Zazoo U
| Zazoo U | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
| Distributor | 20th Television (formerly) Saban International (currently) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox (Fox Children's Network) |
| Original release | September 8 – December 8, 1990 |
Zazoo U is an American animated television series that aired on Fox Children's Network block on Saturday mornings from September 8 to December 8, 1990.[1][2] The show was created by children's author Shane DeRolf.[3]
Plot[]
The series followed the antics of an institution of higher learning that is populated by animals.[4]
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 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
List of episodes[]
The series had three DVD releases in the UK containing the first six episodes.[citation needed] The rest of the series is currently unavailable on any home media.
| Nº | Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 724. ISBN 978-1538103739.
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