List of Jungle Jam and Friends: The Radio Show! characters

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This is a partial list of characters in Jungle Jam and Friends: The Radio Show! .

Contents

The Jungle Jam Gang

Regular characters

Narrator

The narrator (Nathan Carlson), often referred to as "Mr. Narrator" by the characters, is an interactive force in the jungle; there is some indication that he is a jungle explorer. [1]

Gruffy

Gruffy Bear (Nathan Carlson), the de facto main character of the series, is a jovial and level-minded construction worker brown bear. He is the only primary character with a wife (Muffy), a child (Gruffy Jr), and a dog (Wuffy).

Sully

Sully the Aardvark (Nathan Carlson) is a simple-minded aardvark. Frequently noted as an excellent cannonball diver, he is the best friend of Millard J. Monkey. At one point he played the triangle in the Jungle Band.

Millard

Millard Jackanapes Monkey (Phil Lollar), usually referred to as Millard J. Monkey or Millard the Monkey, is a clumsy and foolhardy monkey. He is the best friend of Sully the Aardvark. Millard was a later addition to the cast of characters, but quickly became a central character and fan favorite.

Nozzles

Nozzles the Elephant (Nathan Carlson) is a brooding and usually wise African elephant. However, he is prone to giving in to the other animals' inanity. He is a lover of mystery novels and gadgets.

Racquet

Racquet the Skunk (Nathan Carlson) is an ambitious but kind-hearted skunk. He is frequently shown to be an excellent badminton player.

Jean-Claude

Jean-Claude the Flying Squirrel (Phil Lollar) is a somewhat self-centered French flying squirrel. Ironically, he pilots a biplane.

The Cheetah Sisters

Cheetah Bonita (Shelby Daniels), Cheetah Anita (Shelby Daniels), and Cheetah Sally (Julie Miller) [2] are members of the musical group The Cheetah Sisters.

Sloth

The Sloth (Cindy Parker), [3] also referred to as Sloth, is an easy-going sloth.

Weatherbee

Weatherbee the Owl (Phil Lollar) is a sensible owl who often acts as the leader or (judge) of the jungle.

Max

Max the Giraffe (Nathan Carlson) is a hair-brained giraffe.

Other recurring characters

Muffy

Muffy Bear (Nathan Carlson) is the supportive wife of Gruffy Bear.

Gruffy, Jr.

Gruffy Bear Jr. (Adam Burton), is the only child of Gruffy and Muffy Bear.

Bert-the-Moose

Bert-the-Moose (Nathan Carlson), is a moose who hosts a musical segment included in the "and friends" part of the show called "Sing Along With Bert-the-Moose." He is always followed by his Bert-the-Moose singing waiters.

Reynold

Reynold the Warthog (Phil Lollar) is a dry-humored and mud-loving warthog.

Hermie

Hermie the Love Bug (Nathan Carlson) is a misguided green lacewing. He is best friends with Gruffy.

Coy Ote

Coy Ote is a friendly Irish Wolfhound.

Flip

Mentioned in the theme song, Flip (Buddy Miller) the owl appeared on the albums and used mostly for songs. He never made it into the regular episodes, and was replaced by Weatherbee in the series.

RazzleFlabben Island

Narrator

The narrator (Nathan Carlson) is the same as that of the Jungle Jam Gang.

Regular characters

Marvy Snuffleson

Marvin Carvey "Marvy" Snuffleson III (Adam Burton) is a elementary school student who gets carried away in a flash-flood to RazzleFlabben Island.

Carl and Olaf

Olaf (Nathan Carlson) and Carl (Phil Lollar) are adult RazzleFlabbenz and Marvy's two closest friends on RazzleFlabben Island.

Katie Snuffleson

Katie Snuffleson (Katie Herndon) is Marvy's little sister. She, too, has fallen victim to the mysterious flash-floods.

Mr. Snuffleson

Marvin Carvey Snuffleson II (David Buller), usually referred to as Mr. Snuffleson, is Marvy's caring father. As a child, he too was taken to RazzleFlabben Island.

Mrs. Snuffleson

Mrs. Snuffleson (Michelle Richards) is Marvy's mother.

Lars

Lars (Nathan Carlson) is often a level voice among the RazzleFlabbenz.

Bert

Bert (Phil Lollar) is a RazzleFlabben often found in places of authority (e.g., a judge, a conductor, etc.).

Other recurring characters

Ingmar Flabben

Ingmar RazzleFlabben (Phil Lollar), Flabben, was the leader of the Flabbenz until he made his love for Ingrid public and joined the two peoples together.

Ingrid Razzle

Ingrid RazzleFlabben (Maureen Davis), née Razzle, was the leader of the Razzles until her marriage to Ingmar.

Sven Ingersoll

Sven Ingersoll is a magical, shape-shifting RazzleFlabben and is also the first RazzleFlabben Marvy meets.

Merl

Merl is the second RazzleFlabben to meet Marvy.

Bjørn

Bjørn (Nathan Carlson), also referred to as the Disobedient SmivenBiven, is a SmivenBiven held prisoner on RazzleFlabben Island.

Species

RazzleFlabbenz

Originally two peoples, the Razzles and the Flabbenz, they united after Mr. Snuffleson helped work out their centuries-old dispute. Though humanoid, they are exceptionally tall and covered in brightly colored fur. They highly prize eggplant parmigiana.

SmivenBivenz

The SmivenBivenz are a race of large, hairy, bad-tempered humanoid monsters with tails who live on the neighboring SmivenBiven Island.

  • Bjørn (see above)
  • Snork (Nathan Carlson) steals the valuable portraits of Ingmar and Ingrid RazzleFlabben and frames Marvy.
  • a group of man-eating SmivenBivenz capture Katie.

Other species

  • The side-winding furbellies are a race of malevolent cowboy creatures with furry bellies. Three, Larango (Phil Lollar), Durango (Nathan Carlson), and Hives (Nathan Carlson), attempt to overthrow RazzleFlabben Island and enslave the RazzleFlabbenz.
  • The whistling furchettas are a race of small, simple-minded, good-natured, and sweet creatures who live homy lives on RazzleFlabben Island.
  • The Rockport falcon is a giant, man- and furchetta-eating falcon.

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References

  1. The cover of More Wild Times in God's Creation portrays the narrator dressed in safari gear.
  2. "AIO Blogcast Ep.19: Interview with Phil Lollar Part 2 | the Adventures in Odyssey Blog".
  3. "AIO Blogcast Ep.19: Interview with Phil Lollar Part 2 | the Adventures in Odyssey Blog".