New Zoo Revue

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Family
Musical

| creator = Barbara AtlasAlex McNeil. Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. 4th Edition. New York: Penguin, 1996, 600.Opening and ending credits, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v0xbwpP3hk
Doug Momary

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| starring = Doug Momary
Emily Peden
Sharon Baird
Yanco Inone
Larri Thomas
Chuck Woolery
Fran Ryan

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| voices = Bob Holt
Bill Callaway
Joni Robbins
Hazel Shermet

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| composer = Doug Momary

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| runtime = 22 minutes

| company = Funco Corporation
Stone/Bradshaw Productions

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1972|01|24}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1977}}

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New Zoo Revue is an American half-hour children's television show that ran in first-run syndication from 1972 to 1977.{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series |date=1985 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1651-2 |pages=371–373}}

Concept

The 196-episode musical comedy-format show conveyed the concepts of cooperation and guidance for living in contemporary society. Each episode dealt with a topic such as moving away, courtesy, bragging, or patience.

Though hosted by humans Doug and Emmy Jo (real-life spouses Douglas Momary and Emily Josephine Peden), the show featured costumed full-bodied puppet characters, primarily Freddie the Frog, Henrietta Hippo, and Charlie the Owl. Momary composed over 600 songs for the series.{{Cite web |last=Deckelmeier |first=Joe |date=2023-11-12 |title=New Zoo Revue Interview: Doug Momary & Emmy Jo Peden Reflect On Revolutionary Children's Show |url=https://screenrant.com/new-zoo-revue-doug-momary-emily-peden-interview/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}

The show received awards and recommendations from the National Education Association and the National School Board Association.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}

New Zoo Revue was acquired from O Atlas Entertainment and the show's original co-creator, Barbara Atlas; the property is now owned by Frank A. O'Donnell, who is based in Las Vegas. The library continues to be licensed and broadcast by various networks across the US. Episodes can be viewed, and merchandise and DVDs of the original episodes can be purchased on the Internet.

Characters

Doug (played by Doug Momary){{dash}}a human who is friends with Freddie, Charlie, and Henrietta.
Emmy Jo (played by Emily Peden){{dash}}Doug's helper.
Freddie the Frog (performed by Yanco Inone, voiced by Joni Robbins){{dash}}a fun-loving frog who is a bit naïve. While the same size as the other adult-sized characters, Freddie is characterized (at least in some episodes) as a school-aged child.
Charlie the Owl (performed by Sharon Baird, voiced by Bob Holt and later Bill Callaway){{dash}}a serious, know-it-all owl who lives in a tall tree equipped with an elevator. Working as a scientist and an inventor, Charlie is known to give out "One-Bell Prizes" on occasion (subtly making a pun on the Nobel Prize).
Henrietta Hippo (performed by Larri Thomas, voiced by Hazel Shermet){{dash}}a tutu-wearing, genteel hippopotamus with a Southern Belle personality who is a bit shy.
Mr. Dingle (played by Chuck Woolery in season one, thereafter by Walker Edmiston){{dash}}a friendly elderly postman who is also a shopkeeper and a Jack-of-All-Trades.
Mrs. Goodbody (played by Fran Ryan){{dash}}a nosy neighbor who occasionally visits. She served as an advice columnist for The All-New Zoo Gazette.

=Guest stars=

Composer Henry Mancini made a cameo appearance.
Actor Jim Backus of Mr. Magoo and Gilligan's Island fame makes a cameo.
Jesse White, best known as the original Maytag repairman in TV commercials, guest starred on a few episodes.
June Lockhart, best known for her roles on Lassie, Lost in Space and Petticoat Junction, guest starred in the episode "Shyness" as Penelope Potter, a very shy woman.
Richard Dawson, famous for acting in the series Hogan's Heroes and on the game shows Match Game and Family Feud, guest starred in the "Time Travel" episode as a knight from medieval England.
Jo Anne Worley appeared as talk show host Vanessa Gramcracker.