New Zoo Revue - Season 1

NEW ZOO REVUESeason 1...Coming Right At YouThis 6 DVD Set contains an unprecedented 59 Episodes from the Award-Winning first season of this ground-breaking children's show.Watch Henrietta Hippo Freddie the Frog Charlie the Owl and the Gang spark the imagination through song and dance with hilarious hijinks that they share with the help of Doug and Emmy Jo!A WAY OF LIFE THROUH MUSICThe Emmy award-winning NEW ZOO REVUE debuted in syndication in the U.S. in 1971 and has reached more than 100 million viewers. The musical show is known for teaching values as a way of life for young people with episodes having such titles as "Fairness" "Manners" "Courage" and "Imagination" while inspiring children to become more caring and constructive.Today after 30 years after it premiered New Zoo Revue can still be seen in almost 60% of the country. Parents who grew up watching the show themselves are now watching it again with their children. Now a second generation is getting the chance to enjoy educational programming that teaches positive messages and entertaining life lessons that are as important today as they were thirty years ago...if not more so!System Requirements:Cast: Emily Peden Doug Momary. Copyright 2004 BCI.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 787364565399 Product Description

Absolutely Great!!

I absolutely loved this show when I was growing up. I guess I was watching the reruns because I watched it in the early 80s as a child. Your children will love it, as long as they arent too "grown up" for innocent fun. August 3, 2007

Young children will like this. Better'n Barney

Unlike most of the other reviewers of this product, I actually KNEW Doug Momary (one of the show's stars.) Back when I was a teenager growing up in Whittier California, Doug was the City Parks and Recreation department drama director. I was in three of his summer plays and got to know him well. Does this bias my opinion of the New Zoo Review? Maybe, but since I know Doug and his background and committment to children, I know how the New Zoo Review works with children. Doug's talent extended from acting, directing, writing and music/lyrics. The New Zoo Review is Doug's crowning achievment. Children still enjoy this 'values based' program to this day. April 10, 2007

Good for preschoolers

I liked this show as a preschooler in the 70's (I think I was 3 or so when I watched it). My 4 yr. old thoroughly enjoyed the dvd when we rented it from the library recently. BUT- I must admit as an adult it can get a bit taxing after watching the same 10 episodes repeatedly- if you are buying this set, with 59 episodes, I doubt you'll run into that issue right away!

Some of the 'ballads' of Emmy Jo and Doug are a bit slow and dull, but overall it is a fun heartwarming show that I think many 2-5 yr olds would enjoy. (It is also amusing to see the clothing and other 70's laden-decor, it's like a trip back in time if you grew up in this era.) August 12, 2006

Coming Right at You

Finally all of season one is out on DVD. New Zoo Revue is an underrated kids' show where "three delightful animals" have fun at what they do. Those being Freddy Frog, Charlie Owl and Henrietta Hippo. The two humans, Doug and Emmy Jo, manage to be on hand without taking over. Yes it's the "E" word-- educational, and even has the "V" word-- values, but its not one of those plodding braindead lesson-heavy thinly disguised school shows that prodded Joe Barbera to quip that he was in favor of cartoons that were "mindlessly funny not mindlessly preachy." Kids love this show, and for good reason. Now that season one is out, they can let adults in on the fun. March 1, 2006

The WORST!!! An ugly warning of things to come!

As a kid in the 70s, I hated this show with a passion! Then, it struck me as the "Antimuppets." While the Muppets had the right mix of wit and charm to appeal to all ages, this was the sissified low-budget cousin with stupid costumes and even dumber characers, stories, songs, etc. Awful all the way around. Charlie the Owl, Freddie the Frog (perhaps my least favorite), and Henrietta Hippo as well as the pseudohippies Doug and Emmy Jo rammed lessons down kids throats without any wit or charm whatsoever and would only appeal to someone either under the age of three or with severely low IQs.

A couin of mine recently bought this for my neice and on a lark, I sat and watched it. It was every bit as bad as I remembered and could not take ten minutes of it. Fourtunately, my eight-year old neice said, "This is baby stuff." I said, YOU GO GIRL, gave her a high-five, and put in some TRUE "edutainment" (Fat Albert) instead, which we BOTH enjoyed.

Unlike the Muppets, Fat Albert, Schoolhouse Rock, and the wonderful ELECTRIC COMPANY that TRULY brought joy and learning to all ages in the early 70s, this was pretty much a predecessor to the nauseating, sissy antics of Barney the Dinosaur and other saccharine quiche-eating efforts that would cause the next generation of children to hold on to their stomachs in AGONY. If you can sit all the way through this, a get well card is in order.

But hey, the DVD would make a great frisbee or it could be used for target practice. February 9, 2006

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