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.[1][2] The show was created by children's author Shane DeRolf.[3]
| 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, 1990 – January 19, 1991 |
Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide.[4][5][6]
Plot
editThe series follows the antics of a university college populated by different animals.[7]
Voice cast
edit- 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 Bonito
- Stu Rosen as Dr. Russell
- Danny Mann as Rarf
- Lee Thomas as Seymour
- Dorian Harewood as Buck, Rawld-O
Crew
edit- Stu Rosen - Voice Director
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "The Nine Mile Pile" | Jeff Hall, Tom Ray, Norm McCabe | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy and Shane DeRolf | September 8, 1990 | |
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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" | Jeff Hall, Mark Glamack | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | September 15, 1990 | |
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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" | Jeff Hall, Mark Glamack | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | September 22, 1990 | |
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A troubled Tess sets out on a quest to find the meaning of life. | |||||
| 4 | "Yesterday's Zoo" | Jeff Hall | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy & Larry Parr | September 29, 1990 | |
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Boink, Tess and Bully search for Zazoo U's Janitor, and discover a world of past bygone relics. | |||||
| 5 | "Is Bigger Better?" | Jeff Hall | Story by Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy Teleplay by Alicia Marie Schudt | October 6, 1990 | |
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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" | Jeff Hall | Story by Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy and Pat Allee & Ben Hurst Teleplay by Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | October 13, 1990 | |
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Tess and Grizzle fall out as friends, and vie for Boink's affections. | |||||
| 7 | "Bully Loses His Temper" | Unknown | Story by Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy & Tony Marino Teleplay by Tony Marino | October 20, 1990 | |
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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" | Unknown | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | October 27, 1990 | |
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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" | Unknown | Alicia Marie Schudt & Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | November 3, 1990 | |
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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" | Unknown | Story by Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy & Tony Marino Teleplay by Tony Marino | November 10, 1990 | |
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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" | Unknown | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | November 17, 1990 | |
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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" | Jeff Hall | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | December 1, 1990 | |
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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" | Unknown | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | December 8, 1990 | |
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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. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
- ^ "Television Today Networks Starting to Ease Off on War Coverage to Pay the Bills". The Salt Lake Tribune. USA. January 24, 1991. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
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. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "U.S. Copyright Public Records System".
- ^ "Disney+ and Missing Saban Entertainment & Fox Kids-Jetix Worldwide Library - StreamClues". 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Liste - BVS Entertainment | Séries".
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 724. ISBN 978-1538103739.
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