Bambaloo


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. 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 to the Bambaloo tree friends by Jinx and Gypsy.

Credited cast

Production

The series was announced in September 2002, when Australian animation studio Yoram Gross-EM.TV entered into the live-action production and formed a partnership with EM.TV's fellow American entertainment company The Jim Henson Company to produce a live-action preschool series entitled Bambaloo, marking Yoram Gross-EM.TV's first live-action production with former Nickelodeon Australia head of programming Donna Andrews and producer Justine Flynn would serve as creators of the series while their company Buster Dandy Productions would serve as co-producer. The Jim Henson Company would handle & create Muppet characters for the series via its London production office and would handle international distribution series while Yoram Gross-EM.TV would handle distribution in Australia and Asia.
When the series was renewed for a season second in 2004, Yoram Gross-EM.TV took over full production of the series becoming a full-time Australian in-house production after its German parent EM.TV sold its American entertainment company The Jim Henson Company back to the Henson family a year prior back in May 2003 and shuttered its European production operations four months later in September of that year, however The Jim Henson Company's Muppet Workshop in London, England continued providing the puppets for the series' second season.
Animated by Buster Dandy Productions which also did Five Minutes More and Blue Water High. Bambaloo is a Yoram Gross/Jim Henson Television production. Produced in association with Seven Network.

Songs