The text is a transcript of a video from the YouTube channel DefunctTV, which explores the history and production of children's television shows. The video is about Oobi, a show that used barehanded puppetry and simple language to teach preschoolers basic concepts. The video covers the origins of the show, its format, characters, episodes, reception, and legacy. The video also includes a pop quiz and an advertisement for Squarespace, a website building platform.
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This video tells the story of Oobi, a preschool show with hand puppets and minimal words, from its creation to its impact. It also has a quiz and an ad for Squarespace.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Josh Selig, a former Sesame Street writer, created a show called Oobi that used barehanded puppetry as a performance style.
2. Oobi started as a series of two-minute shorts that aired on Noggin and Nick Jr. in 2000, and later became a half-hour series in 2003.
3. Oobi was about the adventures of a four-year-old boy named Oobi and his friends and family, who explored simple concepts and learned new things.
4. Oobi had a unique dialogue that used as few words as possible and repeated them often, to cater to preschool and pre-preschool children.
5. Oobi was praised by critics and audiences, won a Parent's Choice Gold Award, and had a large fan base of both children and adults.
6. Oobi was produced by Little Airplane Productions, which Selig founded with $5,000 and later expanded into an animation division with the profits from the show.
7. Oobi had an Iranian adaptation called Das Das in 2012, which had five main characters and more elaborate accessories for the puppets.
8. Squarespace sponsored the video that contained this text, and offered 10% off the first purchase with the code "defunctland".