New Zoo Revue - Season 1
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Movie Reviews of New Zoo Revue - Season 1
Movie Review: Just as I remembered - and the kids love it also
Summary: 5 Stars
This set was just as I remembered it. The kids thought it was goofy when I first put it in, but the younger ones loved it.Movie Review: Good for preschoolers
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked this show as a preschooler in the 70's (I think I was 3 or so when I watched it). My 4 yr. old thoroughly enjoyed the dvd when we rented it from the library recently. BUT- I must admit as an adult it can get a bit taxing after watching the same 10 episodes repeatedly- if you are buying this set, with 59 episodes, I doubt you'll run into that issue right away!
Some of the 'ballads' of Emmy Jo and Doug are a bit slow and dull, but overall it is a fun heartwarming show that I think many 2-5 yr olds would enjoy. (It is also amusing to see the clothing and other 70's laden-decor, it's like a trip back in time if you grew up in this era.)
Movie Review: Young children will like this. Better'n Barney
Summary: 4 Stars
Unlike most of the other reviewers of this product, I actually KNEW Doug Momary (one of the show's stars.) Back when I was a teenager growing up in Whittier California, Doug was the City Parks and Recreation department drama director. I was in three of his summer plays and got to know him well. Does this bias my opinion of the New Zoo Review? Maybe, but since I know Doug and his background and committment to children, I know how the New Zoo Review works with children. Doug's talent extended from acting, directing, writing and music/lyrics. The New Zoo Review is Doug's crowning achievment. Children still enjoy this 'values based' program to this day.Movie Review: Pleased
Summary: 4 Stars
I was very happy with these dvds...brought back a lot of memories of when I used to watch the New Zoo Revue...now I get to make memories with my son...he likes Charlie (the owl)!Movie Review: The WORST!!! An ugly warning of things to come!
Summary: 1 Stars
As a kid in the 70s, I hated this show with a passion! Then, it struck me as the "Antimuppets." While the Muppets had the right mix of wit and charm to appeal to all ages, this was the sissified low-budget cousin with stupid costumes and even dumber characers, stories, songs, etc. Awful all the way around. Charlie the Owl, Freddie the Frog (perhaps my least favorite), and Henrietta Hippo as well as the pseudohippies Doug and Emmy Jo rammed lessons down kids throats without any wit or charm whatsoever and would only appeal to someone either under the age of three or with severely low IQs.
A couin of mine recently bought this for my neice and on a lark, I sat and watched it. It was every bit as bad as I remembered and could not take ten minutes of it. Fourtunately, my eight-year old neice said, "This is baby stuff." I said, YOU GO GIRL, gave her a high-five, and put in some TRUE "edutainment" (Fat Albert) instead, which we BOTH enjoyed.
Unlike the Muppets, Fat Albert, Schoolhouse Rock, and the wonderful ELECTRIC COMPANY that TRULY brought joy and learning to all ages in the early 70s, this was pretty much a predecessor to the nauseating, sissy antics of Barney the Dinosaur and other saccharine quiche-eating efforts that would cause the next generation of children to hold on to their stomachs in AGONY. If you can sit all the way through this, a get well card is in order.
But hey, the DVD would make a great frisbee or it could be used for target practice.