Anyone remember this 1970's children's TV show called Zoom?
I think it was based in Boston, on PBS.

I used to watch this show, and it was fun to watch.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nuf5mvfNrbo/Rh_nbCM4NoI/AAAAAAAAAI0/i_uqLRmmXnM/s320/Originalzoom.jpg

Any memories from this show?

Hell yes!
One of my fav's next to the Electric Company on PBS. :)

We're gonna Zoom, ZOom, Zooma, Zoom!

And the famous address to send letters:

Send it to ZOOM! At
WBGH
Bah-ston, Mass
Ohhh, Two, One, Three-FoUr!
Send it to Zoom!
(really scary that I remember that completely by heart, even now! ::) )

Learned great songs and skits here, really a great kids, learning and entertainment show.

I learned "On Top of Old Spaghetti" from Zoom!

Loved the show, but unlike a lot of other nostalgic PBS shows, can't seem to find too much of it on DVD or other format to re-live the fun times...if anyone knows where to get any of the original 70's episodes on DVD, please let me know!

Ditto that for those that remember "Mulligans Stew" :D

When I saw the thread title I thought this was going to be about that song by Fat Larry's Band  :D

Sorry, don't know it  :P

When I saw the thread title I thought this was going to be about that song by Fat Larry's Band  :D

Sorry, don't know it  :P


Ha....so did I.... :-\\

My first tougth was the ice lolly Zoom, which was around in the 60s and the 70s.

http://www.sixtiescity.com/Anderson/seajet.jpg

Programme was probably never shown in Britain, but we did get 'The Electric Company' for a while...

If memory serves, it used to be shunted in with the BBC Schools programmes, which gave things a bit of contrast!

Hell yes!
One of my fav's next to the Electric Company on PBS. :)

We're gonna Zoom, ZOom, Zooma, Zoom!

And the famous address to send letters:

Send it to ZOOM! At
WBGH
Bah-ston, Mass
Ohhh, Two, One, Three-FoUr!
Send it to Zoom!
(really scary that I remember that completely by heart, even now! ::) )

Learned great songs and skits here, really a great kids, learning and entertainment show.

I learned "On Top of Old Spaghetti" from Zoom!

Loved the show, but unlike a lot of other nostalgic PBS shows, can't seem to find too much of it on DVD or other format to re-live the fun times...if anyone knows where to get any of the original 70's episodes on DVD, please let me know!
Ditto that for those that remember "Mulligans Stew" :D

I have seen Zoom on DVD, basically it's a short recap for the first 5 or so seasons, and there's only a couple of complete episodes. See the link below.

http://www.amazon.com/ZOOM-Back-70s-n/dp/B001EJZNEE
And it's really scary you remember the address... :)

I remember that show!  The kids always wore striped shirts and did lots of cool experiments! 

I SO wanted to be on that show when I was a kid.  Of course, living in Ohio and being a fat kid didn't help my chances of getting on there.

Loved that show.  My hubby and I were just talking about it the other day.  He remembers more then I do.

Hell yes!
One of my fav's next to the Electric Company on PBS. :)

We're gonna Zoom, ZOom, Zooma, Zoom!

And the famous address to send letters:

Send it to ZOOM! At
WBGH
Bah-ston, Mass
Ohhh, Two, One, Three-FoUr!
Send it to Zoom!
(really scary that I remember that completely by heart, even now! ::) )




My brother-in-law tried out to be a Zoom kid, but during the dancing portion of the audition, he tripped on some electrical cords and fell on his ass.  At least that's the way he tells it.  May be he was just an ugly kid and they didn't want to tell him so!

http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/04/fifevil.gif

  I watched Zoom but I can't remember squat about it.  Zoom and Viva Allegre!  Maybe Viva was a local show...

I SO wanted to be on that show when I was a kid.  Of course, living in Ohio and being a fat kid didn't help my chances of getting on there.

Loved that show.  My hubby and I were just talking about it the other day.  He remembers more then I do.

I remember that Bernadette "arm swinging thing" she used to do.
http://pbskids.org/zoom/grownups/nostalgia/images/bernanimation2.gif

Anyone remember this 1970's children's TV show called Zoom?
I think it was based in Boston, on PBS.
remember it? I remember their zip code! oh, two one, three four.... send it to zoom!

I remember that Bernadette "arm swinging thing" she used to do.
http://pbskids.org/zoom/grownups/nostalgia/images/bernanimation2.gif
SORCERER!!!!  :o

And it's really scary you remember the address... :)


I think if you hear things like that on such a regular basis they just become stuck in your head.

I can recall the address of two different tv shows and the phone number for another

I think if you hear things like that on such a regular basis they just become stuck in your head.

I can recall the address of two different tv shows and the phone number for another
i think it's because they sang the address. if the song stuck in your head, so did the address.

I remember that Bernadette "arm swinging thing" she used to do.
http://pbskids.org/zoom/grownups/nostalgia/images/bernanimation2.gif
Where is she now?

I can recall the address of two different tv shows and the phone number for another


And I'm gonna hazard a guess that one of those shows had the address...Birmingham B1 2JP!  ;)

And I'm gonna hazard a guess that one of those shows had the address...Birmingham B1 2JP!  ;)


Yes

and the other is in Teddington Lock

Yes

and the other is in Teddington Lock


Ah! Yes! Home to a great many Thames TV programme...

Apparently, that studio used to belong to Warner Brothers before a German bomb hit it in WW2...

And most of the old ATV studios have now been demolished (though not through enemy action)...shame!

Ah! Yes! Home to a great many Thames TV programme...

Apparently, that studio used to belong to Warner Brothers before a German bomb hit it in WW2...

And most of the old ATV studios have now been demolished (though not through enemy action)...shame!
Benny Hill did his Thames TV programmes from there.

Sadly Benny Hill had an apartment close by and was found dead there.

Yes, I remember Zoom.
Yes, I remember the address.
Yes, I remember & can STILL do that Bernadette butterfly thing with her arms.
Yes, I remember the Ubadubby language.
Yes, I remember Fanny Dooley.


Say you wake up in the middle of the night.
You got an idea that's out of sight.
You jump out of bed look around your room.
You write it all down and send it to Zoom.



Cat

Yes, I remember Zoom.
Yes, I remember the address.
Yes, I remember & can STILL do that Bernadette butterfly thing with her arms.
Yes, I remember the Ubadubby language.
Yes, I remember Fanny Dooley.


Say you wake up in the middle of the night.
You got an idea that's out of sight.
You jump out of bed look around your room.
You write it all down and send it to Zoom.



Cat


Oooooh yeah!  Things in the seventies were just OUTTA SIGHT!

See, if you grew up in the Boston area, you noticed the address was right in Boston, so a lot of kids got the idea they could be on the show with the benefit of proximity.  I entertained the idea for a few days, then I told my sister, and she laughed at me 'till I cried!
:\'(

I wrote to the show, but I guess coz I was from Canada they probably pitched my letter.
I'm glad I am not the only one to remember that Bernadette arm thing.

I wrote to the show, but I guess coz I was from Canada they probably pitched my letter.
I'm glad I am not the only one to remember that Bernadette arm thing.


You from Vancouver?
???

Where is she now?


Here she is:  http://www.bernadetteyao.com/index.asp?ID=29

http://www.bernadetteyao.com/AdvHTML_Upload/Bern%20headshot%20white%20120x188_1.jpg

Here she is:  http://www.bernadetteyao.com/index.asp?ID=29
Selling her CD that figures?

Selling her CD that figures?


Might as well.  I guess you gotta capitalize on whatever fame you can manage to acquire. 

You from Vancouver?
???

I'm in the Vancouver area now, but in the 70s I was in Montreal, where I watched ZOOM on PBS, Boston station ( got lots of red Sox games too, back then)

I used to watch the show but there was one little girl who was so annoying I stopped watching.

I used to watch the show but there was one little girl who was so annoying I stopped watching.


You get to a crucial age when you say of "Zoom," Oh My God!  This is the boringest, gayest show ever!"  So then you parents graduate you to watching "Masterpiece Theater" with them.  Jokes on you, "Masterpiece T" is the greatest cure for tweenie insomnia!

;D

Send it to ZOOM! At
WBGH
Bah-ston, Mass
Ohhh, Two, One, Three-FoUr!
Send it to Zoom!
(really scary that I remember that completely by heart, even now! ::) )


That is almost right.

Write Zoom, Zee-Double Oh Emm
Box 350
Boston Mass
0-2-1-3-4
Send it to Zoom!

I wish I still had the Zoom cards I wrote for, they are probably worth a pretty penny now.

That is almost right.

Write Zoom, Zee-Double Oh Emm
Box 350
Boston Mass
0-2-1-3-4
Send it to Zoom!

I wish I still had the Zoom cards I wrote for, they are probably worth a pretty penny now.


You're right, now that I run it back in my rusty memory, it was missing something.

Still its amazing how much this show had enough of a mark to still be remembered now. Its not like we're talking about Sesame Street. I don't think Zoom has as much exposure or had nearly the same amount of audience. When I watched Zoom, there was something about it that made it feel like it was just for you and it was just you and the Zoom players. Personal, connected and fun.

Something PBS and CTW and TV in general will never be able to reproduce again...sigh... :(

There is an online sight that updates you on who the original members were and what they are doing today.

Also the show "the DOUBLEDECKERS' have a cast update site as well!

Ahhh, what formed us as kids! :D

Also the show "the DOUBLEDECKERS' have a cast update site as well!


One of the number, Brinsley Forde, went on to greater fame as a member of reggae group Aswad...

Sadly, his son has acheived some notoriety of his own...serving life for a gangland execution... :(

There is an online sight that updates you on who the original members were and what they are doing today.

Also the show "the DOUBLEDECKERS' have a cast update site as well!

Ahhh, what formed us as kids! :D


All aboard, all aboard, all aboard with the doubledeckers

All aboard, all aboard, all aboard with the doubledeckers
http://retrofilmz.com/images/deckers.jpg

All aboard, all aboard, all aboard with the doubledeckers


Quite honestly the best bit of the programme!

You're right, now that I run it back in my rusty memory, it was missing something.

Still its amazing how much this show had enough of a mark to still be remembered now. Its not like we're talking about Sesame Street. I don't think Zoom has as much exposure or had nearly the same amount of audience. When I watched Zoom, there was something about it that made it feel like it was just for you and it was just you and the Zoom players. Personal, connected and fun.

Something PBS and CTW and TV in general will never be able to reproduce again...sigh... :(


Although it came later, and was from Canada, the only show I think that came close would have been You Can't Do That On Television.  While not as educational, it had that "kid made" feeling.

remember it? I remember their zip code! oh, two one, three four.... send it to zoom!
                                                                                                                                                                            Oh yea! Who can forget Bernadett's arm trick! That was a cool optical illusion! Danny

                                                                                                                                                                            Oh yea! Who can forget Bernadett's arm trick! That was a cool optical illusion! Danny

Yes it was. I remember it well.

                                                                                                                                                                            Oh yea! Who can forget Bernadett's arm trick! That was a cool optical illusion! Danny



I can do that.  ;D ;D ;D



Cat

I can do that.  ;D ;D ;D



Cat

Back then I had trouble with it, so kids at school kinda showed us the way.

remember it? I remember their zip code! oh, two one, three four.... send it to zoom!
                                                                                                                                        Also besides Bernidett's arm trick,can any one remember Danny's (a form of origami)"paper balloon" he showed how to make out of a sheet of notebook paper? He was a tall thin blond headed kid they on around the mid 70's,(he was probably lucky to get in about 2 years  with the show before becoming too old himself to be on it) he did get to work with a few of THE original cast just before their contracts ended. Danny

Hey Danny. Why don't you join the board. We don't bite...hard.  ;) :D ;D ;D



Cat

Hey Danny. Why don't you join the board. We don't bite...hard.  ;) :D ;D ;D



Cat

Cat's right! C'mon on and join. Check out all the topics. It's fun!

I loved Zoom. 

"And don't forget the SASE" (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope)