# Who remembers Zoobilee Zoo? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [October 3, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348 "2003-10-03T15:08:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/1 "2003-10-03T15:08:16Z")
[This](http://www.zoobileezoo.com/zooframe.htm) was my favorite show when I was 7! It is the show that made me want to act and sing and dance! Whazzat Kangaroo was my favorite character. My parents thought it was retarded and proof that Ben Vereen’s career was over. So, people who remember this show, what do you think? Great nostalgic part of your childhood, or worse than Barney? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/2 "2003-10-03T16:12:59Z")
OMG! I remember this show! But I didn’t remember that I remembered until I clicked on your link! I liked Wazzat Kangaroo the best! > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by acrossthesea_ > Great nostalgic part of your childhood, or worse than Barney? Definitely nostalgia! Nothing is worse than Barney (except maybe the Teletubbies). ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/3 "2003-10-03T16:16:23Z")
I remember it. I think it was on in the morning in between Bozo and Xuxa. It was a wild show. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/4 "2003-10-03T17:33:47Z")
You are PURE, UNADULTERATED, EVIL!!! I DO remeber that show, one b4 “Today’s Special!” ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/5 "2003-10-03T17:41:05Z")
How about a steel cage match between the Zoobilee Zoo and the [New Zoo Review](http://www.newzoorevue.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/6 "2003-10-03T19:37:58Z")
My daughter watched it. An underrated show (not up with **Today’s Special** , but pretty good nonetheless). You could see Vareen taped all his segments at once and rarely appeared on the set with the rest, but I did like Bravo Fox’s channelling Ed Wynn. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/7 "2003-10-03T19:55:21Z")
Hell, _I_ watched it! I had the flu or something and happened across the show while channel-surfing. I was living with one of my brothers at the time and he didn’t have cable; this show was more interesting than anything else on at the time. And that cute little Whazzat Kangaroo cheered me up a bit. Yeah, I know. I’m weird. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/8 "2003-10-03T20:18:27Z")
Uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh (the sound of Sideshow Bob stepping on a rake) ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/9 "2003-10-03T20:27:22Z")
Really digging deep to discover the foundations of my scarred psyche… and there sits _Zoobilee Zoo_. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/10 "2003-10-03T21:29:46Z")
Gahhh. I thought I’d finally _rid_ my mind of this accursed show! Alas, I used to watch it with my little sister. The theme song’s going to be in my head all day now. Possibly followed by a bullet. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/11 "2003-10-03T21:45:00Z")
When I was little, I bought one of those little rubber animal noses from a children’s shop. I wore it around the rest of the day, when my parents and I were visiting a different town. Some teenager made fun of me, and although I felt like a grade-A buffoon, I didn’t take off the nose. I had _Zoobilee Zoo_ to thank for putting the notion into my head that dressing up as an animal was cool. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/12 "2003-10-04T00:03:54Z")
That show scared the crap out of me. Much as “The Wiggles” does now. Something about four fully grown Australian men singing about “Fruit Salad… yum yum” bothers me. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/13 "2003-10-04T16:03:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Papermache Prince \* > \*\*How about a steel cage match between the Zoobilee Zoo and the [New Zoo Review](http://www.newzoorevue.com/)? \*\* Interestingly, New Zoo Revue was one of my favorite shows when I was about 3 or 4. I have no idea when it was originally on but I am assuming it was already old by the time I saw it in the early 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/14 "2003-10-04T16:21:55Z")
Zoobilee Zoo…Zoobilee Zoo…Magic and wonder are waiting for you… Was Whazzit Kangeroo the one played by Cree Summer, of “A Different World” fame? Yeah, I remember her. She makes a grip doing voices. She was the voice of Elmyra from “Tiny Toons” and I heard her voice recently on “The Proud Family”. Can you tell I’m a six-year-old in a 26-year-olds body? I also remember Ben Vereen’s character. Why does it seem like everything was hazy on that show? Like it was someone’s dream (or acid trip)? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/15 "2003-10-04T16:29:59Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by > monstro_ > Was Whazzit Kangeroo the one played by Cree Summer, of “A Different World” fame? Yeah, I remember her. She makes a grip doing voices. She was the voice of Elmyra from “Tiny Toons” and I heard her voice recently on “The Proud Family”. She’s also the voice of Suzy on **Rugrats**. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/16 "2003-10-04T18:04:44Z")
I forgot about that show! My son used to love it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/17 "2003-10-05T02:09:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by monstro \* > **Was Whazzit Kangeroo the one played by Cree Summer, of “A Different World” fame? Yeah, I remember her. She makes a grip doing voices. She was the voice of Elmyra from “Tiny Toons” and I heard her voice recently on “The Proud Family”.** I don’t know who has been playing Whazzat in the direct-to-video episodes but [Louise Vallance](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0884852/) was the one who played her on TV. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/18 "2003-10-05T02:46:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*I don’t know who has been playing Whazzat in the direct-to-video episodes but [Louise Vallance](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0884852/) was the one who played her on TV. \*\* Also credited as Stevie Vallance – and has done a LOT of voice work. I – sad confession time – watched it with my daughter when I was in my mid-twenties and actually enjoyed it. I also always wanted to see what Whazzat looked like without her costume – she was gorgeous, I now know, thanks to the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/19 "2003-10-05T02:55:11Z")
I like this bit from [her website](http://www.hartcreations.com/acting.html). > [@](#): > > For the next two years Stevie commuted between Toronto and LA where she was also playing “Whazzat Kangaroo” on the Emmy Award-winning children’s series ZOOBILEE ZOO. “Sometimes I half expected to pull a Colt .45 out of my kangaroo costume’s pouch and say 'Hold it right there!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348/20 "2003-10-05T12:23:08Z")
Talkatoo Cockatoo always reminded me of the Chicken Lady from the Kids in the Hall. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-zoobilee-zoo/205348.md?page=2)