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Oobi was made by Little Airplane Productions, a studio co-founded by Josh Selig and Lori Shaer. Both co-founders started their careers working on Sesame Street. Selig was inspired to create Oobi after watching puppeteers perform with their bare hands on the set of Sesame Street.
Oobi: Created by Josh Selig. With Tim Lagasse, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Noel MacNeal, Tyler Bunch. The everyday discoveries of a curious young hand puppet named Oobi. He and his family have funny, simple adventures that celebrate the awkward steps of growing up.
Josh Selig, the creator of Oobi, was inspired to make the show after watching puppeteers on the Polish version of Sesame Street perform with their bare hands. After Oobi finished production, Josh Selig created the cartoon Wonder Pets .
Being the main character, Oobi was the first puppet created for the show. From the beginning, he was meant to be the simplest kind of hand puppet imaginable, with his signature acrylic eyes being his only accessory.
During the camera tests, Martin Robinson was originally going to play Oobi, with Tim Lagasse playing side characters. However, Tim was so expressive that Martin decided to give him the role of Oobi. Tim "pushed the envelope" of what a hand puppet character could do.
In this episode of DefunctTV, Kevin takes a trip back to the inception of Nickelodeon and the Children Television Workshop's joint venture, the all-educational channel, Noggin, and the barehanded...
Oobi is an American children's television series created by Josh Selig for Nickelodeon and its sister channel Noggin. The show's concept is based on a training method used by puppeteers , in which they use their hands and a pair of glass eyes instead of a full puppet.
