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| Format | Children's television series |
| Created by | Christian Jacobs Scott Schultz |
| Starring | Lance Robertson |
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| No. of episodes | 42 |
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| Producer(s) | Justin Lyon |
| Running time | 23 minutes per episode |
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| Original channel | Nickelodeon |
| Original run | August 20, 2007 – present |
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Yo Gabba Gabba! is a Children's television series created by Christian Jacobs (alias The MC Bat Commander) and Scott Schultz. It is produced by The Magic Store and Wild Brain. It premiered on Nick Jr. on August 20, 2007, It has been renewed for a second season to begin in 2008. [5]
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Overview
Yo Gabba Gabba! is hosted by a character named DJ Lance Rock, and five toy monsters: Brobee, Foofa, Muno, Plex, and Toodee. It features The MC Bat Commander and Ricky Fitness, two members of The Aquabats, and Adam Deibert (formerly of the Aquabats) as the voice of Muno the Cyclops. The trailer includes guest stars such as "the Clown Prince of Hip-Hop" Biz Markie and designer Paul Frank's corporate mascot "Julius the Monkey." The trailer shows the game Pitfall! The show features a wide variety of guests: The Shins, The Aggrolites, Cornelius, Biz Markie, Shiny Toy Guns, Supernova, Mark Mothersbaugh, Rahzel, The Postmarks[1], Sugarland, Tony Hawk, Low, Laila Ali, Catch 22, Elijah Wood, The Aquabats, and Mýa have all been confirmed to appear in the first season[2]. The absurd style of humor used in the show is intended, like The Aquabats, to appeal to adults through its manic, frenzied approach to wholesome messages, while at the same time carrying all the family-friendly content of the average Nick Jr. program. Among the varied animation sequences during the show is Super Martian Robot Girl, designed by indie cartoonists Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer.[3] Retailer and toy manufacturer, Kidrobot makes and sells figures of each of the five characters. [6]
Regular segments
There are several segments of the series that have appeared on the show multiple times:
- Mark's Magic Pictures, featuring Mark Mothersbaugh, teaching viewers how to draw a certain object or animal
- Biz's Beat of the Day, starring Biz Markie, demonstrating new beatboxing beats
- The Super Music Friends Show, featuring musical guests
- Dancey Dance Time, featuring celebrity guests performing their own dance moves with the characters
- Cool Tricks, where a person (child or adult) shows off a special talent (i.e. gymnastics, breakdancing, playing a theremin or hanging a spoon off their nose.)
- Storytime, where a child is narrating a story (i.e. Moochy & Pooty, Goon Fishin')
- Super Martian Robot Girl, featuring a helpful comic-book-style superhero
- Learn with Plex, where Plex shows us four steps on how to do something and repeats each step.
- Play Pretend with Muno, where Muno pretends to be something twice.
- Listen with Toodee, where Toodee listens to sounds and the first might be kind of silly.
- Color with Brobee, where Brobee thinks of a color, and it appears in the background.
- Play Games with Foofa, where Foofa wants to play a game and finds the answer easily.
Cast
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DJ Lance Rock |
- DJ Lance Rock - Lance Robertson
- Muno - Josh Bally / David Crespin (VO - Adam Deibert)
- Brobee - Erin Pearce (VO - Amos Watene)
- Foofa - Emma Jacobs (VO - Emma Jacobs)
- Plex - Lindsay Kraus (VO - Christian Jacobs)
- Toodee - Melissa Rossiter / Charme Morales (VO - Erin Pearce)
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Episodes
Pilots (2006)
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Greetings | December 30, 2006 | Biz Markie Paul Frank's Julius The Monkey |
Digital Unicorn | "Please, Thank You" by Parker Jacobs Music by Chad VanGaalen |
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Share | December 31, 2006 | Biz Markie Ashley 1st |
Lance Robertson | Music by Chad VanGaalen "La La Doodles" by Lifelong Friendship Society |
Season 1 (2007)
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Eat | August 20, 2007 | Elijah Wood (Dancey Dance) Mark Mothersbaugh (Mark's Magic Pictures) |
Digital Unicorn | "Be Nice To Animals" Animation by Kangaroo Alliance Music Performed by The Salteens |
"Goon Fishin" by Parker Jacobs |
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Summer | August 21, 2007 | The Aquabats - "Pool Party!" (Super Music Friends Show) |
Broken Spindles | "This Is What The Summer Brings" Animation by Joel Trussell Music Performed by Tony Goddess & The Silver Lining |
Super Martian Robot Girl "Jumbo Shrimp" |
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Fun | August 22, 2007 | The Aggrolites - "Banana" (Super Music Friends Show) |
Sukho Lee | "Listen" Animation by Lori D Music Performed by Paco |
"Toot Your Own Horn" by Parker Jacobs |
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Dance | August 23, 2007 | Héctor Jiménez (Dancey Dance) Yuko Araki Sean & John Scott (Cool Tricks) |
Ricky Fitness | "Dancin' Fun" Animation by Hobo Divine Music Performed by Sizzle Me This |
Super Martian Robot Girl "Dance Party" |
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Sleep | August 27, 2007 | Smoosh (Super Music Friends Show) Mark Mothersbaugh (Mark's Magic Pictures) |
DJ Nobody | "Bedtime Lullabye" Animation by Lippy Music Performed by Mark Kozelek |
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Happy | August 28, 2007 | The Salteens - "I'm So Happy I Could Dance" (Super Music Friends Show) Mark Mothersbaugh (Mark's Magic Pictures) |
Adventure Time | "Kites Are Fun" Animation by Nick Cross Music Performed by The Parallelograms (Originally by The Free Design) |
Super Martian Robot Girl "Pink Baby" |
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Friends | August 29, 2007 | Mýa (Dancey Dance) Mark Mothersbaugh[4] (Mark's Magic Pictures) |
Otis Fodder | "Share" Animation by The UniBros Music Performed by The Aquabats |
"Faldarz" by The Brothers Chaps |
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Careful | August 30, 2007 | Supernova - "Up & Down" (Super Music Friends Show) Biz Markie (Biz's Beat of the Day) |
Frequent Flyer feat. Ricky Fitness |
"Family Tree" Animation by Mumbleboy Music performed by Low |
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Move | September 24, 2007 | Tony Hawk (Dancey Dance) Ricky Fitness |
Weird Science | "Pick It Up" by Parker Jacobs Music Performed by GOGO13 featuring Alex Desert of Hepcat |
"Bruce The Moose" by Wildbrain |
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Greetings | September 25, 2007 | The Wolfgramms - "YGG Medley" (Super Music Friends Show) Biz Markie (Biz's Beat of the Day) |
La Casa Azul | "Hello, Goodbye" Animation by Aaron Stewart Music performed by I'kona "Please, Thank You" by Parker Jacobs Music by GOGO13 |
Super Martian Robot Girl "Do You Like My Haircut?" |
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Together | September 26, 2007 | Nikki Flores (Dancey Dance) Mark Mothersbaugh (Mark's Magic Pictures) |
Mark Denardo | "Love Every Living Thing" Animation by Joel Trussell Music performed by Call Sound Call Noise |
Super Martian Robot Girl "Secret of the Cobra Man" |
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Scary | September 27, 2007 | Leslie Hall Mark Mothersbaugh (Mark's Magic Pictures) Adam Deibert (Cool Tricks) |
Turbo Funky | "Shapes" Animation by Paper Rad Music performed by Frequent Flyer |
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Halloween (Widescreen Extended) | October 29, 2007 | Shiny Toy Guns (aka "The Shinys") Biz Markie (Biz's Beat of the Day) |
DJ Sifa | "It's Halloween" Animation by Kluncklick Music performed by I Monster |
Super Martian Robot Girl "Be Good Big Kitty" |
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Car | November 26, 2007 | Biz Markie (Biz's Beat of the Day) Sugarland (Dancey Dance) Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk & Jo from Supernova (Cool Tricks) |
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Share | November 27, 2007 | Cornelius (Super Music Friends Show) |
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"Sometimes We Win, Sometimes We Lose" Music performed by Dean and Britta |
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Find | November 28, 2007 (without 2003) | Sean Kingston (Dancey Dance) Mark Mothersbaugh (Mark's Magic Pictures) Rahzel (Cool Tricks) |
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Train | November 29, 2007 | Laila Ali (Dancey Dance) Biz Markie (Biz's Beat of the Day) |
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Christmas | December 21, 2007 | The Snow Princess (Dancey Dance) Mark Mothersbaugh (Mark's Magic Pictures) |
Mike Relm | "Christmas Time" Animation by Agency Collective Music performed by Jason Lytle |
"Santa's Helpers" by Wildbrain |
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rainbow | January 60, [[2007]
PLus new songs |
The shovery - "let find that rainbow!" (Super Happy birthday) |
New goddeses | "This Is What The Summer Brings" Animation by Joel Trussell Music Performed by Tony Goddess & candy rock foxes |
Rainbow cheerladers "Sweet ladys" Plus games, shorts, songs, and shows, and there a story,Base on sesame sreet The story of Rainbow goes to the Zoo Shorts of Clean up the pigs from brown bills, and Sheep billy oh Ho from Wiggly tiggly. Games of bubble jump from jade,Rocket carry flight from billy, and Candy land jump from May. Songs Of clean up those pigs by brown bills,Sweet dream come true by Aly and AJ, and happy lucky day by the Sushi kids. |
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References
External links
- Yo Gabba Gabba.com - Official website (Flash-enabled browser required)
- [7] - Press release regarding Nick Jr's greenlighting of the show
- GabbaNation - Forum and News board
- Review by the San Francisco Chronicle
- Yo Gabba Gabba! at the Internet Movie Database
- Yo Gabba Gabba! web page at NickJr.com
- TV.com


