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Oobi is an American children's television series produced by Little Airplane Productions for the Noggin channel. The show's concept is based on a training method used by puppeteers, in which they use their hands and a pair of glass eyes instead of a full puppet.
Tim Lagasse and Cathy McCullough on the set of Oobi in 2004. Oobi is an American children's television series produced by Little Airplane Productions.The show's concept is based on a technique used by puppeteers in training, in which they use their hands and a pair of ping pong balls instead of a full puppet.
Noggin started out as a cable TV channel. The channel's schedule was divided into two blocks: one for older children and teenagers, and one for preschoolers. [ 2 ] For its first three years, the older-skewing block made up most of Noggin's schedule, and the preschool shows were limited to the morning hours.
Oobi was the studio's first show. It starred a cast of bare-hand puppets, led by a boy named Oobi. It premiered on Noggin in 2000. [11] The first season was made up of two-minute shorts, while the second and third seasons were made up of longer episodes spanning 10-13 minutes each.
A Show of Hands is a series of short films created by puppeteer Tim Lagasse for Nickelodeon. It was a predecessor to the television program Oobi . Each film is about one minute long and follows personified hands as they perform a small skit or a visual illusion.
D'Abruzzo worked on Oobi along with her husband, Craig Shemin, who was part of the show's writing staff. Her other puppeteering and voice work includes appearances in Sheep in the Big City , The Book of Pooh , [ 25 ] The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1997), [ 25 ] and Jack's Big Music Show , along with various commercials and promos.
Kevin Jeffrey Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an American puppeteer, director and producer best known for puppeteering Elmo on Sesame Street from 1985 to 2012. He also performed puppets for Labyrinth, Dinosaurs, Oobi, and various Muppet productions.
Oobi may refer to: Oobi (TV series) , an American children's program on the Noggin network Oobi (toy) , Parker Brothers toy introduced in 1971, to send messages from one location to another