Does anyone remember the PBS show "Zoom" from the 70's?

[tridim]

For some reason it popped into my head tonight and I remembered loving it as a kid.

Turns out there was a reason I loved it so much, it was pretty much brilliant IMO. I haven't seen it in 38 years.

Zoom - Fannee Doolee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPXJfj3k2SI&feature=related

70's kids rocked! More on youtube.

[xultar]

1. Zoom was so much better than sesame street. I remember it

like it was yesterday.

zoom zoom zooma zoom!

[Still Blue in PDX]

11. It was before Sesame Street, wasn't it?

The decades have all blurred together . . .

[xultar]

15. nope. Electric Company, Zoom and Sesame Street were all on

at about the same time for me. Zoom did disappear though. I'm 41 so I may not remember which was on first.

[Still Blue in PDX]

16. I'm thinking of Dr. Zoom, a crazy scientist on a kids' show.

It was in the 1960s. Maybe it was local to Portland.

I watched Electric Company and Sesame Street with my niece, but Dr. Zoom was from my childhood, and I'm 55.

[xultar]

23. Ahh I didn't arrive until 1969 so I'll shut my hole.

[gratuitous]

31. Dang, you're old

And I should know.

[Still Blue in PDX]

37. LOL

:silly:

[mcctatas]

2. OMG!

I loved, LOVED Zoom, they brought it back for a while in the early 2000's, but it wasn't nearly as good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYos6ITNdZY

[AtomicKitten]

3. I recall my then 2-year-old daughter flying into the room when she heard the music.

[Pithlet]

4. I remember that show. That brings back memories.

My kids watched the revival a few years ago. It was replaced by another very good show, Fetch, that was sadly just canceled due to funding issues.

[jobycom]

5. I remember it. It was okay, but most of my friends thought it was lame

compared to Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and Captain Kangaroo, anyway. Then again, this was in Mississippi where one of my friends still drives a 65 Mustang and listens to heavy metal. He does not have a mullet, though.

[tridim]

6. Here's an interesting article about it. It was the first interactive show on TV.

http://www.tvparty.com/lostzoom.html

[Mosaic]

7. Zoom was great

I loved all the less well known kids shows like Zoom, also Vegetable Soup, Electric Company, Thunderbirds, and Gumby just to name a few. YouTube can really bring back those sweet memories of old shows. Remember Barnaby Jones, I heard that old theme music on YouTube and was back in the 70's. Fun.

[Wheezy]

8. Send it to Zoom!

Boston, Mass. Ohhhh-two-one-three-four!

Great show. I remember it well.

[MorningGlow]

35. I shouldn't say this, but...

when I worked retail a number of years ago, we drones conducted an ongoing revolt against inept management. So when we were ordered to collect customers' zip codes, we of course gave the customers a choice of two: Zoom (ohhh two one three four!) or Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky. I think it ended up being pretty evenly split, with Zoom having a slight edge. (Immature, I know, but hey--management was a nightmare. We had to lash out somehow. ;) )

[Aristus]

9. If I remember correctly, every Friday, they would have a "round-up" show.

Kind of like The Mickey Mouse Club. They would close out the Friday show with a big song and dance number. Usually a Broadway tune, but every once in a while, a popular song. My favorite song and dance number ever from "ZOOM" was The Beatles' "Octopuses Garden."

They did an imaginative undersea setting, and a pretty good arrangement of the song, considering it was just kids.

I loved that show...

[tridim]

10. I liked.. "Do a Zoom Do, do A zoom Do, do a Zoom Dooo!"

The craft/activity/science part of the show.

[alp227]

12. I watched the remake regularly from 1999-2001.

Aah, good memories of elementary school days. Last time I watched PBS Kids regularly was mid-2001 I believe. In the mid-2000s I began watching the rest of PBS and haven't stopped since.

[Common Sense Party]

13. I'm gonna zooma zooma zoom!

That's been a long time.

[Betsy Ross]

14. I was in my 30s when it was on and I was a rabid fan.

I used to race home from work to catch it. The kids were wonderful.

Sesame Street was created in the 60s. It was followed by The Electric Company. Zoom was later.

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. Yep. "we are going zoom a zoom a zoom" or something like that

The song pops into my head periodically.

[eShirl]

18. zee double-oh em, Box 354, Boston, Mass

oh two one three four

[nc4bo]

19. Loved it as a kid. Loved.It!

Also loved the Electric Company too ;)

[TheKentuckian]

20. Zoom was funky stuff. Not Electric Company goodness but fun stuff

[myrna minx]

21. I loved Zoom.

I was just flooded with great memories. :hi:

[Bobbie Jo]

22. I am fluent in Ubbi Dubbi!

Thubat's rubight! :headbang:

[ourbluenation]

29. eeh-so-boh. me-sigh-by. gee-sob-od (oh my god)

i learned it a little differently. My sister in law and I can still bust this out when the moment calls for it and we're in our mid-40's. :toast:

[Forkboy]

24. I was just talking about it yesterday with someone, and humming the theme today!

I watched it everyday. :)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

25. There were two versions

I missed the first one (lived in a remore area with no PBS) but my kids watched the "revival" version

[rox63]

26. One of my faves as a child

Locally produced in Boston, and aimed at the post-Sesame Street, post-Mr. Rogers age kids.

[Sapphocrat]

27. Say you wake up in the middle of the night...

You got an idea that's outta sight
So you jump outta bed and look around your room
You gotta write it all down
And send it to Zoom

Or say you've just seen somethin' on this show
Or someone cool you just gotta know
Write it all down -- don't make a mess
And don't forget your name and address

Include a stamp so we can drop your card
Or dip your note in a bucket of lard
Joe doesn't know what he's talkin' about
You put it in an envelope without a doubt

Then take your typewriter, pencil or pen
And if you make a mistake, you gotta do it again

Write ZOOM
Z-double-O-M
Box Three-Five-Oh
Boston, Mass
OH-two-ONE-three-FOUR

Uh-huh, I remember it. I had a mad crush on Nina when I was 11.

[ourbluenation]

28. ZOOm z double o m. box 350. boston mass. 0-21-34...send it to Zoom!

loved that show.

[walldude]

36. Hehe.. beat me too it. Still remember their address thanks to that "song"...

[HughMoran]

30. We're gonna zoom zoom zooma zoom

Nope, don't remember it :)

Had a friend who was one of the kids.

[Iris]

32. Yes! Loved that show! And as an adult, I actually worked with one of the writers!

When I learned that, I was practically swooning!

[madmom]

33. My son loved it, even had to have a zoom zoom shirt.

[ThatsMyBarack]

34. Do I ever!

So much better that the crap PBS Kids cranks out today....