There's no shortage of oddball kids's TV programs with a musical bent, and 'The Doodlebops' have been no exception. So what happened to them?
It's no secret that children's TV has a protracted and storied historical past of providing some truly bizarre content material. H.R. Puff and Stuff, David the Gnome, Fraggle Rock, and even the film Labyrinth, now not to point out all of the adult-themed jokes hidden away in well-liked displays and films. It's sufficient to make you surprise simply who the heck was once accountable for children' programming. Shows get in style, after which they pass away, leaving us wondering what happened to them, like The Doodlebops.
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Whatever happened to 'The Doodlebops'?
Children's selection displays which can be centered around colourful characters and catchy songs are pretty much par for the course when it comes to kid-friendly programming. The Wiggles are a really perfect example of a long-standing musical outfit that gives some tutorial subject matter in a fun-loving way to the world's formative years.
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Of course, there used to be Barney and his magical adventures, and while he wasn't exactly a part of a band like the Australian marvel team of musicians, he nonetheless sang a bunch of tunes which might be nonetheless most likely stuck to your head, like the clean-up song.
The Doodlebops kind of hit the center flooring between Barney and The Wiggles — one may even say it had a dash of LazyTown added to the mix.
It was a live-action children's TV sequence that debuted on the CBC, and the episodes featured a mixture of other comedic sketches that targeted on how to correctly behave in social situations, along with musical numbers, instructional songs, dance routines, and snippets from their live concert events. So yeah, just about exactly like The Wiggles.
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The largest difference with the Doodlebops is that each of the band members rocked either a variety of make-up and/or prosthetics in order to seem as if they were a cartoon character that in some way came to life.
The program in reality hit the big time when the Disney Channel aired it on its Playhouse Disney display block between 2005 and 2009. Cookie Jar TV then picked it up from 2010-2013, and Starz Kids & Family now airs reruns of the musical outfit's adventures.
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The display had a trio of primary characters: Deedee, Rooney, and Moe Doodle. The show ran for three seasons, clocking in a total of sixty five episodes earlier than sooner or later being canceled. The major performers did go back for a 2009 dwell theater display referred to as The Doodlebops: Together Forever Tour that toured Canada in early 2009.
What's 'The Doodlebops' forged up to this present day?
The 3 authentic actors who portrayed the major characters in The Doodlebops, Lisa Lennox, Chad McNamara, and Jonathan Wexler haven't finished an entire lot, in accordance to their IMDB pages anyway, after filming The Doodlebops: Together Forever Tour.
Lisa and Chad should not have any credit listed following the end of the sequence.
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Jonathan has six quick movie credit to his title after his final theatrical display with the gang, and any other challenge known as Awakened that is finished but has no free up date or different information listed.
Since the display's nonetheless airing on Starz and had some distribution with Disney for some time, it's protected to suppose that the whole main cast earned a tight quantity of residuals from their time on the show.
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Creeping on Lisa's Instagram displays that the former children's TV big name has two kiddos of her own and enjoys Bingo nights together with her friends. Chad's IG shows him dwelling the dad lifestyles too and he is a professor of musical theater at St. Lawrence college in Kingston, Ontario.
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Jonathan Wexler's IG states he is "currently working on [his] come back..." and his account is personal. There is a link to his non-public site that lists his appearing credit. It turns out like he hasn't given up a desire to carry out and remains to be actively pursuing roles.
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