
They involve DJ Lance and the Gabba gang doing an activity. The episode features four main segments (shortened to three after the first season) that are connected to each other as a plot. He places down the toys one-by-one, and then they become alive. He then places down the boombox, and then he shouts "YOOOO Gabba Gabba!" and opens the boombox, and inside it are five toys: Muno, Foofa, Brobee, Toodee, and Plex. He then arrives at a table with four different colored lands and a silver design underneath it. In the opening scene of the episode, DJ Lance is shown walking on a plain white background while holding a silver radio with colorful buttons. ( June 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īll episodes follow a similar format. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Jared Hess, the director of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, saw the pilot online and recommended it to Brown Johnson, the executive vice president and executive creative director of Nickelodeon Preschool. Yo Gabba Gabba! did not get much attention until it started circulating on the Internet.

In 1999, after becoming parents, Jacobs and Schultz started playing around with ideas for children's television and produced a pilot independently financed by small loans from friends and family.
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In developing the show they took inspiration from a number of classic children's series including Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Pee-wee's Playhouse, Zoom, as well as Sid and Marty Krofft puppet shows The Banana Splits and H. Both had no past experience writing scripts for television, let alone children's broadcasting or education. Their goal was to design a kids' show that was entertaining while featuring real artists and real performers. Yo Gabba Gabba! was developed by two Southern California fathers and punk rockers, Christian Jacobs (best known under the stage persona The MC Bat Commander in The Aquabats) and Scott Schultz, who first started working together as teenagers, producing and directing skateboarding videos. The title of the show pays homage to " Gabba Gabba Hey" by the punk rock band Ramones. Kidrobot made the toy models of the characters that appear at the beginning and end of each episode. The title character of the segment was voiced by Ariela Barer in season one and Caroline Jacobs in season three. Īmong the varied animation sequences during the show was "Super Martian Robot Girl", designed by indie cartoonists Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer. In between the main segments are many short animated sketches and songs. Hosted by a musician named DJ Lance Rock, the series features live-action segments featuring 5 costumed toys: Muno (a red cyclops), Foofa (a pink flower bubble), Brobee (a green broccoli bee/monster), Toodee (a blue cat-dragon), and Plex (a yellow robot). The new episodes will premiere on Apple TV+, which also acquired the previous episodes and specials for its service. On September 10, 2021, WildBrain announced that the series would be revived for 20 new episodes, which will be produced in collaboration between WildBrain and Yo Gabba Gabba LLC (the co-owners of the Yo Gabba Gabba! brand). The television program spawned a touring live stage show, several toys, and branded clothing. Created by Christian Jacobs (lead singer of the Aquabats) and Scott Schultz, the show's learning process has parents, older siblings, and younger children watch the show together rather than letting it act as a babysitter. The show is noted for its indie-culture guest stars and bands, and for drawing visual inspiration from 8-bit video games and H.R. It also encourages viewers to move along with and dance with the characters in the program.

Additionally, the show teaches children life and social skills, such as sharing and trying different foods. Its original run ended on November 12, 2015.Ī single topic is addressed in each episode (such as "Adventure", "Friends", or "Dance") through songs and short storylines. Its first episode premiered on Nickelodeon on August 20, 2007, as a part of its Nick Jr. It is co-produced by the Magic Store and Wildbrain Entertainment. The series is about five costumed toys come-to-life and their friend DJ Lance Rock ( Lance Robertson). Yo Gabba Gabba! is a children's musical television series created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz.
