DefunctTV: The History of Oobi
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In this episode of DefunctTV, Kevin takes a trip back to the inception of Nickelodeon and the Children Television Workshop’s joint venture, the all-educational channel, Noggin, and the barehanded puppetry of its popular interstitial show turned full series, Oobi.
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@pinkerbelllll
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Core memory unlocked omg
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Josh selig created Oobi😊 yes
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Josh selig from Sesame Street fame writer 1988 to 2002
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Thanks defunct tv curriculum board and quiz😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Oobi curriculum board and second season change😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
And Matt Vogel Cheryl blaylock and Jennifer Barnhart and Lisa Buckley too😊😮😅😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
And dick mainland of sesame worked on this😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Yeah little airplanes 💀 dead 😵
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Rip little air plane productions now studio 100 💯 😠wah the end
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Josh selig also did 3rd and bird small potatoes and go baby and sing it Laurie with Laurie berkner in 2d😊😅😂
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Oobi became a Half hour series wonderful😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Follow by an explamation point 😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
This is a noggin history😂
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
You showed Josh selig at his best😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
This is an Oobi history done well
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
48 shorts for Oobi and two for Linny the guinea pig great smalll😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
This show rocked Oobi for noggin shorts and all😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
And Tyler bunch and Stephanie and Noel are the best sesame muppet people out there😂
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Rip Lisa Simon died in 2015😢
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Tim lagasse had bare hand puppetry expirence 😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Josh selig saw Marty and wanted to use him but went with Tim lagasse thanks defunctland😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Josh selig is cool too
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Oobi was the best thing I saw😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Oobi and wonder pets are mentioned great😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
This is wonderful thanks defunctland
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
and noggin video combined 😊
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
a oobi history video I’m 😆 happy
@stevenwagner1426
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Oobi video great defunctland😊
@chronicbrightside8757
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
When we were kids, this was my younger sister's favorite show. Then one day, all the Oobi things like, yelled and looked at the sky, and my sister got this look of absolute rage and betrayal on her face and yelled "THATS JUST A HAND" and never watched it again
@DonnaLee4
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
I became a parent in the 90s, and because I was biased thinking that the 80s were better, I also thought that a lot of the kid shows from the 90s were kind of weird. This was one of them! Sorry to it's fans!
@jiggy.pop.phantomkell9453
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
OOBI!!!
Let's GO!
Yo, I hand drew Oobi for my Discord profile.
@sky-ic7ji
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
haven’t seen clips of oobi in years. hearing their voices is so soothing for some reason. definitely a show my children will be watching
@novafiregalaxy204
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
I discovered oobi a few years too late and my family still teases me for it. I'm 28 😂
@Mr-pn2eh
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
I was a noggin child😊
@horseshoecrabappreciationday
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
I have been trying to remember the name of this show for two decades I swear
@clasherking4528
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Am i the only one that got a little creeped out watching oobi?
To be fair I don't like mascot costumes or puppets either (they just stare at you with those lifeless eyes and blank expressions)
@elmpetitcolas461
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
still call my grandpa grandpoo
@Pidgelove
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Not me crying over literal hands at 10am 😂😠I loved this show when I was little
@sierraclark3824
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
i loved
noggin
@rowanreed914
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
7:43 "better not wait until hernia strangulates before surgery" just casually in the screenshot
@minerpig04
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
I'll create my OWN educational children's network, w-with BLACK JACK! And HOOKERS!
@THEdetectiveTHATlovesChemistry
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
THIS SHOW IS MY CHILDHOOD THANK YOU FOR REMINDEING ME OF IT
@MajaSzewczakColour
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
I find Oobi creepy…
@dannyinferno6747
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
3:05 omg now i remember little airplane productions, god, some of their shows make up a part of my childhood
@SillyCrocodile-zg9mz
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
I always thought they reminded me of the paramites from the Oddworld series of games
@tortoiseterror7073
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
I watched an episode or two of this
@Knuckles_la_Enchilada
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
Compayito
@lingeringking7097
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
10:27 You know there are some freaks out there….
@hogwitching
March 28, 2026 at 10:45 am
second grade in a video. at the end of the year, we ALL got oobi eyes and we had mad playing sessions acting out our own scenes.
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