Animal Jam

Animal Jam is a television show produced by the Jim Henson Company in 2003. The show is a wild, music-driven, live-action dance show designed to be "interactive," and encourages viewers to get up and dance along with the characters. The show is hosted by Muppet characters Edi and Waffle.
The show premiered on the TLC Network on February 24, 2003, and then moved to the Discovery Kids channel on March 3rd of the same year. Thirty episodes were produced, and several have been released on DVD.
The show also aired on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia.
==Format==
Animal Jam uses real-life kids and puppet characters to teach movement and physical skills. Animal Jam hosts, Edi and Waffle, speak directly to the viewers at home and gets them physical active. The episodes consist of several physical themes including walking, flexibility, personal space, balance, jumping, marching, and physical expression. Each episodes has original songs followed by real animal footage that inspire dances and recurring games songs that viewers must follow along.
== Cast ==
* Rickey Boyd - Waffle the Cow-Monkey
* Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - Edi the Zebra
* David Maida - Bozark
* John Kennedy - DJ 1
* John Tartaglia - DJ 2
* Andy Stone - DJ 3
* Alison Mork - Additional Puppeteer
* Heather Asch - Puppet Wrangler and Puppet Builder
* Amy Engelhardt, Joe Finetti, Randy Crenshaw - background vocalists
==Episodes==
*Episode 101: Body Talk
*Episode 102: Walk the Walk
*Episode 103: Love 'Em and Leap 'Em
*Episode 104: Side by Side by Side
*Episode 105: Not So Lost in Space
*Episode 106: Pretzel Monkey and Cheese Dip to the Rescue
*Episode 107: The Quick, the Slow and the Waffle
*Episode 108: The Right Size for You
*Episode 109: The Not So Moving Episode
*Episode 110: Every Which Way But Forward
*Episode 111: Take a Seat, Please
*Episode 112: Swimmin' (Twistin' Too) and Flying
*Episode 113: I Am The Rain
*Episode 114: Boo Day
*Episode 115: Battle of the Animal Jam Bands
*Episode 116: Touched by a Monkey
*Episode 117: Rockin' and Rollin'
*Episode 118: Crouching Edi, Hidden Waffle
*Episode 119: Snow Day
*Episode 120: On the Spot
*Episode 121: The Animal Jam Olympics
*Episode 122: The Parade Episode
*Episode 123: Edi Finds Her Groove
*Episode 124: Everything's Springin' Up!
*Episode 125: A Hug a Day
*Episode 126: Bright Lights, Big Shadow
*Episode 127: Hands Across Animal Jam
*Episode 128: A Water Buffalo Named Pancake
*Episode 129: Waffle Jam!
*Episode 130: Dance It Out!
==Credits==
* Creator: John Derevlany
* Executive Producer: John Derevlany, Halle Stanford, David Gumpel
* Co-Executive Producer: Ritamarie Peruggi
* Producer: Brenda White
* Co-Producers: Omar Camacho, Megan Hope-Ross
* Directors: Dean Gordon, David Gumpel, Jimmy Huckaby
* Writers: John Derevlany, Mark Hoffmeier, Mark Palmer, Bradley Zweig
* Puppet Coordinator: John E. Kennedy
* Production Designer: Mark Garner
* Character Design: Ed Eyth, Paul Andrejco
* Project Supervisor & Puppet Costume Designer: Jason Weber
* Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop: Heather Asch, Fred Buchholz, Paul Hartis, Ann Marie Holdgruen, Rollie Krewson, Tim Miller, Tom Newby, Connie Peterson, Sara Schmidt Bolden, Goran Sparrman
* Supervising Music Producers: Michael and Patricia Silversher
* Choreography Supervised: Halle Stanford
* Production Choreographer: Myles Thoroughgood
* Theme Song: Peter Lurye
* Songs: Michael and Patricia Silversher, Dave Bassett, Amy Powers, Mike Himelstein, John Rosenberg
* Opening Title: Visual Flux
* Taped at The Disney-MGM Studios, Florida
==Behind the scenes==
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==See also==
*Animal Jam Episodes
*Animal Jam Characters
*Animal Jam Videography
*Animal Jam Songs
==External links==
*Official site
*The Jim Henson Company
*Twenty Minutes with Animal Jam at Tough Pigs
*Animal Jam reviews at Muppet Central
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Category:Muppet TV Shows