Zazoo U
Appearance
Zazoo U | |
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Genre | Animation |
Created by | Shane DeRolf |
Written by |
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Voices of | (See "Voice cast") |
Opening theme | U Matta |
Ending theme | U Matta (instrumental) |
Composer | Jim Covell |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No.of seasons | 1 |
No.of episodes | 13(list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Phil Roman Shane de Rolf |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Film Roman Fox Children's Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Fox(Fox Children's Network) |
Release | September 8 December 8, 1990 | –
Zazoo Uis an American animated television series that aired onFox Children's Networkblock on Saturday mornings from September 8 to December 8, 1990.[1][2]The show was created by children's author Shane DeRolf.[3]
Ownership of the series passed toDisneyin 2001 when Disney acquiredFox Kids Worldwide.[4][5][6]
Plot
[edit]The series follows the antics of a university college populated by different animals.[7]
Voice cast
[edit]- Michael Hortonas Boink
- Jerry Houseras Grizzle
- Brian Cummingsas Bully
- Neil Rossas Logan Chomper
- Tress MacNeilleas Ms. Devine
- Susan Siloas Tess
- S. Scott Bullockas Slogo Bonito
- Stu Rosenas Dr. Russell
- Danny Mann as Rarf
- Lee Thomas as Seymour
- Dorian Harewoodas Buck, Rawld-O
Crew
[edit]- Stu Rosen- Voice Director
Episodes
[edit]No. | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | "The Nine Mile Pile" | September 8, 1990 | |
All the students arrive at Zazoo U for the first class, and immediately struggle to adjust to the school and to each other. | |||
2 | "The Crayon Box That Talked" | September 15, 1990 | |
A box of talking crayons is discovered; each crayon wants to be the greatest of the box, and befriends each of the students to try to succeed. | |||
3 | "The Search for the Meaning of Life" | September 22, 1990 | |
A troubled Tess sets out on a quest to find the meaning of life. | |||
4 | "Yesterday's Zoo" | September 29, 1990 | |
Boink, Tess and Bully search for Zazoo U's Janitor, and discover a world of past bygone relics. | |||
5 | "Is Bigger Better?" | October 6, 1990 | |
The students enter a dispute about whether bigger means better. The dispute soon goes into bigger, but not better, dimensions. | |||
6 | "Har V and Sue" | October 13, 1990 | |
Tess and Grizzle fall out as friends, and vie for Boink's affections. | |||
7 | "Bully Loses His Temper" | October 20, 1990 | |
Bully gets mad and loses his temper; an enraged miniature version of himself jumps out and storms around wreaking destruction. The class must now get the Temper back to Bully. | |||
8 | "Share a Chair" | October 27, 1990 | |
Everybody at Zazoo U gets a special gadget-laden custom schoolchair, except for Grizzle. But no one will share with him, so he gets despondent and wanders off, leading the class to search for him. | |||
9 | "Ms. Devine's Blues" | November 3, 1990 | |
Miss Devine is dejected about her pet Rarf being unremarkable, and thus possibly a worthless nothing. Rarf goes out of his way to prove he is special to her. | |||
10 | "No Strings Attached" | November 10, 1990 | |
Boink discovers invisible strings that can be seen only with the imagination. But his messing around with the strings causes the laws of physics to go seriously awry. | |||
11 | "Money for Music" | November 17, 1990 | |
The class work to earn money to get new musical instruments. Grizzle and Tess try all sorts of money-making schemes, while Boink and Bully go around looking for donations. | |||
12 | "One Single Seed" | December 1, 1990 | |
The school is invaded by an alien... a talent agent who's looking for the next big star. The agent himself possesses creativity, but can the others help him realize his potential? | |||
13 | "Boinks's Rap" | December 8, 1990 | |
Everybody gets ready for the school talent show, and all sorts of incredible antics and performances are in store. But Boink gets a serious case of stage fright, so it's up to the others to coax the show's best act out of him. |
References
[edit]- ^TV Guide Guide to TV.Barnes & Noble. 2004. pp.720.ISBN0-7607-5634-1.
- ^"Television Today Networks Starting to Ease Off on War Coverage to Pay the Bills".The Salt Lake Tribune.USA. January 24, 1991.Retrieved6 August2011.
The original episode entitled "First Encounter" will air at 6 am replacing Zazoo U. which is on hiatus, according to Fox Broadcasting.
- ^Erickson, Hal (2005).Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003(2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 939–940.ISBN978-1476665993.
- ^"U.S. Copyright Public Records System".
- ^"Disney+ and Missing Saban Entertainment & Fox Kids-Jetix Worldwide Library - StreamClues".14 September 2022. Archived fromthe originalon 26 December 2022.Retrieved2 October2022.
- ^"Liste - BVS Entertainment | Séries".
- ^Perlmutter, David (2018).The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows.Rowman & Littlefield. p. 724.ISBN978-1538103739.
External links
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Categories:
- 1990s American animated television series
- 1990s American college television series
- 1990 American television series debuts
- 1991 American television series endings
- American children's animated adventure television series
- American television series with live action and animation
- Fox Kids
- Teen animated television series
- Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
- Television series by Film Roman
- Television series by Saban Entertainment
- United States television show stubs
- Animated television series stubs