Does anyone remember a show from the 1970's called New Zoo Revue??? As a youngster I used to watch this show. This was a children's show and it had Doug and Emmy Jo on there. There was Freddie the Frog, Henrietta Hippo,and I don't know right off the name of the Owl that was on there. Also Chuck Woolery played Mr. Dingle the postman(in an old person's costume). Does anyone remember this show??? I can remember the theme song goes something like this: "It's The New Zoo Revue Coming Through At You":)

I remember a show called Zoobilee Zoo, which was live-action and was produced by DiC in the mid-late 1980s..

I do remember Zoobillee Zoo also as well:

Speaking Of New Zoo Revue: Here is a website that tells all about the show

www.newzoorevue.com

:crazy: I remember the show faintly. it used to air at 11:30am on WHIO in Dayton but all i can recall is seeing life size puppets of a hippo and a frog dancing near a gazebo? did this scene happen or am i dreaming? well, i never watched the show because my mom watched The Price is Right at 11pm and it runs an hour. When it was over she turned it to the Dayton news at Noon on WHIO and i'd see the last few minutes of New Zoo Revue.

Nope,you aren't dreaming. Those things happened at the beginning of the show where they sang the theme song. The last time I saw New Zoo Revue it was in reruns and that was back in 1979 when I was 8 years old when it aired on our CBS affiliate KENS-Channel 5 in San Antonio and it was on at 6:00 A.M. in the morning. The show originally aired from 1972 to 1974 with new episodes,and they have repeated the shows,mainly on religious or public TV,since then.

I remember the New Zoo Revue. The show was an educational musical comedy that taught young viewers on subjects like the importance of school and courage. Even memorable were the costumed characters Henrietta Hippo, Charlie the Owl and my favorite Freddie the Frog, who had a distinctive laugh. The two humans on the show Doug Momary (Doug) and Emily Peden (Emmy Jo) are real-life husband and wife.

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
It's the New Zoo Revue
Coming right at you.
Where three delightful animals
Have fun with what they do.

They learn with their friend Doug
And his helper Emmy Jo.
With Freddie! Charlie! HENRIETTTTA!
We have fun learning what we don't know.

Elegant and feminine is Henrietta Hippo.
Very wise and very smart is Charlie the Owl. (HOOOO!)
Lots of fun but lots of heart is Freddie the Frog.
It's quite an unusual thing.
The animals talk and sing.
With Doug and Emmy Jo
Every day's a different show.

It's the New Zoo Revue
Coming right at you.
It's the New Zoo Revue
coming right at you.

I totally remeber watching this show as a kid in the seventies. Didnt this show have a character called Gary Gnu that did the "gnews" . Hey i also miss seeing all the cool SchoolHouseRock commercials. Man those were the days. Speaking of old shows, does anyone remember a show called "Electric Company" or something like that. i think it came on PBS back in the early/mid seventies.

I can barely remember it... but I used to watch it all the time as a little kid.

I remember Emmy Jo and those little mini-skirts. MMMMMMMM....Mini-Skirts!:rolleyes: :D

Yeah, I remember it, early 1972 to 1975?

Cast
Doug Mommary (Doug)
EmilyPeden (emmy *swoon*:D Jo)
Chuck Woolery (Dingle)
Bob Holt/Bill Callaway (charlie Owl)
Joni Robbins (Freddie Frog)
Hazel Shermet (Henriette Hippo)
One of the characters was costum played by 1950s Mousekteer Sharon Baird, who's done many such stuf (several others are Felix Silla and Patty Maloney, the latter of whom did cartoons voices as well.Neither of these were on NZR,though)

I couldn't wait to get home from school and watch this show. I so loved these characters. God, I miss being a kid sometimes. Here is a link i found for this show:

http://www.newzoorevue.com/index1.html

I remember that show. Their were some great kids shows in the 70's. Thanks for the link Irene. :)

I LOVED this show when I was round three and fours years old. Herinetta Hippo was my favorite:lol:
I got the theme song going through my head. :lol:

One of my earliest memories is watching this program. I used to dance around in my livingroom to the theme song. I even had a plastic, finger puppet of Hernietta Hippo (that I carried around with me); which, I even brought along with me to Disneyland for my 4th birthday...
Wow that sounds like fun. I don't have any special memories, just sitting in front of the tv in my house in NC watching the show and playing on the floor. :lol:

Wow that sounds like fun. I don't have any special memories, just sitting in front of the tv in my house in NC watching the show and playing on the floor. :lol:
I know, me too..

did u all check out the episode guide? there is one episode abt "drugs"...LOL

I checked out the info and I was laughing (drugs is a serious matter) at the info.

I know, me too..

did u all check out the episode guide? there is one episode abt "drugs"...LOL

I checked out the info and I was laughing (drugs is a serious matter) at the info.
Some of those episodes sound kind of Dorky. :rofl: But then again we were kids then. :lol:

I need some HAPPY PILLS...:lol: :lol: :lol:

I need some HAPPY PILLS...:lol: :lol: :lol:
If I started yelling that now they would take me away. :lol:

"Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy *irene coughs*

Damn girl, I want some!;)
*puff puff pass* "here you go..." (passes to Tara)...

i used to watch new zoo all the time alot of people dont know that game show host chuck woolery played mr. dingle the clumsy mailman i still get a chuckle whenever i hear chuck use his mr. dingle voice on talk or game shows. i had a new zoo table and chair set as a kid the only thing i didnt like about the show was freddie the frogs cousin fredia she was very annoying

Do you guys realise you are showing your age... :)

I too am old enough to remember this show... :(

Sigh, those were the good old days.... (now I really feel old after saying that)

Do you guys realise you are showing your age... :)

I too am old enough to remember this show... :(

Sigh, those were the good old days.... (now I really feel old after saying that)
I am proud of my age. 41. I don't look it at all, which is why I am proud AND I WANT TO SHOUT IT OUT TO THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!

The New Zoo Revue was one of the best kids shows of the 70s. It had a Sid and Marty Krofft look with humans in the animal costumes. I still remember the opening of the theme song that went "La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la." BTW, Doug Momary, who created the show, wrote all the songs and portrayed Doug is still married to the woman who played Emmy Jo, Emily peden.

I am proud of my age. 41. I don't look it at all, which is why I am proud AND I WANT TO SHOUT IT OUT TO THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!
I'll be 41 next month. I'll let you know how I feel. :lol:

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The New Zoo Revue (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125344/http://www.jumptheshark.com/n/newzoorevue.htm) was one of the strangest, sweetest forgotten kids TV shows of the 1970s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zoo_Revue) — a musical fever dream with Freddie the Frog, Henrietta Hippo, Charlie the Owl, Doug, and Emmy Jo (https://moviemom.com/doug-and-emmy-jo-on-the-new-zoo-revue/).

In this episode of Fever Dream Nostalgia, we dig into the real story behind the classic children’s show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zoo_Revue) you may only remember in fragments. Was it a puppet show? A musical? A preschool morality play? A Sesame Street cousin from another dimension?

We explore the creation of The New Zoo Revue (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NewZooRevue), Doug Momary and Emily Peden (https://www.womansworld.com/entertainment/classic-tv/remembering-new-zoo-revue-with-hosts-doug-and-emmy-jo)’s role as Doug and Emmy Jo, the show’s focus on kindness and emotional lessons, the Sid and Marty Krofft connection, the surprising cast members, the songs, the reruns, the fan memories, and why this forgotten piece of retro kids TV still means so much to the people who grew up with it.

This is '70s nostalgia, forgotten kids television, retro TV history, childhood memories, lost-media-adjacent weirdness, and one giant frog proving that your strangest childhood memories were real.

No, you didn’t dream it.

It was real.

Yes it was and I mi$$ the good days!!