"I want to sing! I'm very good at singing! [starts singing] I'm a little teapot short and stout, here's my handle and here's my spout..."" Due to his frequently loud behaviour and silly voice getting him into all sorts of trouble, other characters in Rainbow occasionally zip his mouth shut for a short time, rendering him unable to talk. On at least one occasion he unzips himself, although he appears unable to do so on most occasions. Zippy is well known for his love of food, and in many episodes is seen eating. In a ""The Sun"" tabloid newspaper article"
"own TV series in the early-1990s, playing the part of Geoffrey alongside exaggerated versions of Bungle and the puppets, which contained some mild sexual innuendo. Davro had appeared in a regular edition of the show, in which he performed impressions of the characters in front of them. While never explicitly adult, most interviews featuring Zippy and George since the show's demise commonly portray them as somewhat more edgy in terms of personality. For example, in an episode of ""SMTV Live"", they call Bungle an 'idiotic, blundering creature'. . Features a chapter on the series and interviews with Jane Tucker and"
"characters Zippy and George, he was generally shown from the shoulders up, with one arm. According to Stephen Campbell, one of the creators, both Thingee's name and species were accidental. The puppet was originally based on a duck, and the name used as a placeholder until they thought of a proper one. Thingee first appeared on After School in 1987. Viewers first saw what was believed to be perhaps the egg of a dragon, Thingee existed in egg form for several weeks on the show until he hatched. Thingee first teamed up with Jason Gunn in 1988 when Jason took"
"Zippy and George as guests on a variety programme hosted by comedian Jim Davidson in the 1980s; the sketch in question featured former children's TV presenter Tommy Boyd asking a question about Adam and Eve. Boyd and Davidson used some profanities in the sketch, along with some innuendo from George (presumably again not intended for broadcast like the above), and Zippy exclaimed to Geoffrey an expletive phrase quite out of character from his children's television persona. (Incidentally, the said footage appeared uncut on Thames Television's 1984 Christmas tape.) Comedian Bobby Davro also parodied ""Rainbow"" as a comedy sketch in his"
"Bumble (TV series) Bumble is a New Zealand children's television series for children ages 2–7 featuring a magical bee. The title character is played by Jason Gunn. The series is produced for TVNZ by Gunn's wife, Janine Morrell-Gunn. It also features Bumble's friends: Peek, Boo, Anna and Fishy. The show officially started in 1999 and ended in 2002. Fishy is Maori, and known for his tagline ""Kia Ora Bumble"". Jason Gunn as Bumble, a bumblebee Chris Harding as Peek, a mouse Stephanie Liebert as Anna, a mouse Janice Bateman as Boo, a mouse Olly Ohlson as Fishy, a brown trout"
"Bumble (TV series) Bumble is a New Zealand children's television series for children ages 2–7 featuring a magical bee. The title character is played by Jason Gunn. The series is produced for TVNZ by Gunn's wife, Janine Morrell-Gunn. It also features Bumble's friends: Peek, Boo, Anna and Fishy. The show officially started in 1999 and ended in 2002. Fishy is Maori, and known for his tagline ""Kia Ora Bumble"". Jason Gunn as Bumble, a bumblebee Chris Harding as Peek, a mouse Stephanie Liebert as Anna, a mouse Janice Bateman as Boo, a mouse Olly Ohlson as Fishy, a brown trout"
"Curious George (TV series) Curious George is an American animated educational children's television series based on the children's book series of the same name which features Jeff Bennett as the voice of The Man with the Yellow Hat. Frank Welker, who voiced George in the 2006 feature film, returns as the voice of George. The series has no connection to the 2006 film of the same name. As of October 2018, reruns of the show are still broadcasting on PBS Kids. The show premiered on September 4, 2006, and ended on April 1, 2015. ""Curious George"" is a production of"
"George of the Jungle George of the Jungle is an American animated television series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who created ""The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show"". The character George was inspired by the story of Tarzan and a cartoon characterization of George Eiferman (Mr. America, Mr. Universe, IFBB Hall of Famer) drawn by a cook on his mine sweeper in the Navy during World War II. It ran for 17 episodes on Sunday mornings from September 9 to December 30, 1967, on the American television network ABC. Each episode featured three segments in the form of three unrelated"
"Brian, Zebras) (Penguin, Windy Day, The Hungry Nanny Goat, How Does Your Garden Grow, Wiggly Worms, Cleaning Windows) (Wobbly Jellies, Feeding the Ducks, Tom's Fast Food Takeaway, A Special Cake, Tom's Storybook, Baking Bread, Hippo) (Apple Picking, Kittens, Playground, Horse, Baby Party, Elephant) (Dentist, Owl, Rockpool) (Camping, Painting, Lovely Old Toad, The Big Wheel, Tom's Storybook, Balancing Surprise, Donkey Goes Missing, Paper Boats) (At the Beach, Trains, Rockpool, Owl, Dentist, Hedgehog) (Boing Boing, Lemur, Jumping Up and Down, Hopping Day) (Naughty Little Pigs, Sheep, Feeding the Calves, Three Little Pigs) (Tiny Leaves Home, Lost in the Supermarket, Dressing Up) (Mountain"
"his hate for the product. During in-character interviews on shows such as ""SMTV Live"", Zippy is often portrayed as even more loud mouthed and crude than normal. An infamous ""Christmas tape"" of the series also displays cruder humour from the entire cast. In December 2007 Zippy and George appeared on a puppet special of the ""Weakest Link"" hosted by Anne Robinson. Zippy answered each of the questions asked to the pair, most of them being incorrect, and they were voted off in the third round. During a between-rounds interview, Robinson zipped up Zippy. Zippy also appeared in the 2008 BBC"
"Popples (2015 TV series) Popples is a children's animated television series based on the Popples toy line produced by Saban Brands and Zagtoon. The series portrays the adventures of the comedic pals Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy, and Yikes. It is an original series distributed by Netflix. The last ""Popples"" television adaptation to air was a 1986 animated series An amazing species of creatures that can pop into and out of a ball. The story is driven by the optimistic comedic enthusiasm of the BPP's (Best Popple Pals): Bubbles, Sunny, Lulu, Izzy and Yikes. Always wanting to help their friends, neighbors"
"The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show (also called Cartoon Town) is a Chicago children's television program that aired on WFLD and later WGN-TV from 1968 to 1974. It starred Bill Jackson (the BJ of the title) and his puppets. Jackson had a program called ""Clown Alley"" on WBBM-TV which though critically praised did poorly in the ratings due to an early morning time slot. However, officials at WFLD, then an independent station, were impressed enough to offer Jackson a time slot opposite WGN's popular ""Garfield Goose and Friends"". While Jackson had portrayed a fictional"
"Giggle and Hoot Giggle and Hoot is an Australian children's TV ""wrapper"" programme which airs on the Australian children's channel ABC Kids. It began in 2009 and depicts the adventures of Jimmy Giggle (James Rees) and his best friend Hoot the Owl (played by David Simes). It was also aired on ABC1 in 2009–2011, but was later discontinued on that channel. In later series they are joined by a second owl called Hootabelle (played by Jemma Armstrong). In the programme, Jimmy Giggle (James Rees) is shown to enjoy mending objects, although he relies on a ""problematic magic button"" that never"
"Kudos programme ""Ashes to Ashes"" with George. Zippy appeared twice in a 2008 episode of ""Harry Hill's TV Burp"". He featured in an edited scene of ""EastEnders"", appearing at the door after a character had been seen undoing a large number of zips when searching someone's handbag. He later appeared in a montage of television figures saying the word ""cataracts"". In 2009, Zippy and George appeared on Peter Kay's The Official BBC Children in Need Medley, and Zippy made an appearance on the seventh series of Celebrity Juice as the celebrity from the Glamourerer Magazine Head section of the show."
"Bubble Guppies Bubble Guppies is a children's television series produced for Nickelodeon and created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull. The series is a combination sketch comedy, educational, and musical show revolving around the underwater adventures of a group of merperson preschoolers named Gil, Molly, Deema, Goby, Oona, and Nonny and their pets. The program premiered on Nickelodeon on January 24, 2011 and ended on October 21, 2016. The series is produced by using Autodesk Maya 3D software. The Guppies live in the fictional underwater city of Bubbletucky. All episodes follow a similar format. The episode starts with an introduction"
"Mumble Bumble Mumble Bumble is a Canadian-Danish animated television series created by Christian Skjøtt and produced by Egmont Imagination, CINAR (Seasons 1–9), Cookie Jar Entertainment (Seasons 10–19) and Knowledge Kids. It follows the adventures of an imaginative green/purple hippopotamus named MumbleBumble, the title character, and his best friends, Chic'o, the inquisitive chicken, and Greens, the busy frog who never looks before he leaps. The narrator narrates all episodes of the show. Recurring characters include Roc and Oink. The idea, which is designed to be both educational and entertaining for a preschool audience, was devised by an architect called Christian Skjøtt,"
"Mr. Squiggle Mr. Squiggle (originally also known as Mr. Squiggle and Friends) is an Australian children's television series, and the name of the title character from that ABC show. The show was presented on television in many formats, between its inception on July 1, 1959 and 1999, from five-minute slots to a one-and-a-half-hour variety show featuring other performers, and has had several name changes, originally airing as ""Mr. Squiggle and Friends"". At its height, the program was one of the most popular children's programs in Australia and toured theatre and conventions, entertaining several generations who grew with the program. It"
"HaBigbagim HaBigbagim (hebrew:""הביגבגים"") is an Israeli educational television program for preschoolers, which aired on the Israeli children's channel Arutz HaYeladim between 1998 and 2000. The big bugs are a five puppet Insects who broadcast in a TV station that they build. At The episodes of the show they talk and learn about colors, Imagination, friendship, responsibility etc. and also they sing songs. The names of the characters based by Jazz Musicians like: Dizzy (Dizzy Gillespie), Louis (Louis Armstrong), Ella (Ella Fitzgerald), Billie (Billie Holiday) and Chick (Chick Corea). The puppets were designed by Shai Charka, but the puppets were created"
"Channel Umptee-3 Channel Umptee-3 (also known simply as ""Umptee-3"") is a Saturday morning animated television series created by Jim George and produced by Norman Lear that aired on The WB in 1997. Ogden Ostrich, Sheldon S. Cargo (a snail), and Holey Moley (a mole) drive around the world in a van with their own underground television station, while fleeing the wrath of corporate-villain Stickley Rickets (Stickley and his henchmen are often called “The Frumps” by Ogden). This one-season cartoon show was designed to teach kids to appreciate the wonders of everyday things, such as sleep and water. The title is"
"Disney Junior and from 2 April 2006 on M6. Le Manège enchanté Le Manège enchanté (British English: ""The Magic Roundabout"", American English: ""The Magic Carousel"") is a popular French animated children's television series of hundreds of episodes each five minutes long, which premiered on October 5, 1963 on on the first channel of the ORTF. Serge Danot created the series. The series features characters in the make-believe land of ""Bois-Joli"": Father Pivoine, Zébulon a jack-in-the-box; Pollux the British dog, Azalée the cow, Ambroise the snail, Flappy the Spanish rabbit, Margote a girl, and Jouvence Pio, a gardener who starts every"
"involved Iggy and Jiggers trying to find an acorn so Iggy could make an acorn squash pie for Zoop as a birthday present. Created by Guy Vasilovich, director of """", writer for ""Moville Mysteries"", and production designer for """", the series is loosely based on his childhood experiences while living in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. On April 11, 2005, Oasis International, Blueprint Entertainment and Teletoon announced that they were coproducing an animated series based on the comic. The series would be targeted at children ages six to eleven and feature twenty-six episodes each comprising two eleven-minute sub-episodes. The animation was done entirely"
"With the Yellow Hat and also voices neighborhood farmer Mr. Renkins in the PBS Kids TV series ""Curious George"". The series was awarded Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Children's Animated Program in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Bennett has also done the voices of the Joker and other characters on """", Dorkus in ""Planet Sheen"", several characters (Keswick, Larry and Ollie) on ""T.U.F.F. Puppy"", Red Tornado on ""Young Justice"", and Kowalski, Chuck Charles and the team's computer in ""The Penguins of Madagascar"". In 2012, he was awarded the Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in a Television Production for"
"Jonny Briggs Jonny Briggs is a Children's BBC kitchen sink realism television programme first broadcast in 1985. It revolves around the exploits of a young boy, the eponymous hero (played by Richard Holian), his pet dog, Razzle, and his eccentric family members: Mam (Jane Lowe) and Dad (Leslie Schofield), older sister Rita (Sue Devaney) and older brothers Albert (Tommy Robinson) and Humph (Humphrey) (Jeremy Austin). Another older sister, Marilyn, is mentioned but never seen. The stories often centre on Jonny's school life, where he and his best friend Pam are constantly in battle with the dreadful twins Ginny and Josie."
"Wiggly Park Wiggly Park was a British BBC children's television animated cartoon which was produced in 1997 and shown in 1998. Originally a children's radio programme on BBC Radio 5, the characters were voiced by British actors Andrew Sachs and Kate Sachs. The show revolved around the adventures of six friends in their home, a large town park. The characters included an earthworm named E.W., a slug named Nifty (who was characterised as being rather slow and a bit dim), a snail called Shelly, (who was French and female) Moggy the caterpillar who was very greedy, Buzz the bee, and"
"show. Humphry, a unicyclist puppet, and Wobble, a roly-poly clown also took part in the stories and they sometimes accompanied Lizzie for her songs (see The Playground Stop above). When the stop became the Poppy Stop, the setting was at Poppy the cat's house, typically presented by Karl Woolley. Why Bird, Peggy Patch and other characters would often also appear in episodes at Poppy's house. At Christmas time, the Playbus would stop at The Christmas Tree Stop. These special episodes featured characters from all the usual stops. ""Playdays"" also went on various tours during its run. The shows often saw"
"puppets, she neither camps it up or talks down, and that even approach makes the show work."" Whoopi's Littleburg Whoopi's Littleburg is an American musical children's television series originally airing on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. It was created by Johnny Belt and Robert Scull, the latter of whom co-directed the show along with Tim Hill. The show uses a blend of puppetry and live-action characters. The series focuses on a four-year-old piglet named Spencer, who has recently moved to the town of Littleburg. Toddlers and puppets make up the majority of the population and hold the community's jobs. The only"
"of a Child in the United States. The show has sold in over 100 countries worldwide. Fluffy Gardens Fluffy Gardens is an Irish preschool animation television show created, written and directed by Jason Tammemagi and produced by Monster Animation & Design Ltd. Each seven-minute episode tells the story of a different character. Characters include Paolo the Cat, Lola the Mosquito, Wee Reg the Puppy, George the Mean Yellow Dog, and the Small Green Thing. The show is distributed internationally by Target Entertainment. The show airs currently on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland, Cartoonito and CITV in the UK, Australian Broadcasting"
"Watts played one of the show's characters, Reg Linchpin, for a year from 1989 to 1990. Other notable guest performers on the show included actor Paul Chubb and magician Timothy Hyde. Mr. Squiggle Mr. Squiggle (originally also known as Mr. Squiggle and Friends) is an Australian children's television series, and the name of the title character from that ABC show. The show was presented on television in many formats, between its inception on July 1, 1959 and 1999, from five-minute slots to a one-and-a-half-hour variety show featuring other performers, and has had several name changes, originally airing as ""Mr. Squiggle"
"animated series commissioned by RTÉ and the BBC. Zig and Zag's full names are Zigmund Ambrose Zogly and Zagnatius Hillary Zogly and claim they were born 29 February 1971 on Zog. Zig is beige (although he claimed to be fawn) with red ""zogabongs"" (pom-pom antennae) and a tuft of green hair, and Zag is purple with green spots and yellow zogabongs and dreadlocks. In their original RTÉ incarnation, Zig often came across as the more intelligent one, with Zag under his thumb (most evident in their ""Story Time"" segments, when Zig would read a nursery rhyme to the audience, and"
"Bump (TV series) Bump was a television programme aimed at young children, created by Charles Mills and Terry Brain (also responsible for ""The Trap Door"" and ""Stoppit and Tidyup""), produced by Queensgate Productions and originally aired on BBC1. It was a cartoon that featured an elephant named Bump and a bluebird named Birdie. The first series was aired from 14 September to 7 December 1990, and the second from 10 January to 4 April 1993. The two series ran a total of twenty-six episodes, each 5 minutes long. In 1993 there was a Christmas special which was 10 minutes in"
"""Bubble Guppies: Get Ready for School"". Season 4 of Bubble Guppies premiered on May 21, 2015. On November 15, 2016, Nickelodeon announced the series would not be renewed for a fifth season. Bubble Guppies Bubble Guppies is a children's television series produced for Nickelodeon and created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull. The series is a combination sketch comedy, educational, and musical show revolving around the underwater adventures of a group of merperson preschoolers named Gil, Molly, Deema, Goby, Oona, and Nonny and their pets. The program premiered on Nickelodeon on January 24, 2011 and ended on October 21, 2016."
"and broadcast in 1997: Dr. Xargle and his students are animatronic puppets, while the students' lessons about Earth are animated. Unnamed in the books, the planet was identified as Planet Queeg, and the children were called Queegles. It is unclear whether their species is named Queegle, or this is the name for their infants (the adults being called Queegs). Each of the 13 episodes had a duration of approximately 30 minutes. Several episode broadcast dates, as well as the episode order, are currently unknown. There was also a break in broadcasting that has not yet been accounted for. Dr. Xargle"
"popularity of WGN programming, including Bozo the Clown, which had been seen weekly on WGN until 2001. Because most Bozo shows were either wiped or never recorded, and because of scheduling constraints, rerunning the show was not an option. Thus, WGN decided to cobble together the best of the remaining tapes of WGN's children's programming to create the special. Included in the special were the Bozo programs ""Bozo's Circus"" (1961-1980), ""Big Top ""(1965-1967), ""The Bozo Show"" (1980-1994), and ""The Bozo Super Sunday Show"" (1994-2001), as well as the long-running children's programs ""Garfield Goose and Friends"" and ""Ray Rayner and His"