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For the video game, see National Geographic Animal Jam.
Animal Jam
File:Animal Jam logo.jpg
Directed byDean Gordon
David Gumpel
Jimmy Huckabee
StarringRickey Boyd
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
John Kennedy
David Maida
Andy Stone[disambiguation needed]
John Tartaglia
ComposerMichael Silversher and Patricia Silversher
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producersJohn Derevlany
David Gumpel
Jim Rapsas
Halle Stanford
Original release
NetworkTLC
Discovery Kids
ReleaseFebruary 24 –
April 4, 2003

Animal Jam is a children's television show created by John Derevlany (who also wrote most of the episodes) and produced by Jim Henson Television which first aired on February 24, 2003 until 2010.

Production

The show featured many innovations in puppet design and production from the Jim Henson Company. It aired on TLC for several years, and ran on Discovery Kids until the channel was replaced by Hub Network. Several shows are also available on DVD.

Plot

It features dozens of kids in the audience dancing to songs with movement themes, and was hosted by two puppet characters named Waffle (a cow-monkey) and Edi (a zebra) as well as a giant dancing elephant named Bozark.

Characters

  • Edi the Zebra (performed by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph) - The host the show. Her favorite toy is Ginger the Jungle Slug and she has her own kind of dance called "the scooch." Her mane changes in style in every episode. She gets the kids' attention to dance by saying "zebra, ready, pose!" She has bright pink and yellow stripes and her mane changes in style in every episode. She is the master of "Zebra Fu."
  • Waffle the Cow-Monkey (performed by Rickey Boyd) - The co-host of the show. Waffle is referred to as a Cow-Monkey cause he is a monkey that dresses up as a cowboy. the nicknames he gives Edi are zebra girl, pumpkin seed(used in "The Right Size for You"), and striped friend. he gets the kids attention by saying " Now listen up with your cow-monkey ears" and wiggles his ears on his own. He always likes to take on a challenge such as in "The Not So Moving Episode", when Edi challenges him to a freezing contest to see who can play with Ginger the Jungle Slug for the day. He's the master of "Cow-Monkey Kwan-Do." He did a slide show in "I am rain".
  • Bozark the Elephant (performed by David Maida) - A 7 ft. tall dancing elephant who is an Animal Jam Superstar.
  • DJ 1 the Panda (performed by John Kennedy) - One of the DJs on the show. He sings the songs for Bozark's dance numbers.
  • DJ 2 the Koala (performed by John Tartaglia) - One of the DJs on the show. He makes sounds after Bozark's dance numbers and makes DJ 1 and DJ 3 look at him.
  • Pancake the Water Buffalo - Waffle's younger sister who appeared in the last three episodes.

Episodes

Season 1

  1. Body Talk (Feb 24, 2003) -
  2. Walk the Walk (Feb 25, 2003) -
  3. Love 'Em and Leap 'Em (Feb 26, 2003) -
  4. Side by Side by Side (Feb 27, 2003) -
  5. Not So Lost in Space (Feb 28, 2003) -
  6. Pretzel Monkey and Cheese Dip to the Rescue (March 3, 2003) -
  7. The Quick, the Slow and the Waffle (March 4, 2003) -
  8. The Right Size for You (March 5, 2003) -
  9. The Not So Moving Episode (March 6, 2003) -
  10. Every Which Way But Forward (March 7, 2003) -

Season 2

  1. Take a Seat, Please (March 10, 2003) -
  2. Swimmin' (Twistin' Too) and Flying (March 11, 2003) -
  3. I Am Rain (March 12, 2003) -
  4. Boo Day (March 13, 2003) - Waffle tries to scare Edi but gets scared instead. Both by the DJs and Edi. When she tells him "You have nothing to fear.", he feels better saying that he has nothing to fear. When the DJs spook him with the ghost voice, he tells Edi and cries again.
  5. Battle of the Animal Jam Bands (March 14, 2003) -
  6. Touched by a Monkey (March 17, 2003) -
  7. Rockin' and Rollin (March 18, 2003) -
  8. Crouching Edi, Hidden Waffle (March 19, 2003) - Edi, master of Zebra fu and Waffle, master of cowmonkey kwon do speak about balance. Dj3 walks the tightrope after Edi's song in this episode. Waffle tries chopping a board but it fails and he feels pain instead and Edi chops the board instead.
  9. Snow Day (March 20, 2003) -
  10. On the Spot (March 21, 2003) -

Season 3

  1. Animal Jam Olympics (March 24, 2003) -
  2. The Parade Episode (March 25, 2003) -
  3. Edi Finds Her Groove (March 26, 2003) -
  4. Everything's Springin' Up! (March 27, 2003) -
  5. A Hug a Day (March 28, 2003) -
  6. Bright Lights, Big Shadow (March 31, 2003) -
  7. Hands Across Animal Jam (April 1, 2003) -
  8. A Water Buffalo Named Pancake (April 2, 2003) -
  9. Waffle Jam! (April 3, 2003) -
  10. Dance It Out! (April 4, 2003) -

Cast

Puppeteers

Later appearances

  • Pancake the Water Buffalo appears as "Pancake Buffalo" in the Hannah Montana episode "Hannah in the Street with Diamonds" performed by Victor Yerrid and voiced by Susie Geiser. Pancake is the beloved puppet star of the local Malibu kids series called "The Pancake Buffalo Show." When Hannah Montana receives a diamond on a Hollywood street modeled after the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she requests the location be moved due to overly-frequent business in the area and learns that the area her diamond was originally intended to be placed was given to Pancake Buffalo. When Miley attempts to ask the kindly puppeteer of Pancake named Cindy Merriwether (played by Edie McClurg) to switch diamonds, she only communicates (rudely) through Pancake and refuses. Hannah then schemes to switch Pancake's dismal Street Diamond location with Hannah Montana's by playing on the childhood nostalgic fondness of her show by Hollywood Parade of Street Diamonds Committee Chairman Randall Harrison (played by Michael Boatman). She is successful, but ultimately a porta-john is placed directly over the newly moved Diamond much to Miley's astonished joy. Pancake is later seen "occupying" the stall and shooing away anyone who wishes to make use of it.
  • Waffle the Cow-Monkey, DJ 1, DJ 2, DJ 3, and Pancake the Water Buffalo made appearances in Puppet Up!
  • Bozark the Elephant appeared in the movie Old Dogs. He alongside Scales the Dragon from the pilot to "Little Mermaid's Island" and Beak and YesNo from the proposed show "Muppet Bus" were seen as part of Jimmy Lunchbox's show.
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