Nick Jr. Grabs Yo Gabba Gabba!

Monday, January 22, 2007
By: Claire Webb

This fall, a colorful group of TV puppets will be ready to sing, play and dance along for preschoolers! Produced by W!LDBRAIN and The Magic Store, Yo Gabba Gabba! mixes live action puppets and animation in a magazine-style format and has been picked up by Nickelodeon’s preschool block Nick Jr. for 20 episodes. The half-hour show will use beat-driven music and song with a retro feel to enlighten preschoolers on simple life lessons. Yo Gabba Gabba! is punctuated by animated segments, real kids and special guests as well as vibrant puppet friends. This will be the first project produced by neophyte studio The Magic Store following the viral frenzy the trailer created online.

The series will also star Host DJ Lance Rock (Lance Robertson) who will bring life to the colorful, friendly puppet characters and thus facilitate the education of youngsters through song and dance. The show will air on Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr. programming block that runs weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Yo Gabba Gabba! will begin production in Southern California in April and should surface on the network in the fall of 2007.

“The Magic Store and W!LDBRAIN have created a hip, inventive and one-of-a- kind music series which furthers Nick’s commitment to be the place for top quality preschool music entertainment,” raves Brown Johnson, exec VP and exec creative director for Nickelodeon Preschool. With characters like Muno the red Cyclops, Toodee the blue cat-dragon and Foofa the pink flower bubble, Nick’s new property will target little tykes ages 2-5 with its musical content. President and CEO of San Francisco shop W!LDBRAIN Charles Rivkin notes, “Shows like this come along once in a lifetime. Yo Gabba Gabba! is both fresh, fun, unique and truly original.”

Reader Comments

• haley : student : L\'Anse creuse schools

  Thursday, March 15, 2007

  isn\'t the creator of this from the aquabats (best band ever)?

• Anonymous :

  Wednesday, August 22, 2007

  My daughter is 16 mths old. She usually never likes to sit or stand still to watch tv. When Yo Gabba Gabba came on this morning- she loved loved loved it! She was repeating the words and actually dancing around with the characters. I want to know where I can buy a dvd of the new series!

• Migdalia Lopez : Medical biller :

  Monday, September 24, 2007

  I would like to know where I could buy dvd on Yo Gabba Gabba its for my grandson
  
  My Email miggy54@insightbb.com

• blanca :

  Tuesday, November 20, 2007

  i would also like to know where i can get yo gabba gabba dvds for my son

• blanca :

  Tuesday, November 20, 2007

  blancasmaya@yahoo.com

• Nichole : Cook : Galesburg Terrace

  Thursday, November 29, 2007

  I want to know where you can buy yo gabba gabba on dvd

• cheri duckett : daycare provider :

  Sunday, March 02, 2008

  where can i buy a yo gabba gabba dvd

• Tracy Smith :

  Friday, May 02, 2008

  I also would like to know where you can buy the dvd?

• Vee Elliott : Manager : AT&T

  Monday, June 02, 2008

  I would also like to buy Yo Gabba Gabba on DVD. My son LOVES it!!!

• Tiffany : Assistant Manager :

  Monday, June 09, 2008

  One, I was wondering if anyone ever writes back...because I would also like to buy Yo Gabba Gabba...my daughter loves the show.

• Anonymous :

  Monday, June 09, 2008

  type it in on Ebay...there are some that pop up