Bambaloo

*Bambaloo*
Bambaloo
Genre	Preschool
Presented by	Angela Kelly
Opening theme	"Bambaloo Theme"
Ending theme	"Bambaloo Theme" (karaoke)"
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65
Production
Production location	ATN
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Yoram Gross; The Jim Henson Company
Original release
Network	Seven Network; ABC TV
Release	2003 –; 2007

Bambaloo is a children's television program formerly shown on the Seven Network between 2003–2007. More recently it has been shown on the ABC and is suitable for 3–5-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 65 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)

Songs

It's Hot Hot Hot
Diving (Water of the dolphin)
H20 OK
World is turing
Let's Celebrate
Directions
Animal Boogie
Funny Sounds
Criping Crawling

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Super Jet"	21 July 2003 (2003-07-21)
2	"The Hottest Spot"	22 July 2003 (2003-07-22)
3	"Jungle Japes"	23 July 2003 (2003-07-23)
4	"Fly Me To The Moon"	24 July 2003 (2003-07-24)
5	"Biscuit Bandits"	25 July 2003 (2003-07-25)
6	"A Nutty Treat"	28 July 2003 (2003-07-28)
7	"A Forest Friend"	29 July 2003 (2003-07-29)

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 EM.TV/Jim Henson Television production. Produced in association with Seven Network

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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