The Lost BonziBuddy Show

The BonziBuddy Show is an animated children's TV show that was made and aired on multiple channels in 2001. The show probably originated from Nick Jr., but others believe it originated from a cartoon TV channel from Canada. The show was based on the famous BonziBUDDY, which has become a meme in recent internet years. The show is about the adventures of Bonzi and his friends: Peedy the Parrot, Merlin the Wizard, Genie the Genie, and many other characters.
Created by Joe and Jay Bonzi, the same people who created the BonziBUDDY software and the Bonzi Software company, it has got very good ratings on TV show review websites on the internet after its first airing on Nick Jr among other preschool channels, as well as blocks. But it later got awful ratings due to the software it was based on being confirmed to be spyware and adware. Because of this, the show only ran for 3 seasons and later got been cancelled. 
The show has been lost since 2009, and as of 2023, no known accessible recordings, storyboards, scripts, plot or audio of the show exist (though VHS recordings supposedly exist, none have been released online), and is considered lost media. Only two images of the show has been found: The first image was a screenshot from the pilot episode that had its logo, which was found by BonziWORLD users. The second image shows Bonzi at the beach which was found by Robert B. Birdley (which was one of the people who worked on the show back then).
The forum website bonzibuddy.tk (A.K.A BonziBUDDYS) had many topics talking about this show. Many users on the site said that they remember watching the show on Nick Jr. On CBS. A forum post on the site said that a new clip of the show had just dropped, but the video has probably been deleted since it cannot be found anywhere, and it's unknown if the clip was real or fake. The forum post, along with its replies and the video didn't get archived. Bonzibuddy.tk has been closed since 2016, and the owner of the website made a reddit post explaining why. 
It is unknown when the show was cancelled, but it is believed that the show did not continue past 2004, which was the same year the BonziBUDDY software got been discontinued. Bonzi Software, however, got discontinued in Saturday July 02, 2005, and was finally shutdown in the end of 2008. The show never aired on Nick Jr. Too, considering the channel came out 2 years after the show got cancelled. 
The only information about 3 out of 93 episodes the show had was the pilot. With one episode revolving around Bonzi and his friends gong to find his missing bananas, another where Bonzi tries to do stand-up comedy but fails, and another where Bonzi and probably his friends are at the beach, which is seen on the image found by Robert. However, the plot of the beach episode and every other episode is currently unknown. After the show got been cancelled, the show never had any re-runs on Nick Jr, due to the same reason it got cancelled. 
==The Post==
The following text below was taken from a post from a blog website that got been deleted a few years after the post was made for unknown reasons. The blog post was also both the first to mention the lost kids' TV show, and what instigated the lost media hunt.
 October 1st 2009, 12:30 A.M
 Does anyone here remember BonziBUDDY? That purple gorilla that would annoy the hell out of you and would make you uninstall it a few minutes after using it? Well, I found out that there was a TV show for kids based on him, and this is what I found on the internet a few days ago.
 "2000 was the year Bonzi Software's BonziBUDDY was getting really popular, with over 4 million downloads. Because of this, in 2001 not only there were BonziBUDDY plushies as a reward for Gold Membership users, but Joe and Jay Bonzi has decided to work on a new kids TV show about the purple gorilla and his friends: Peedy, Merlin, Genie etc. Along with Nick Jr. Productions. When they started working on the show, many people have been hired. For example, Jay Robinson did the storyboards and Jason O'Ryan did Bonzi's voice. The show used 2D animation. It only lasted 3 seasons because of low ratings and that the software it was based on was later confirmed to be spyware. The main reason people didn't like the show was because it was based on the spyware software and many users thought that Bonzi, either on the show or on the software, was annoying. 
 The plot the episodes had weren't so bad according to the few users who have liked the show, and they were funny. Some people found one of the episodes stupid, One of them said it was one where Bonzi tries to do stand-up comedy, but fails. 93 episodes were made in total. The show aired on the Nick Jr. channel and also aired on Nick Jr. on CBS, at that time. The show was later cancelled because of its criticism, with its last episode being Bonzi and his friends introducing a new character named Max, which is from a new software Bonzi Software made a while ago called "MaxALERT", which was the precursor to BonziBUDDY."
 Yeah, that's pretty much all the information about this show. What's even stranger is that fact that no clips or episodes of the show are on the Nick Jr. Website, and trying to look up the show on Google shows no results. How hasn't anyone recorded a single airing of this show yet?!?!?!! Well, if someone has recorded this show airing on TV, then why don't they release it on the internet? I tried contacting Jay Robinson asking for the episodes but he didn't reply, I even tried contacting Jason O'Ryan but I didn't get a response from him either. Are the workers of this show busy or something? Nick Jr. or Nickelodeon don't seem to give a shit about this show anymore and want it to be absolutely forgotten. I even tried contacting them, but there was also no response. How am I supposed to watch at least one single episode from this show if there aren't any recordings of it online? Does the show even exist? Is all of this just a hoax? I have so many questions. If the show isn't on Nick Jr.'s website then it must be because there's no point on adding a show that was hated because no one was going to watch it, or the show just doesn't exist I guess. Still though, they could have included the show on their website if it is real, because they have no idea that this show is now either lost media or a hoax.
 I also tried looking up Joe and Jay Bonzi's contacts but no results. There are no IMDB pages of this show. I tried contacting Nick Jr. because I wanted them to tell me if this show was real or not, and no response. No one replies to me! Why does no one wants to talk about this mysterious show anymore? The other people who worked on this show are currently unknown as of now, and until we find out who the other workers are, I'm not going to be able to contact anyone else that worked on this show. If a person who worked on this show is reading this, please contact me and give me more information about this show, footage (if you have it) or at least anything else that is from this show. You can give me a script, storyboard, etc. And those people who has footage of this show, Please contact me and send me the footage, or publish it on the internet. The Bonzi Software website, If I remember correctly, actually had a contact page where you would be able to contact the owners of the website (Which is Joe and Jay Bonzi), but since the website got been shutdown, It made contacting Joe and Jay Bonzi a lot harder, since I cannot find their contact anywhere.
 Also, It says that there were reviews of this show. If so, where? Where did those "reviews" even come from, and from what website? Was the website deleted? They could have been more specific as it would be much more easier to find this show, but no they weren't. I think there was also no information of this show on the Bonzi Software website. Maybe I'm wrong, but I have never saw information of this TV show on the site. They may have mentioned it on another page I didn't visit at the time their site were still up. I have already checked through my VHS collection to see if I had a Nick Jr. recording of this show, but no I don't. I'm starting to think that all of this is a hoax, but I'll continue to do research on this lost show.
 All I want is that the mystery behind this show gets to be solved as soon as possible and that if the information behind this show is not a hoax, the episodes gets found. Me and my friends are still currently on the hunt for this lost TV show. If you want to join us and help us on the hunt, then feel free to contact me. We'll try as much as we can to track down this lost TV show, and if we're lucky enough, we may end up finding a recording of this show. If anyone remembers seeing this show then I suggest you join our hunt for this lost show too. Tell us what episodes of it have you seen airing on TV before, what they were called (if you remember), and what they were about. I'll make sure to update this blog if we find something and will add the information you give to us.
 If we don't find anything, then this show might not even exist.
 Thank you for reading.
==Afterwards ==
After the post has been made, fans of the series scoured online resources, such as file-sharing sites, but to no avail. Nick Jr. or Nickelodeon has yet to fully release the episodes. The OP (Original Poster) might have never made an update to the page, and their contact as of now is currently unknown. Since the blog website got been deleted, it is unknown if the footage of this show has ever been found or not. But chances are it still has not been found, since searching for 'The BonziBuddy Show' to this day will still not show any results. The show itself does exist, though. The OP might have never got a response from Jay Robinson, Jason O'Ryan, or Nick Jr. There might be VHS recordings of this show somewhere in the world, though it's unknown if the copies did even survive. 
==The Forum==
The forum 'bonzibuddy.tk' had many posts made by users saying they remembered seeing the show. There's also a screenshot of an unarchived post saying that a clip of 'The BonziBuddy Show' had just dropped, but it's unknown if it was real or fake. Looking up for a clip about the show will not show any results. The video probably got deleted. The topics about 'The BonziBuddy Show' were the most viewed ones and the most replied on the website, considering it's lost media.
==BonziWORLD.com==
BonziWORLD was a website where you could chat with people online as a BonziBuddy. Each Bonzi had its own color and you could change the color of your Bonzi by using /color (one of the site's commands) and typing in the color you wanted. If you didn't type a color, you would be given one at random.The site also had many other commands, for example, using /joke would make your Bonzi tell a joke/fact that was supposed to entertain you, among other amusing commands. Created in August 2016 by a user called "heyjoeway" (Joseph Judge).
However, when the original BonziWORLD site by Joseph was still up, a discussion started about this show. We were able to get the chatlog of this discussion, however, we have removed the users names for their privacy. Thank you for your understanding.
 User 1: omg has anyone heard of the bonzi buddy show
 User 2: yeah i remember watching it on nick jr when i was a kid
 User 3: nah man it didnt originate from nick jr
 User 4: Actually, I think it originated from an obscure Canadian cartoon channel. I can't remember the name of it though.
 User 1: i dont remember that
 User 2: me neither 
 User 4: It's possible that it was only aired in Canada and not in the US. That might explain why some of us don't remember it.
 User 1: omg i think just remembered the channel it was on! it was called "cartoon fun time" or sumtin like that 
 User 2: oh yeah i think ur right. it was so good
 User 3: i never knew it was canadin i always thought it was a nick jr show
 User 4: It's possible that it was later picked up by Nick Jr. in the US, but it originally aired on this Canadian channel.
These users in the chat are discussing their memories of the show, with User 1 and User 2 initially mentioning that they remember watching it on Nick Jr, but User 3 and User 4 providing additional information about the show's origin. User 4 mentions that it did not originate from Nick Jr, but from an obscure Canadian cartoon TV channel. The channel name is not remembered by the users. This adds to the mystery and confusion surrounding the show's history, as it suggests that the show may not have been as widely aired or well-known as the other users initially thought. User 4 also points out that it's possible that the show was later picked up by Nick Jr. in the US, but it originally aired on this Canadian channel. 
Quite strange...
==The Japanese Blog==
Before the website died, a few users there knew about the story of The Lost BonziBuddy Show. These users did very deep researching on the show, and eventually they have found a japanese blog talking about the show's pilot episode that aired on Nickelodeon's Japanese Channel. That post even included a screenshot of the show being aired on the channel that had its logo, which is extremely rare.The following text is taken from the japanese blog:
 April 05, 2001
 Today the Nickelodeon channel aired a pilot of a new Nick Jr. Show. It's called "The BonziBuddy Show" and it's about a purple monkey named Bonzi. The pilot was about him and his friends going to find his missing bananas.
 I thought that the show is a good show. I like the animation and the design of the characters. I cannot wait for the other episodes. The episode was kinda funny in my opinion.
==Why the show isn't on Nick Jr.'s Website==
On March 31 of 2020, A person that was on the hunt for the lost show had contacted one of the people that worked on Nick Jr., asking for the episodes and why the show isn't on Nick Jr.'s website, and they got a response. The following text is from what the worker replied:
 March 31 2020, 03:45 P.M
 Robert B. Birdley
 "Hello. The reason why the show is no longer on Nick Jr.'s Website is because after the show got been cancelled, Joe and Jay Bonzi has requested for the show to be removed from the website due to many of the criticism it was getting. Nick Jr. agreed to remove the show on its website, and this is the reason why the show isn't there anymore. Now, about the episodes, I don't have any but you can try contacting someone else and see if they have the episodes you're looking for. Thanks for asking." 
==The Call==
A few days after this, the same person who contacted Robert B. Byerly has found Joe Bonzi's phone number (805-782-0322), and called him. The following is the call transcription:
 Joe Bonzi: Hello, who's calling?
 The person who called Joe: Hello, do you have any episodes of "The BonziBuddy Show"? According to many people, it's a show that is lost since 2009, and to this day there are many people trying to find its episodes. I'm just calling you because I want you to confirm if it's all true and that you have any episodes of this show.
 Joe Bonzi: Ok so, I actually do have the episodes for the show, but why is there so many people wanting to watch that garbage? I'm not even sure they're gonna like that crap anymore. There has been many criticism towards this show in the past.
 The person who called Joe: There are people wanting to watch the show because they consider it being a nostalgic show, and a lot of the people who's trying to find this show says that they liked watching it. Could you please release those episodes on the internet?
 Joe Bonzi: Ok. But first, I'm gonna have to talk with Jay to see if he wants the episodes released. One minute.
 The person who called Joe: Aight.
 2 minutes later...
 Joe Bonzi: Hey man, you still here?
 The person who called Joe: Yeah.
 Joe Bonzi: Jay said he's gonna think about it. If he release all of the episodes, I'll make sure to call you again. But first, what's your number?
 The person who called Joe: Aight, my number is... (Not gonna put his number here unless this person is fine with it)
 Joe Bonzi: Okay. Gonna write it in so that I don't forget your number. Ok?
 The person who called Joe: Alright.
 A few seconds later...
 Joe Bonzi: Done. Thanks for calling man.
 The person who called Joe: You're welcome. Cya.
 Joe Bonzi: Cya.
 The call ends.
It has been since 3 years, and the episodes has not been released yet, so Jay Bonzi probably thought about not releasing the episodes for unknown reasons.
==Leaked Screenshot==
Days later, Robert has found a screenshot taken from a episode with Bonzi, possibly with his friends, on the beach. The plot is unknown, though. Robert has sent the screenshot to the same person who had contacted him before. Robert has also confirmed that the total runtime for this and all episodes of The BonziBuddy Show were 11 minutes. He said that he does not remember if the show had any specials...
== Used to be on Nick Jr.'s Website ==
The show actually used to be on Nick Jr.'s website back when the show wasn't cancelled. If going to the TV Schedule page from 2003 on Nick Jr.'s Website using the WayBack Machine, you will find The BonziBuddy Show there. Advertisements of the show, as well as advertisements from the BonziBUDDY software can be found on some pages of the site on 2003 on the WayBack Machine.
== Screenshots ==
File:TVSCHEDULE.PNG|TV Schedule from October 13 2003, including The BonziBuddy Show.
File:TVSHOWS.png|TV Shows page from 2003, including The BonziBuddy Show.
File:BONZIBUDDYECARDS.png|A screenshot from the site, possibly from 2003, including a advertisement for BonziBUDDY E-Cards
File:BONZIBUDDYSOFTWAREAD.png|Advertisements for games and the BonziBUDDY Software, possibly from 2003.
File:MEETBONZIAD.png|An advertisement from March 25, 2002 for a Nick Jr. game, including Bonzi.
==Videos==
File:(Creepypasta) The Lost BonziBuddy TV Show (by RodrigoJogosALT - ft. BonziBuddy)|Part 1
File:(Creepypasta) The Lost BonziBuddy TV Show (Part -2 - by RodrigoJogosALT - ft. BonziBuddy)|Part 2
File:(Creepypasta) The Lost BonziBuddy TV Show (Part -3 - by RodrigoJogosALT - ft. BonziBuddy)|Part 3
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