They would also start babbling at me in Ubbi Dubbi, which I could never translate. Also like the original, each show is made up entirely of ideas submitted by the home ZOOMer audience. Talk about variety. Over the course of one episode the ZOOMers run across an immense landscape of projects and activities. ZOOMguests present their peculiar interests and hobbies, from hot-air ballooning to dog grooming, for ZOOMers to discover.
ZOOM gives kids a little bit of everything, all in a half hour.
While the content of the program is essentially the same as that of the '70s, visually, ZOOM has changed to keep up with the times. The sets are now a riot of bright, electric neons. For a show that depends on the input of its audience, harnessing the potential of the Web was a no-brainer. ZOOMerang is just one part of the show's interactive cycle. Kids watch the show, log onto the Web site for more information, log off to perform an activity, then log back on to report their results, which make their way onto the show in one way or another.