Zoobilee Zoo

About

Zoobilee Zoo is a children's television series featuring actors dressed as animal characters that originally aired from 1986 to 1987. It continued to run in syndication until 2000 on several television channels including commercial network television stations, public television stations, The Learning Channel, and the Hallmark Channel. The original 65 episodes were produced by WQED Pittsburgh.

Hosted by Ben Vereen, the show centers around a group of six creative animal friends who live in a magical land called Zoobilee Zoo. Each possess a unique artistic skill and they frequently break into song and dance.

Each episode is opened by a greeting from host Ben Vereen, dressed as a spotted snow leopard, who plays the mayor of Zoobilee Zoo. Speaking directly to viewers that he refers to as "Zoobaroos", Vereen usually appears throughout each episode to summarize the main themes or to perform a song and dance.

The plot in each episode centers around the main characters, called Zoobles, as they play together and encounter difficulties common to young children. The primary themes are cooperation, making friends, and creativity.

Each Zooble character has a certain artistic talent that shapes the way they approach different scenario.

Sandey Grinn as Bill Der Beaver in all but 2 episodes (see below), who likes to invent and fix stuff. Forrest Gardner as Van Go Lion, who enjoys art. Karen Hartman as Talkatoo Cockatoo, who enjoys reading, writing, and speech. Michael B. Moynahan as Lookout Bear, who enjoys adventuring and travel. Gary Schwartz as Bravo Fox, who enjoys performing. Louise Vallance (Stevie Vallance) as Whazzat Kangaroo, the youngest Zooble who encourages kids to enjoy music and dance. Ben Vereen as Mayor Ben, a snow leopard who stars as the host of the show explaining what kind of adventure the Zoobles will be having. Michael Sheehan as the original Bill Der Beaver in 2 episodes. When Sheehan decided to leave the show for other interests (such as Jem), he was replaced by Sandey Grinn.

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Archive

Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

Licence or status

Public Domain Mark 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.

Who can watch

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