Zazoo U
Zazoo U is an American animated television series that aired on Fox Children's Network block on Saturday mornings from September 8, 1990 to January 19, 1991. The show was created by children's author Shane DeRolf.
Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide.
Plot
The series follows the antics of a university college populated by different animals. known as the "Americanimals", who attend a zany institute of higher learning called Zazoo U. Each episode is based on a poem written by show creator Shane DeRolf, that teaches a moral lesson to children.Characters
Boink has a laid-back approach to life and seems capable of pulling almost anything out of his carrying case or locker.Rawld-O and Buck are buzzards who rap and serve as kind of the Greek chorus for the show; commenting on the episodes' plot and sometimes carrying in the setting for the next scene. Rawld-O does all the talking for the pair while Buck beat-boxes.
Bully is a woolly mammoth seen constantly dragging around a piano tending to get destroyed.
Dr. Russell is a walrus whose verboseness often leaves his students more clueless than when the group started.
Grizzle is a pig that prides himself on his stench and always has his drumsticks handy
Logan Chomper is a small yellow creature with a voracious appetite.
Ms. Devine is a high-class, self-absorbed fashionista who knows in loose terms.
Rarf is Devine's pet.
Seymour is the geography teacher that got himself stuck inside a television set and now teaches from there, often interacting with the videos inserted for the lesson.
Slogo and Logan Bonito are two acrobat brothers who live at the circus with their parents.
Tess generally tries to give Grizzle a wide berth.
Voice cast
- Michael Horton as Boink
- Jerry Houser as Grizzle
- Brian Cummings as Bully
- Neil Ross as Logan Chomper
- Tress MacNeille as Ms. Devine
- Susan Silo as Tess
- S. Scott Bullock as Slogo and Logan Bonito
- Stu Rosen as Dr. Russell
- Danny Mann as Rarf
- Lee Thomas as Seymour
- Dorian Harewood as Buck, Rawld-O
Crew
- Stu Rosen - Voice Director
Episodes