composers Guy Gross
Abigail Hatherley
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes105
Production
Executive producersLisa Fitzpatrick
Geoff Watson
Angus Fletcher (Season 1)
Susan Oliver (Season 2)
ProducersSusan Oliver (Season 1)
Donna Andrews (Season 2)
Production location ATN
Running time30 minutes
Production companies Yoram Gross-EM.TV
The Jim Henson Company
Original release
Network Seven Network
ABC TV
Release3 February 2003 (2003-02-03) –
25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

Bambaloo is a children's television program formerly shown on the Seven Network between 2003 and 2007. More recently it has been shown on the ABC and is suitable for 3- to 5-year-olds. The show focuses on song repetition to help children anticipate the next activity. [1] The show was created by famous Australian animator Yoram Gross and The Jim Henson Company for a total of 105 episodes.

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Characters

Credited cast

Production

The series was announced in September 2002, when Australian animation studio Yoram Gross-EM.TV entered into the live-action production and formed a partnership with EM.TV's fellow American entertainment company The Jim Henson Company to produce a live-action preschool series entitled Bambaloo, marking Yoram Gross-EM.TV's first live-action production with former Nickelodeon Australia head of programming Donna Andrews and producer Justine Flynn would serve as creators of the series while their company Buster Dandy Productions (which would later produce Five Minutes More two years later in 2006 before merging with Donna Andrews' animation studio Sticky Pictures in January 2010 [2] ) would serve as co-producer. The Jim Henson Company would handle & create Muppet characters for the series via its London production office and would handle international distribution series while Yoram Gross-EM.TV would handle distribution in Australia and Asia. [3] [4]

When the series was renewed for a season second in 2004, Yoram Gross-EM.TV took over full production of the series becoming a full-time Australian in-house production after its German parent EM.TV sold its American entertainment company The Jim Henson Company back to the Henson family a year prior back in May 2003 and shuttered its European production operations four months later in September of that year, however The Jim Henson Company's Muppet Workshop in London, England continued providing the puppets for the series' second season. [5] [6]

Animated by Buster Dandy Productions which also did Five Minutes More and Blue Water High (even though the show was made by Southern Star). Bambaloo is a Yoram Gross/Jim Henson Television production. Produced in association with Seven Network.

Episodes

Series 1 (2003)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal release date
11"Monkey Nuts"3 February 2003 (2003-02-03)
22"Puppy Love"4 February 2003 (2003-02-04)
33"Fame Game"5 February 2003 (2003-02-05)
44"Rhinestone Cowbird"6 February 2003 (2003-02-06)
55"Hot Treat Cold Treat"7 February 2003 (2003-02-07)
66"Bird in a Flap"10 February 2003 (2003-02-10)
77"A Whiffy Sniff"11 February 2003 (2003-02-11)
88"Little Fish, Big Noise"12 February 2003 (2003-02-12)
99"Biscuit Bandits"13 February 2003 (2003-02-13)
1010"A Nutty Treat"14 February 2003 (2003-02-14)
1111"Forest Friend"17 February 2003 (2003-02-17)
1212"Fly Me to the Moon"18 February 2003 (2003-02-18)
1313"King Jet"19 February 2003 (2003-02-19)
1414"Best Crest"20 February 2003 (2003-02-20)
1515"Pet for a Knight"21 February 2003 (2003-02-21)
1616"Fast or Last"24 February 2003 (2003-02-24)
1717"Bottle Full of Sun"25 February 2003 (2003-02-25)
1818"Jungle Japes"26 February 2003 (2003-02-26)
1919"Seeing is Believing"27 February 2003 (2003-02-27)
2020"It's Laughter We're After"28 February 2003 (2003-02-28)
2121"The Prezzie Pixie"3 March 2003 (2003-03-03)
2222"The Twinkling Bush"4 March 2003 (2003-03-04)
2323"Grow Your Own"5 March 2003 (2003-03-05)
2424"Star Fish"6 March 2003 (2003-03-06)
2525"Dagnabbit!: That Dog's a Rabbit"7 March 2003 (2003-03-07)
2626"Go Slow"10 March 2003 (2003-03-10)
2727"Fly By"11 March 2003 (2003-03-11)
2828"From Here to Reindeer"12 March 2003 (2003-03-12)
2929"Fidget's Smoky Mountain"13 March 2003 (2003-03-13)
3030"Game for a Laugh"14 March 2003 (2003-03-14)
3131"Woodland Warble"17 March 2003 (2003-03-17)
3232"Bat Nap"18 March 2003 (2003-03-18)
3333"Super Jet"19 March 2003 (2003-03-19)
3434"Belle of the Bug Ball"20 March 2003 (2003-03-20)
3535"The Sheep Show"21 March 2003 (2003-03-21)
3636"Night Flight Fright!"22 March 2004 (2004-03-22)
3737"The Hottest Spot"23 March 2004 (2004-03-23)
3838"The Lost Treasure Hunt"24 March 2004 (2004-03-24)
3939"All Together Now"25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

Songs

References

  1. ↑ "Bambaloo Website". Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Two Australian Kids' Production Outfits to Merge". Worldscreen. 27 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "New Australian series "Bambaloo" enters production". Muppet Central. 2 September 2002.
  4. ↑ "Toon house goes live in Oz". Variety. 29 September 2002.
  5. ↑ Blaney, Martin (7 May 2003). "Henson family buys Jim Henson Company from EM.TV". Screen Daily.
  6. ↑ "Bambaloo". Yoram Gross-EM.TV.{{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
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