Bambaloo

Bambaloo
Genre	Preschool
Created by	Donna Andrews Justine Flynn
Starring	Angela Kelly Andre Eikmeier
Voices of	Emma de Vries Adam Kronenberg David Collins Roslyn Oades
Theme music composer	Clive Harrison
Opening theme	"Bambaloo Theme"
Ending theme	Various ending themes
Composers	Guy Gross Abigail Hatherley
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	105
Production
Executive producers	Lisa Fitzpatrick Geoff Watson Angus Fletcher (Season 1) Susan Oliver (Season 2)
Producers	Susan Oliver (Season 1) Donna Andrews (Season 2)
Production location	ATN
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Yoram Gross-EM.TV The Jim Henson Company
Original release
Network	Seven Network ABC TV
Release	3 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.

Characters

• Fidget the dog
• Jet the fish
• Portia the bird
• Jinx and Gypsy the mice
• Sam the human
• Jake the human
• There are also around 100 guests who get called to tell a story (and teach a lesson) to the Bambaloo tree friends by Jinx and Gypsy.

Credited cast

• Angela Kelly (Sam the human and host)
• Andre Eikmeier (Jake the other human)
• Emma de Vries (puppeteer and voice of Portia)
• Adam Kronenberg (puppeteer and voice of Fidget)
• David Collins (puppeteer and voice of Jinx and Jet)
• Roslyn Oades (puppeteer and voice of Gypsy)

Production

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	Title	Original air date
1	1	"Monkey Nuts"	3 February 2003 (2003-02-03)
2	2	"Puppy Love"	4 February 2003 (2003-02-04)
3	3	"Fame Game"	5 February 2003 (2003-02-05)
4	4	"Rhinestone Cowbird"	6 February 2003 (2003-02-06)
5	5	"Hot Treat Cold Treat"	7 February 2003 (2003-02-07)
6	6	"Bird in a Flap"	10 February 2003 (2003-02-10)
7	7	"A Whiffy Sniff"	11 February 2003 (2003-02-11)
8	8	"Little Fish, Big Noise"	12 February 2003 (2003-02-12)
9	9	"Biscuit Bandits"	13 February 2003 (2003-02-13)
10	10	"A Nutty Treat"	14 February 2003 (2003-02-14)
11	11	"Forest Friend"	17 February 2003 (2003-02-17)
12	12	"Fly Me to the Moon"	18 February 2003 (2003-02-18)
13	13	"King Jet"	19 February 2003 (2003-02-19)
14	14	"Best Crest"	20 February 2003 (2003-02-20)
15	15	"Pet for a Knight"	21 February 2003 (2003-02-21)
16	16	"Fast or Last"	24 February 2003 (2003-02-24)
17	17	"Bottle Full of Sun"	25 February 2003 (2003-02-25)
18	18	"Jungle Japes"	26 February 2003 (2003-02-26)
19	19	"Seeing is Believing"	27 February 2003 (2003-02-27)
20	20	"It's Laughter We're After"	28 February 2003 (2003-02-28)
21	21	"The Prezzie Pixie"	3 March 2003 (2003-03-03)
22	22	"The Twinkling Bush"	4 March 2003 (2003-03-04)
23	23	"Grow Your Own"	5 March 2003 (2003-03-05)
24	24	"Star Fish"	6 March 2003 (2003-03-06)
25	25	"Dagnabbit!: That Dog's a Rabbit"	7 March 2003 (2003-03-07)
26	26	"Go Slow"	10 March 2003 (2003-03-10)
27	27	"Fly By"	11 March 2003 (2003-03-11)
28	28	"From Here to Reindeer"	12 March 2003 (2003-03-12)
29	29	"Fidget's Smoky Mountain"	13 March 2003 (2003-03-13)
30	30	"Game for a Laugh"	14 March 2003 (2003-03-14)
31	31	"Woodland Warble"	17 March 2003 (2003-03-17)
32	32	"Bat Nap"	18 March 2003 (2003-03-18)
33	33	"Super Jet"	19 March 2003 (2003-03-19)
34	34	"Belle of the Bug Ball"	20 March 2003 (2003-03-20)
35	35	"The Sheep Show"	21 March 2003 (2003-03-21)
36	36	"Night Flight Fright!"	22 March 2004 (2004-03-22)
37	37	"The Hottest Spot"	23 March 2004 (2004-03-23)
38	38	"The Lost Treasure Hunt"	24 March 2004 (2004-03-24)
39	39	"All Together Now"	25 March 2004 (2004-03-25)

Songs

• Coming Home
• Animal Boogie
• I Can Fly
• A To B
• It's Hot Hot Hot
• Tell Me
• Look Around
• Funny Sounds
• Time For A Change
• Creepy Crawlies
• Everything Around Us
• The World Is Turning
• Directions
• Let's Celebrate

References

1. "Bambaloo Website". Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

External links

• Bambaloo at IMDb
• Bambaloo on Muppet Wiki