DefunctTV: The History of Zoboomafoo
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On this episode of DefunctTV, Kevin explores the history of a short-lived but well-remembered PBS wildlife show, Zoboomafoo, and its charismatic hosts, the Kratt Brothers.
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I didn’t know it only had 2 seasons. It feels like such a large part of my childhood. Such a special show, the Kratts should be really proud of the legacy they left with so many children.
Lol 50 episode seasons they don’t make shows like they use to 😂 that’s 5-7 seasons now
They’re still at it!! Wild Kratt is still going strong on PBS.
I feel the same way!!! So much Kraat Bros in my childhood it’s crazy
Absolutely, I remember watching it as it came out, but I was so young I don't remember how young I was. The math says I was 4-5 years old. I only know this because I still have a skunk toy animal called zaboomafoo from that age because "he's black and white, cute, and it's the only thing the natural history museum has like it, so he's mine forever."
I miss five year old me. He was a blast.
The Kratt Brothers are as influential as Steve Irwin for my love of animals and wildlife
That ending made me tear up, dude! And now the theme song's going to be stuck in my head all day! And I'm going to be freaking out about Zabooland again!
Kevin, what have you done???
WheeledJustice yay same here
Damnit if I can't remember a single math problem from all my years of school, but I can sing that song from memory!
i haven’t cried in ages but hearing about my favorite lemur’s passing has left me in tears
How can you have the "and viewers like you" and not have the thank you at the end of it
To mame you ask questions.
We must riot
They do now.
Because I think that's a PBS thing.
Kratt brothers, huh? Sounds kinda fami-
*gasp*
_Wild Kratts_
Holy shit
When I first saw that show I was so happy they were still educating kids about animals every so many years later.
Praise The Sun Some kids I was sitting for turned it on one day and I was so happy they’re still at it!! Wild kratts is just as entertaining as zaboomafoo too 😄
I first saw on in a Macy’s and it made me happy to see my childhood back
It was the other way around for me.
I remember that part, with their closet. I remember, I always LAUGED when that would happened.
All of the stuff would crash on their heads!
Holy crap- this is bringing back such memories from when I must have been WAY young. It's that kind of memory that I don't have any inclination of, until I see it (for example, the berries that the elephant thing shot in his sequence) and then I remember a strong feeling; but no actual image of watching the show, or any context. It's super trippy.
I always watched this show along with The Wiggles, Cliffard the Big Red Dog, Lazy Town, as well as The Tellet Tubbies as a child, and I know everything must come to pass, but it hit home watching this and only now finding out Jovian passed nearly 10 years ago. Rest in piece, furry friend. Rest in piece.
I love this show and the Kratt brothers for helping so many children understand and love animals.
Aww RIP Jovian💔. I love the kratt brothers. I watched Zoobomafu with my oldest daughter who is now 25. I enjoyed it again watching reruns with my younger children who are almost grown. We like Wild Kratts also. I’m glad to see them still working and working together. Much love to the Kratt brothers who were a big part of my children’s lives. Shoutout to them for giving me some moments of peace while their show was on. They kept my kids entertained 😂😊❤
I loved this show as a kid, man.. how i miss just laying down in front of the tv with the afternoon sun coming from the window.. not a care in the world, the only worry being homework.
So Alison Baldwin was basically the Aviva of Wild Kratts. They even sound the same.
The part about Jovian made me cry so hard 🥹🥹 fly high you beautiful lemur 😭😭😭😭😭
My kids are all growing up on this show because all the episodes are on TH-cam. It's their favorite. I was so, so not emotionally ready for that abandoned Animal Junction sequence you included at the end.
“Make an animal friend today”. My poor parents must have hated that part, cause I was always bringing random animals into the house.
why am i tearing up this badly
I lovvveeeeed this show. One of my favorites as a kid ❤
I used to babysit a few kids in the neighborhood, and I always turned on Zoboomafoo. The kids thought they could only watch it at my family's house, and they would tell their parents who thought it was made up and thought it was some kind of game I was playing with the,. Easiest gig I ever had, the kids would be enthralled in the show haha.
Woow! Loved this video. I was crazy about this show, especially when they had episodes about the cheetahs and wild dogs. R.I.P. Jovian! We were born the same year.🥺😩
When Kevin Purjerer says “after this nightmare is over” after then end scene of the claymation.. XD lmfao glad he gets it.
In the days of flash games, PBS kids was the best !!
💜💜💜 R.I.P this show made my childhood so special
next has gotta be Zoom right?
This, Zoom was a big part of my childhood so I'm pushing hard for this too
YES
Oh god yes please.
I grew up watching this show as a little kid
99-00?!? I wasn’t born until 2004 and still watched this as a child somehow. I will always remember be the creature as the show that I watched while I was vomiting sick at my vacation beachfront condo in Okinawa at 8 years old tho
I used to crush on Martin as a kid. Growing up is liking them both lol
The first episode of Wild Kratts was titled "Mom of a Croc"
The opening song still a banger
IM SHOOK
I'm actually crying right now
I watch this to relax not to get triggered
PS love the episode
My dauther loves Wild Kratts. I likr that the Kratts have stuck with PBS.
Zuboomafu was such a good show. Unreal it was only 2 seasons.
*Cough* Between the Lions *Cough*
COUGH Cyber Chase COUGH
So we’re just gonna pretend Sagwa didn’t exist?
The late 90s to early 2000s PBS Kids line up was loaded
I JUST GOT THE PUN IN THE TITLE WTF
I second this. Also, hello AlternateHistoryHub!
Sad as Zaboomafoo's passing is, I'm just glad that the Kratt brothers have been getting shows so consistently. They have so much passion for the subject that it really carries the show.
Zoboomafoo
@@Brendon_John_Harrison To be fair, they even call him "Zaboo" for short in the show, so I can see why people get the spelling wrong
Zoboo
Passion: the exact thing that keeps anything going 👍
It's been nearly 20 years, and still remember every line from the Zaboomafoo songs.
I had to see that abandoned Zaboomafoo set... That cut deep...That cut REAL deep.
Wait do you think people are realy able to like tour the abandened set that would be cool
He picked the best possible way to end this, yeah. It hit me pretty hard, and I'm pretty stoneface most of the time. It reminds me of the simpler times, when the biggest thing we had to worry about was when the next episode of Zaboomafoo would air lol
Updog and the final appearance of the Star. Zooboomafoo
I'm pretty laid back but yeah that last scene....that hurt more than i expected it to.
i started tearing up at the end, fuck...
The brothers are still on tiktok and make mini lessons about animal clips they find. They've done a couple tributes to Jovian as well it's really sweet
edit: It was announced recently that Jovian's bloodline continues! He had a grandchild recently!
@@MorainStaria ngl Christians can be overbearing and obnoxious
@@MorainStaria they’re definitely bots I just don’t know what the goal is..
And thanks OP for letting me know I will be following them 😂
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ No one asked for your religious garbage idiot. Piss off and get a life.
@@MorainStaria Soon we're going to have androids bust through our doors and screech "NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION"
@@BostonianJake God never did I expect a Monty Python reference on a video about zoboomafoo😂 This was amazing
god i was so obsessed with this show. only 2 seasons but genuinely such an impact. These guys and steve irwin were the center of so many of my little dirt-goblin child core-memories. everytime i go in a creek I think about the Zaboomafoo episode where they showed how to make sure you don't hurt salamanders under rocks. Everytime I walk on slightly tall grass I think about the episode where they showed how to spot bird eggs that had fallen. I tried to invite the kratt bothers to my 3rd b-day party lmao
Thank god another person who was as obsessed with Steve Irwin as I was lol
did they show up to your birthday?
i used to watch this when i didnt have cable
I LOVED the salamander episode!
I distinctly remember when the girl told us about how cool ants are, and how we shouldn't pick on them because they are tiny. Such a heartwarming and endearing show
There is an animated show on pbs called wild kratts about the kratts brothers I love to watch it with my kids. ❤
I wrote the theme, songs and all the underscore for Zoboomafoo. Even back then my writing partner and I had a feeling that these would live on long after the show was off the air because of how special this show is.
That's awesome! You guys wrote some songs that stick in your head, for sure!
Wow, thank you for sharing. Those songs played a huge role in my childhood. I'm curious, though, who sang them?
@@mitchellarmstrong3759 Sterling Jarvis sang the theme.
I can't seem to find any of the background music. Would that be something you have the rights and ability to upload? I'm especially looking for the... clunky one. Wood block or something?
@cyanimation1605 Which one are you referring too?
This is, without a doubt, the entire reason I became a wildlife vet tech. Even when I was taking my test to get licensed, any question I learned the answer to from this show, I'd hear it in my head in Zabu's voice. Every animal I help is in your honor, Jovian.
👏👏👏
I hope that you get to feed a lemur one day, and it is a glorious experience.
Thank you for dedicating your life to helping wildlife. That's a beautiful thing to do.
That's pretty mangatsika. 😌
Oh my god...that's so sweet. What a wonderful way to honor his memory ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
I know Jovian would be proud of you. I'm sure the Kratt Brothers are too.
What kinda people don’t say “thank you” after “viewers like you”?
Hitler
Haha, I used to watch PBS so much as a kid, (no cable in my house) I noticed they didn't add the "Thank You" until later
@@ghostlyme Darn right because if it weren't for us, PBS wouldn't be here today. That's why the network always shows appreciation, which is a good thing.
Jason Dembowski Jr I remember a time before they added the Thank You. So my instincts is to say Viewers Like You and nothing else.
Not PBS kids that's for sure
Defunctland has no right to make me cry like this...and yet
i know the end gave me U L T R A F E E L S
I had already outgrown the demographic for that show but that ending man just ALL OF THE FEELS
I'm sure they didn't mean to. But yeah that sucks.
You're not alone I totally cried too
All I can say childhood. I can't believe it's gone forever
When I saw the title: Oh I remember this show! I loved it as a kid, but I don't remember too much about it...
Watching the video: *Suddenly remembers everything right when they bring it up and able to mentally sing along with the songs*
After the video: ... *wiping away tears* I really should re-watch this sometime...
I’m sitting here watching this singing along to the theme song and shit. And then they talk about the “Who Could It Be” song and I’m like I KNOW THIS BUT FORGOT HOW IT GOES!! But AS SOON AS THE TUNE STARTED, I knew every line ❤️
Dude same
Fucking PTSD kicking in and shit. Forgive me PBS and my younger self for I have cursed
Omg same
Glass Wolf me too 😭
It's amazing to see your channel is doing so well Kevin, congrats, you totally deserve it for the insane amount of research you put into it!!! :)
Thanks Larry!!
Very cool.
Oh you watch him
Well of course Kevin would put research into these videos. He wouldn't want to be the Peter Molyneux of pop culture history youtubers, just telling lies all the time.
Hello you.
I am so glad I didn't hallucinate this whole show because my parents seemed to have no memory of it and I only remember bits and pieces but I watched it all the time.... Also remember having a crush on Chris despite him probably being old enough to be my dad.
FireRose720 I weirdly had a crush on one of them as well, lol
Omg, me too. 😐 He was probably 40 when I was 9.
I had a massive gay crush on Chris back then and even though he’s older and married with kids I still think he’s good looking!!!
does anyone remember that one show with the clown girl on a giant couch?
Armendicus oh my god! I have the faintest memories of that! I thought it was just some kind of dream caused by a sugar high. If only i could remember the title.
Fun fact: not long after Jovian’s passing, his 5th grandchild-a baby girl named Isabella-was born at the Duke Lemur Center where he lived. Her birthday was January 25th, 2015-the 16th anniversary of the day “Zoboomafoo” debuted!
Good thing the Kratts’ and Jovian’s legacies are still going strong! 💛
PLEASE TELL ME I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE TO REMEMBER, "Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman" I used to watch Zoboomafoo, Cyber Chase, and Between the Lions all of the time as a kid along with Fetch. My goodness, how time flies...
BeneficialStar I loved all those shows 🙄❤
Fetch stunk to me. Didn't like the voice at all.
YES!! Fetch was my favorite.
shimgoody My apologies, I guess it wasn't for everyone.
I watched all those too!
"don'tcrydon'tcrydon'tcrydon'tcrydon'tcrydon'tcry"
*sees Zoboomafoo silhouette*
QQ WAAAAAHHHHHH
That was 100% me.... That Silouette made me cry SO HARD
I cried. Not gonna lie, hearing the theme song and the silhoutte brought me back to when I was 5 again.
MY REATION EXACTLY. TEARS ARE STILL RUNNING DOWN MY FACE AS I TYPE THIS
i legit teared up but I'm also smiling
Just finished crying my eyes out after seeing him spin on that chair and hearing that little, “Ooh-Ahh.”
I almost cried at the end. The house where Chris and Martin used to be, all dark, depressing and abandoned and zaboomafoos spirit jumping through the trees :'(
Elaine Harbin
You’re even more of a man than I am, and that’s saying something, considering you’re a woman. Hearing that spirit Zoboo’s voice and seeing that shadow cast on the CG Animal Junction, knowing that the real life lemur, Jovian, is gone, it hit me hard to the point where I’m crying right now as I’m typing this. I have fond memories watching Zoboomafoo, and that very moment tugged at my heartstrings even more than I would have expected it to.
Elaine Harbin Same Here
😢😪
Elaine Harbin im trying not to cry right now... that show was my childhood! *cries*
It is said his spirit roams the area to this day
the sheer amount of primal memories inflicted on me as a child from this show were crazy. its like looking in old boxes of items u made in kindergarten and you remember “hey i made that” but never would remember it from the top of your head. that closet where all the stuff would fall out, the berries in the claymation along with a few of the characters, its all vaguely familiar but i never would have carried it into my adult life yk?
Agreed, i didn't go into vet school or anything, but the description of a typical episode is so jam packed with cool segments and interesting and funny transitions that it sounds like just the perfect show for the time and space. I remembered the show a couple months ago but didn't look into it too much. I know someone who loves children's television and man, I've got a show for her
Yesssss
It really did trigger old memories. I remember wanting the berries from the claymation.
The goobleberries definitely hit
Some core software got redownloaded today
Zaboomafoo was one of my favorite tv shows as a kid and most people I talk to don’t even remember it
f yeah
Sara You if you have Amazon Prime you can watch it on their video streaming service
Sara You I member
Same, it made me happy
Sara You actually if you live in Quebec and are a gen z that was the SHIT
This show is literally why I'm majoring in Zoology, it shaped who I am.
DUDE SAME! Environmental Science major here. I watched this show daily when I was 5.
Dude me too! First place I heard zoologist and I knew that’s what I was going to be!
That's awesome! 😊 I'm not doing anything as fancy as y'all, though... I just teach middle school science, but I'm sure it stems from my days with Zoboo.😁 I'm already 30, but I still watch it on occasion on Amazon. 😆
Ah cool. While I also watched this kid I’ve been more influenced by BBC. That’s why Im going to pursue animal ecology and why I started this TH-cam channel.
So cool! I'm not in zoology or anything cool like that but this was my favourite show ever and sparked my love and respect for animals at the age of 4. I do animal rescue work where I can, now. I'm 25 now and watch Zaboomafoo with my young nieces and they love it. Such a great show
Finally some evidence that I didn’t hallucinate this show as a child. This was my favorite back in the day.
Ikr? Once the theme hit i felt like i was hit by a truck but with emotions. I loved this one, and later on Wild Kratts was pretty great as well. :)
yeah it was a good one
same-
I loved this show!
This show literally feels like a hallucination every time I remember it😂. There was this one episode I remember vividly where the blue shirt guy appeared in an egg and then hatched out of it and that scene has haunted me for years.
The Kratt brothers were legit my first ever celeb crushes and I truly can’t believe the show only had two seasons, I feel like I watched countless episodes as a kid. My mom even got a little puppet that kind of looked like Zaboo and would wake me up in the morning doing a little voice like his and it’s some of my favorite memories from when I was growing up.
Is your name influenced by Lizzie McGuire by chance, or is that just a coincidence?
Me and my sister had a crush on them too lol I was crushing on Chris and my sister was crushing on Martin 😆 I also thought they were twins lol
Omg same!!! I was a Chris Kratt gal for sure....his dreamy green shirt 😁
Well, it was 2 seasons of 65 episodes. These days, that's like 6 seasons' worth!
OH MY GOD I never thought about this but I just realized it was true for me too, I was interested in chris XD
I haven't heard any of those songs in probably 15 years and yet when they played I knew exactly what they were and how they went.
Amazing.
I watched this show religiously when I was 5. Good times, and probably the reason I am majoring in environmental science.
@@notgray88 BBC and Nat Geo are more of my reasons. I watched this show a lot, but you won’t believe just how much i watch the nature documentaries of Nat Geo and BBC. Because of it I had a phase as a kid where I wouldn’t watch anything if it didn’t have animals in it.
Y'all really had to do me with the deserted Animal Junction?
No, I'm not crying! You're crying.
boy shut yo sensitive ass up
nevermind i just cried
@@JaredTamana
th-cam.com/video/fzZNWqUJuA4/w-d-xo.html
I know right!
NO NEED TO GET DEFENSIVE, I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT YOU WERE CHOPPING ONIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God, what a truly special show. This might be my all time favorite children's show solely because of how much raw, genuine pureness that it exudes. If I have kids, I will absolutely be showing this show to them at a young age
"Go make an animal friend today!"
*Me as a child taking that literally and going outside to talk to birds.*
Birds are intelligent creatures so they most likely associated with you too. :)
@@ismaelreyna5399 I’m pretty sure it’s only corvids who are very intelligent, so unless they were talking to like crows are ravens they wouldn’t get very far. Unless I missed a species?
@@Divine__. Parrots, pigeons, doves, ducks, etc. There's actually a lot more than you'd think, even if they aren't as smart as corvids.
"And THAT'S how I got rabies!"
@@Divine__. It was crows. I can actually make a pretty authentic crow caw. It would make them fly towards me. (Also food lol)
Mangatsika video, dude
Very Mangatsika video, dude
That ending brought me to tears 😭😭😭 I loved this show so much growing up, and I can never thank that little leaping lemur enough for all those happy memories. Rest easy, Zaboo ❤
I'm glad I'm not the only one who cried 😭😭😭😭😭😭 because I just did right now 😂
Same
Wasn’t expecting not ready for that one 🥺
@@inglebear84 me too 😭
Also guess what zooboomafoo the lemur from the show had a granddaughter in 2019
This is what makes this children's show one of a kind and beloved by everyone of all ages. All the different modes of storytelling that fit together to form a whole and the sheer enthusiasm of the Kratt brothers to show how amazing and unique all animals can be will leave a lasting mark on our hearts.😊
My daughter LOVES Wild Kratts. I never made the connection that they created Zoboomafoo, a show that I grew up on. That's crazy, those guys are really awesome for keeping the torch going and making multiple generations of people who care about learning about and protecting animals.
I've never heard of Wild Kratts but glad the people behind Zaboomafoo and still doing work.
That's so funny, i'm the opposite!! I knew the Kratt brothers' names from glimpses i'd catch of the show as a teen, and when he was like "the Kratt brothers, including Martin Kratt.." i was like "THE SAME KRATT BROTHERS!?"
My nephew watches wild Kratts and he teaches me new stuff about animals! That show and those guys do a really good job
It stg they haven't aged a bit.
i watched alot of wild kratts then i found a video talking about pbs kids and they talked about zoboomafoo and holy crap i was like "wait a sec thats martin and chris"
I just want to say I love what this channel has become. I left a lot of critical comments in the early days when the tone and humor were a little different. But I've gotta say your content, production values, humor, and obvious care for your subject matter and viewers are all just a delight these days. There are tons of videos on youtube about theme parks, nostalgia, and the history of different pop culture topics, but Defunctland is really something special!
it really is special I love how this channel has shaped into something really great I can't wait for more great videos keep it up kevin
I know what you mean fam...
I'm 100% with you dude. I started following this channel well over a year ago, before he started doing podcasts, and I'm seriously impressed with how he's improved over time. Which is saying something, cuz I thought he was pretty damn good even to begin with.
I got to meet the Kratt brothers and they are absolutely amazing! They were so nice and they let me take pictures and get their autographs. It was one of the best days I’ve ever had. I should probably mention that I was 17 when this happened...
For the rest of us who didn’t have the same experience, it can’t be more bittersweet than this, because while we absolutely wish we got to see the Kratt Brothers in person and wonder how you got to, none could be more happy for you to have that experience! 😁
@@kieranstark7213 certain people have more money than others😓
@@nicolochanleo5730 moron
I have never been so happy for someone yet so ridiculously jealous
Lucky!
born in 2004, but my parents couldnt really afford the disney channels and stuff like that. We had loads of episodes and series of wildlife shows on VHS and this was one of them. Me and all of my siblings were raised on learning about respect and admiration for animals. So many fond memories of this show
This was one of my favorite shows as a child, not having cable wasn’t always bad
ZTO Yep, I love watching local TV. That sums up my Teen years. (Sadly this show was off when I got my TV).
I had cable but I never watched it
PBS NATION Y’ALL
do u think this is Colossal?
Same, people say that I had no childhood because I didn't watch Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network
I had pbs though, it was nice af
Original Name PBS was freakin’ awesome. I had no cable at home but would stay at my friend’s house with cable half the time... I’d still stick to PBS and occasionally Discovery Kids.
HOW DO I REMEMBER EVERY CLIP IN THIS VIDEO?!
"The show only went on for 2 seasons, so it was heavily rerun"
Oh, that's probably why.
I had it on VHS as a kid
It was 65 episodes over two seasons though so
That’s bullshit it deserved 10 seasons atleast
I ALWAYS yell “Zaboomafoo!” When I see lemurs at the zoo, even as a 30 year old adult 😂
As you should, sir. As you should.
Same 😂
Haha! I'm not the only one 😆
Bro same
Yup
I watched this show as a teen despite it being made for kids way younger than me, because it was just so damn wholesome. No idea it had just 2 seasons
I remember my mom liking it. It was one of the few shows she'd watch with us.
I watched it with my sister when she was little
Anyone else got some serious nostalgia after watching this
yes, extremely, i finally found out why i sing the "Who could it be" musical number sometimes for no reason.
yes. watching this made me happy that I was around before cellphones were a thing
Zabomafoo was my favourite show as a kid. My sister and I would watch it together.
I did indeed
Also me and my sister would all so watch the show together too=)
Those Kratt brothers, may they continue to fill the hearts of children/adults with animal love. Rest in Peace Jovian, you'll always be in our hearts.
As a kid born in 2006 I can say they do I loved watching Wild Kratts that show was stuff when I was a kid
I was born in 2005 and witnessed right around the time they fazed out Zomboomafoo and replaced it with Wild Kratts and man I Loved that show and it taught me a lot
@@idontneedaname318 same ! i watched Zomboomafoo around kindergarten and first grade until they stopped airing it and i loved wild kratts just the same. :)
Yo Zabooland was not a “nightmare”! It was one of my favorite parts of an excellent show.
If you watch the clay animation of the ‘mysterious stranger’
You’ll never look at zabooland the same way again.
Truer words were never spoken my friend.
Ikr
it seemed more like a cool dream to me as a kid
YASSS excellent show
That last ghostly shot literally had a tear run down my cheek. Thanks for making me feel something gotta go out and make an animal friend today now .
I just got piledrived by nostalgia so hard I started crying a little bit, I never forgot this show. I even got to see the Kratt brothers at our zoo, they signed a copy of one of their books I owned, and my mom took pictures of me with them. They’re genuine people, good kind souls, I’ll never forget what they did for my childhood.
Paradox Brother So true. I met them at the Baltimore zoo when I was a kid. They fueled my love for animals.
Seriously same. Just couldn't hold back the tears at the end
YOU are a lucky star!
Paradox Brother same I’m literally in tears rn lmao
That fucking intro got me :') Gosh golly this show.
My dad got to meet the real life Zaboo, Jovian. My dad happened to work at duke and visited the lemur center. When my dad told me this, I absolutely flipped out lol.
The Wild Kratts animated show was a big part of my childhood. I’ve never watched any of the other shows but I think The Wild Kratts definitely helped foster the love of animals I have today
Zoboomafoo, Steve Irwin, and the wild thornberrys are the shows that sparked my passion with nature and wildlife. They are one of the main reasons that I’m going to school for conservation and zoology❤️
Nat Geo and BBC were my thing. I still loved this show and the Wild Kratts. Wild Kratts was my favourite show when it first aired. I would’ve been 8 or 9 when it came out.
And the Wiggles!
The Wiggles collaborated with Irwin before his death in 2006.
@@jacobwiggle3681 the wiggles were amazing
@@chileanyways196 yeah they were!
Thats, awesome! I'm currently in my senior year of college and about to get my degree in marine biology. This show and Steve Irwin definitely had a lasting impact on me too, lol.
I was tearing up at the end when Jovian's passing, but lost it when it was an abandoned Animal Junction with the shadow of Zabu 😭
Question Who animated the Abandoned Animal Junction?
Idk that until just now ,but I admit it's sad to hear,because I used to watch that show when I was 5 to 8 years old,but I wont forget the amount of enjoyment I haved from watching this show
Who animated the mother loving abandoned Animal Junction? The silhouette of Zoboo and his last hoo ha
Same :'(
Same, that hit me HARD
I did not realize my brain was still conditioned for all of the songs that came up with how much I watched this when I was a kid.
Right? When the song started playing, I sang along without missing a beat. And I'm 33, was 10 when the show was on.
Same! I was 3 or 4 when the show was on, and haven't watched it in decades. Core memory unlocked
The songs the claymation. A pure HIT of nostalgia
All I remember is "me and you and zoboomafoo"
Yeah soon as "make an animal friend today" started playing I had the song immediately. And I havnt watched Zaboo for like almost 20yrs.
THIS SHOW MADE MY LIFE! It was Crocodile Hunter, and Zaboomafoo, and the woods I grew up in that made me obsessed with zoology and having my own little creature features. I’ve spent my life striving to be like the Kraft Brothers or Steve.
Zoboomafoo
Jovian lives on, in his granddaughter that was born fairly recently
Thank you for this information it makes me happy.
"I was leaping along, leap, leap, leap..."
When I bumped into Sensit, Oof!
@@mitchellarmstrong3759 what happened to zobooland?
“Leap, leap, leap, leap...
into the great beyond.”
"...when I saw this weird thing Noggindrill dug up, so I said:"
"Hi, Noggindrill! Uh, what's that big thing you've got there?
"Ahaha, hey, ya, Zoboo! Look what I found, ho ho!"
"What is it?" I asked.
"Humans call it, a 'television'. Oh, ho, ho! Look! Something's on, now!"
"So me & Noggindrill both watched this weird and wonderful contraption, which just so happened to be talking about me! Hoo ha ha!"
*plays the theme song*
Me: *wipes a tear from my eye*
“Jovian died at age 20”
Me: *cries in a corner*
if you were actually sad you wouldn't be actually joking about it
😢 my childhood crushed
@@android_dreaming_of_sheep It’s not a joke
@@android_dreaming_of_sheep It wasn't a joke, It was a realization mate
All these years later and I can still sing along with the theme song. This show was definitely a big part of my childhood.
Zaboo: "Duck!"
The Kraft brothers: "Where?'
I watched it translated so joke probably lost ;-;
Kratt*
Zaboo: "No. duck!" 😂
Kraft brothers: "huhhh?!" -Ducks down befor its to late-
(I don't remember the episode but I instantly thought of this)
It was a recurring joke if I remember correctly. Usually during bird episodes and then there was one time there WAS a duck and they were like
"Huh... Guess it is this time"
I laughed so hard when they said the joke
I'm crying rn bc you bring back the memory's
why am I crying about a lemur
It was that final shot of Zoboo's silhouette jumping through the trees that got me
Gabby Shows he touched us all shows like this I have to have my kids watch
It was the lemur
@@cupfulofeathers Yeah that ought to do it..
Because your childhood is where your heart comes from
This show to some extent had a role in me studying biology and conservation. It was such a core part of my childhood memories
Man, keep this stuff up. As Martin's nephew, I can tell you that you got his and Chris's passion for animals right on the nose. Keep up the good work.
you're martin's nephew?
You're related to the Kratts? That's pretty cool!
@@RealRabbit1124 ya bud
So is Chris your father then???
@@graymyers no, I'm on Martin's wife's side
When I was little I thought zoboomafoo was an actual animal and not a puppet
Actually me too I also thought he was a real animal not a puppet and I still think that to this day even though I know the truth.
it's weird because i always thought/knew it was a puppet however only now do i realize that there was a real lemur doing the jumps and stuff lol i thought it was just a puppet lemur.
Wait wat he was not a real animal just only puppet I thought there were 2 a puppet and an actual animal
Sorry I was right
Me too
They did have two. The real one died but you can visit his three chilldren
I remember in 2002 I entered into a contest at local Italian restaurant to win a huge Zoboomafoo prize bundle, and weirdly enough actually won. It came with stationary, plushies, the pc videogames, all the episodes on DVD (they were my family's first DVDs) and a safari hat. I actually cried when I got it, and still have all of it to this day.
That's awesome. I used to see this show. I'm not sure if they kept airing it in minnesota anyway, or If I saw it on sprout, but this thing was my childhood.
As an adult holy shit these guys were so creative and pure hearted! I loved this show as a kid and really enjoyed learning more about it in this video
Yeah they were cool! I watched a few episodes of Zaboomafoo episodes when I was really young, and then I grew up with Wild Kratts, and loved that show as a kid to bits in my pre-teen and teen years!
And TikTok??? Oh no… I hope the woke mind virus didn’t get to them too like what happened to the actress who played as Hermione in the first season(s) of Harry Potter. I’m actually scared to check on them on how they are really doing these days.
Same.
Hands down my favorite show as a kid.
I have issues. Did they ever get laid tho?
@@rayvaul3539 are you mentally challenged? everything in your comment appears to suggest so
This show had an enormous impact on me as a kid. I now have my dream job at an aquarium working with animals everyday!
Gage Williams Cool!
drinkcoastR I’m not an animal trainer, I’m an educator and narrator at my job.
The best part about Defunctlnand is knowing that there's a great podcast episodes waiting around the corner.
You're right, wait are you in the next podcast???!
The famous neckbeard.
If he has a podcast with the Kratt bros I will lose my shit
Are you like a new-age Guru Larry?
me too man, i love defunctlnanad
I grew up watching the Wild Kratts, but I had no idea until a few years ago that they had more than one previous show like Zoboomafoo; it was amazing getting to know the history behind one of my favorite childhood shows
Same, and the nostalgia for Sprout, I used to have that channel on all the time when I was little
To know how effective this show was, look at how many people were sad when they heard Jovian, who played the animal version of Zoboomafoo died.
Also, I remember as a kid keeping looking for new episodes after the last new ones and just seeing reruns.
Right? When we were kids we didn't even know the concepts of seasons. We would just watch and eventually they just stopped making new ones. We would notice the reruns but assumed new ones would eventually show up, they never did.
"she was also a master at fake typing"
That had me in tears
ChriIva Brunner I want to put that on my resume.
ChriIva Brunner this! Also replying to say I love your username I get the reference xD
wtf I didn't came here to find out Zoboomafoo freaking died :(
It broke my heart 💔😞
Unfortunately the actual Lemor did, honestly though I wonder where that Zaboomafoo puppet is that was used when she wasn’t there is these days?
Same i cried. It shook my childhood 😭
@@princesspeachfan100 Gord Robertson, thew puppeteer, is still alive at least. And Jovian is survived by his wife Pia, their children and their children's children.
Apparently according to some colleagues of mine the Kraft brothers live close by in Stittsville Canada (if I remembered the town right) with some of them even baby sitting their kids. The puppet Zabamafoo is still with them in one of the brothers houses (I think Martin).
Next DefunctTV should be about ZOOM and FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman.
1mikie19 id love to see something about fetch, i loved that show
"FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman" was the most underrated show in the history of existence. I loved that show so much. I kept watching that show all the way up to the finale. Even though I was basically too old to watch it. I kept watching it because it was so great!
I couldn't agree more bro! Same I've been watching it since it premiered in 2006 until the show ended in 2010. I totally remember how excited I was getting home from school and waiting for the new season of FETCH! to start because it would start as soon as I got home from school. That show has gained a cult following and many fans were devastated over it's cancellation. Myself included.
+1mikie19
I still remember the finale. I was so sad that it was the last episode. But that show had a good run with some really good episodes and fantastic comedy. Also, Blossom and Chett are always a win.
YES. I loved Fetch when I was younger.
these lil videos are always the ones that tug on my heart strings. this one in particular gave me actual tears, zaboomafoo was so important to me as a small child. the intro and outro being done like the "PBS is made possible by" has me choking up. I miss when things were that simple.
I definitely shed a few tears watching this.
@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist Repent to my weiner. Your god is a coward.
Same here. I was not expecting to have my heart strings played like that 🥲
To see that bit with Animal Junction being abandoned and at night, and especially the shadow of Zoboo leaping by with that signature laugh. Added to the fact that Jovian, the lemur who played Zoboo, had died almost four years ago...
Things won't be the same without him...
one of the few kids shows my mom could stand when I was little because she thought the Kratt Brothers were hot 😅
Maggie Bellant And Still Are
Your mom was right. lol
Omg that's lowkey why my kids watch Wild Kratts so much lol, they appear in the intro
When I used to watch Kratt's Creatures (I was 12), I remember wanting to watch it, because I thought Chris Kratt was cute
ngl, i was 9 and i didn't quite know why i liked martin kratt so much
You monster... reminding me of a lemur I forgot even existed for the past two decades and then telling me that he passed away 😢
Wait until the Zoobilee Zoo episode. Not many know which one isn't around anymore.
At least we know he left by a family.
Yeah you jerk( I'm kidding your not a jerk)