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The show with "the most musical zip code in history" (anyone born in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970 can reel off "0-2-1-3-4" in song) has collected some moments from the original six seasons (the show has been remade for the '90s) in
Zoom: Best of the 70's. While
Zoom is certainly a show for children, this retrospective is definitely geared more for Gen-X nostalgia than for the youth of today. With the Zoom Raps (no, not a musical number, but a discussion group) about funding for girls sports (in the days when Title IX was a hot topic), the funky hair styles, and the muted sets, memories of Big Wheels and bell-bottoms will come flooding back.
While this is a fun venture back in time, unfortunately too much of the 40-minute video is spent on showing the opening numbers and cast from every season and not enough time with Fannee Doolees ("Fannee Doolee hates to read, but loves a good book") and Merry Macs ("Miss Merry Mac, Mac, Mac, all dressed in black, black, black"). But "Zoomers in Wonderland" and "John Henry," as well as the fantastical plays and Zoom Dos, make this worthwhile. One caveat: apparently one must be under the age of 12 to understand Ubbi-Dubbi. This formerly fluent reviewer found she could barely understand every fourth word. --Jenny Brown
Product Description
Come on and ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM-A-ZOOM again! Never before available on video, now you can relive your favorite bits from ZOOM, the super-hot Emmy award-winning PBS kids' show from the 70's. As fresh as ever, kids of the 90's will love it too!
In the first TV series inspired, written and performed by kids, ZOOMers—a cast of ordinary kids—used material submitted by viewers to act out plays, talk openly about their lives, experiment with games and cooking, sing, dance, and of course have fun.
From Ubbi-Dubbi (a language that drove some teachers crazy when groups of kids used it at school) to ZOOMraps, ZOOMdos to Fannee Doolees, experience the sheer joy of ZOOM all over again. Featured segments include original musical numbers like ZOOMers in Wonderland and John Henry, a visit with a girls ice hockey team, making Stained Glass Cookies, creating the ultimate sandwich, and games like Story Concentration.
If the most musical zip code in history, 0-2-1-3-4, means something special to you, then experience the memories of ZOOM, and remember what it was like to be a kid in the 70's. And be sure to tune in to the new ZOOM, on public television.
