Animal Jam

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Animal Jam
Directed by	Dean Gordon David Gumpel Jimmy Huckabee
Starring	Rickey Boyd Leslie Carrara-Rudolph John Kennedy David Maida Andy Stone John Tartaglia
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Derevlany David Gumpel Jim Rapsas Halle Stanford
Broadcast
Original channel	TLC Discovery Kids
Original run	February 24, 2003 – 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. The show is sort of like an "American Bandstand" for preschool kids.

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 The Hub. Several shows are also available on DVD. Also an online game filled of animals and friends (buddies). Also go to national geographic animal jam way better.

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.

• Waffle the Cow-Monkey (performed by Rickey Boyd) - The cohost of the show. Waffle is referred to as a Cow-Monkey cause he is a monkey that dresses up as a cowboy.

• 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.

• DJ 2 the Koala (performed by John Tartaglia) - One of the DJs on the show.

• DJ 3 the Leopard (performed by Andy Stone) - One of the DJs on the show.

• Pancake the Water Buffalo - Waffle's younger sister who appeared in the last three episodes.

In Television Logos

• Discovery Kids (2003–2007)
• Wiggle And Learn (2008–2010)

Episodes

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) -
11. Take a Seat, Please (March 10, 2003) -
12. Swimmin' (Twistin' Too) and Flying (March 11, 2003) -
13. I Am Rain (March 12, 2003) -
14. Boo Day (March 13, 2003) -
15. Battle of the Animal Jam Bands (March 14, 2003) -
16. Touched by a Monkey (March 17, 2003) -
17. Rockin' and Rollin (March 18, 2003) -
18. Crouching Edi, Hidden Waffle (March 19, 2003) -
19. Snow Day (March 20, 2003) -
20. On the Spot (March 21, 2003) -
21. Animal Jam Olympics (March 24, 2003) -
22. The Parade Episode (March 25, 2003) -
23. Edi Finds Her Groove (March 26, 2003) -
24. Everything's Springin' Up! (March 27, 2003) -
25. A Hug a Day (March 28, 2003) -
26. Bright Lights, Big Shadow (March 31, 2003) -
27. Hands Across Animal Jam (April 1, 2003) -
28. A Water Buffalo Named Pancake (April 2, 2003) -
29. Waffle Jam! (April 3, 2003) -
30. Dance It Out! (April 4, 2003) -

Cast

Puppeteers

• Rickey Boyd - Waffle the Cow-Monkey
• Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - Edi the Zebra
• John Kennedy - DJ 1 the Panda
• David Maida - Bozark the Elephant
• Alison Mork -
• John Tartaglia - DJ 2 the Koala Bear
• Andy Stone - DJ 3 the Leopard

Later appearances

• 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 "Little Mermaid's Island" were seen as part of Jimmy Lunchbox's show.

External links

• Animal Jam at Henson.com
• Animal Jam at Internet Movie Database
• Animal Jam at Muppet Wiki

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