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More on Yo Gabba Gabba

Last year I wrote about the trippy new kids show Yo Gabba Gabba, and it was an incredibly popular post, owing to just how cool the show looked. And that was before there was even much information about the show online. Now that it’s fully in production and seems to be living up to the hype, there’s finally a lot more to see.

A feature article in Print Magazine (from the upcoming Sept/Oct issue) goes into detail about the production of the show and tries to help explain why something that seems so atypical for contemporary children’s programming also seems so very perfect to a new generation of parents who grew up on 1970s kids shows.

Brown Johnson, the network’s executive vice president who oversees the Nick Jr. programming bloc, uses terms like unique, brave, and boundary-pushing to describe the content. “It’s definitely weird,” she admits. “But it’s good weird, as opposed to creepy weird. Pure, innocent, happy weird.”

Even “life-changing” indie music darlings The Shins are getting in on the act by performing an original music video for the show. Or at least that’s what I was told was on the other end of that link — I’m unable to visit the site because I don’t live in the United States (and I’m on a Mac). I guess Nickelodeon thinks “pure, innocent, happy weird” is best left constrained by the US border.

  • http://www.holisticforgeworks.com/ NineInchNachos

    Do my eyes deceive me? I could swear I saw the MC BAT COMMANDER of THE AQUABAT fame in that clip!

  • http://www.holisticforgeworks.com/ NineInchNachos

    Do my eyes deceive me? I could swear I saw the MC BAT COMMANDER of THE AQUABAT fame in that clip!

  • chesme

    Yes, yes you did. The Aquabats have been involved in this since the beginning (as I understand). They even posted in their news recently about it (8/10/07): http://theaquabats.com/news/
    Apparently they play a song on the show! Whoot for the love of Aquabats.

  • chesme

    Yes, yes you did. The Aquabats have been involved in this since the beginning (as I understand). They even posted in their news recently about it (8/10/07): http://theaquabats.com/news/
    Apparently they play a song on the show! Whoot for the love of Aquabats.

  • SeanDicken

    Your eyes do NOT deceive you! The show was co-created by none other than Christian Jacobs, aka MC Bat Commander! If you’ve been to any The Aquabats shows, you’ll also recognize most of the cute monster characters in the show as evolutions of some of the monsters that they’ve battled on stage! There are quite a few great musical and celebrity guests too.

    If you’ve got Windows Media Player 9, check out this mini documentary on the making of the show, where The Aquabats influence is revealed:
    http://www.nickjr.com/parenting/parents_tv/index.jhtml?videoid=65655

  • SeanDicken

    Your eyes do NOT deceive you! The show was co-created by none other than Christian Jacobs, aka MC Bat Commander! If you’ve been to any The Aquabats shows, you’ll also recognize most of the cute monster characters in the show as evolutions of some of the monsters that they’ve battled on stage! There are quite a few great musical and celebrity guests too.

    If you’ve got Windows Media Player 9, check out this mini documentary on the making of the show, where The Aquabats influence is revealed:
    http://www.nickjr.com/parenting/parents_tv/index.jhtml?videoid=65655

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/ Ward

    I love this show. They’ve been showing some clips of it on Nick Jr. as some sort of whetting our appetites. Mr. Joel Trussell has done some animation for it, I’m told.

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com Ward

    I love this show. They’ve been showing some clips of it on Nick Jr. as some sort of whetting our appetites. Mr. Joel Trussell has done some animation for it, I’m told.

  • http://cozblog.blogspot.com/ Coz

    I’m already putting money aside to buy all t-shirts toys and dvds. I knew MC Bat Commander would finally get his show made.

  • http://cozblog.blogspot.com Coz

    I’m already putting money aside to buy all t-shirts toys and dvds. I knew MC Bat Commander would finally get his show made.

  • http://www.holisticforgeworks.com/ NineInchNachos

    Serious Awesomeness. The Aquabats are gods among (wo)men.

  • http://www.holisticforgeworks.com/ NineInchNachos

    Serious Awesomeness. The Aquabats are gods among (wo)men.

  • papanaka

    Check out the “original” Kure Kure Takora (just do a YouYube search) from Toho. It is nice with a new tribute show however .)

  • papanaka

    Check out the “original” Kure Kure Takora (just do a YouYube search) from Toho. It is nice with a new tribute show however .)