The All New Oobi Hour

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***The All New Oobi Hour*** is an American live-action television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Henson Associates, Inc**.** (Now The Jim Henson Company). Starring the retro puppet Oobi, the series aired from 1988 to 1993 on P&FTV & CBS.

## Characters

### Main

* Oobi (Tim Lagasse) is a ten-year-old boy. He is curious and always willing to learn something new. Unlike the other characters, he is a completely bare puppet aside from his eyes and wears a yellow striped shirt with small images of drums on the front and, starting in season 2, on his sleeves, under a purple shaggy waistcoat. He wears orange and red trousers with yellow knee-caps and yellow and orange Converse-like sneakers. His eyes are brown in the short episodes and hazel in the long-form episodes. Recurring elements in the series include Oobi's aspiration to become a drummer and his favorite vehicle, a red model car they ride. He acts as a role model to his younger sister, Uma, who often looks to him for guidance.
* Uma (Fran Bill) is Oobi's thirteen-year-old sister. She is taller than Oobi and usually wears a light pink dress with several music notes going all around her dress. Along the bottom of her dress, there is a piano pattern. The dress' sleeves are purple with pink stripes. Under her dress are a pair of purple tights. She wears pink boots that can change into anything when she presses the button & a barrette on her pinky finger. She loves singing, dancing, and pretending. Chickens are her favorite animal, and she will often talk about and imitate them, much to Grampu's annoyance. She has a tendency to comically overreact to minor changes or inconveniences. Her catchphrases are "Nice!" and "Pretty." Because she is so young, she has trouble pronouncing long words. Uma is a Keyboardist.
* Kako (Noel MacNeal) is Oobi's excitable, confident, and slightly arrogant best friend. Kako generally has a playful attitude and often cracks jokes, but he can prove to be insightful and sincere whenever Oobi needs advice. He has green eyes and wears light brown trousers, a shirt, with a red scarf, brown waistcoat & a red knit cap. His catchphrase is "Perfecto," the Spanish word for "perfect." Unlike Oobi and Uma, Kako comes from a nuclear family consisting of himself and his parents, Mamu and Papu.
* Grampu (Jerry Nelson) is Oobi and Uma's wise and sometimes rather unlucky grandfather, who acts as their caregiver and mentor. He wears a beret on his head that has a music note on it. He wears a light blue suit with red swirls on it under a dark blue vest. His vest has a guitar on it that is going diagonal, thus making one of the straps the top of a guitar, the other strap's button being a guitar pick. He wears a pair of red slip-on shoes. His appearance is different from that of the children; four of his fingers are curled instead of being extended, making him look taller. His favorite pastimes are cooking and gardening. He develops a romantic relationship with Oobi's teacher, Inka, throughout the series. His catchphrase is "Lovely!"
* John The Dog (Fred Garbo) is the hand family’s pet ragdog. He has his own series called: The Adventures of John The Dog.