Shark Bytes

I'm fairly sure the line in the theme song pertaining to Freddie is actually "Not so smart,with lots of heart is Freddie the Frog",NOT the thing about spark and parties.Emmy-Jo was one hot,foxy babe.I also lusted in my heart for Lady Aberlin on MisteRogers Neighborhood,who was indeed quite a Betty.Henrietta Hippo was a egotistical warthog with huge,disgusting nostrils.I hated her for smashing Freddie's record player.Freddie said "You broke my record player-and you broke my heart!"...

Oh who cares about the show, I was in highschool and my Mom thought I was nuts for watching it every morning before I went to school... but Emmy was so incredibly hot...memories of her are burned into my brain. Doug HAD to be the most hated guy in America for getting her. that is one guy who could live to be a million and never know how lucky he was.

What I could have really learned from Doug was how a dweeb like him scored a hot chick like Emmy Jo Peden in real life. How come he didn't teach us that valuable lesson?!?!?!

I was young in the 70s, but I gotta tell ya, I thought this show was idiotic.

Emmy Jo was hot, but everything else was just window dressing until we could see her.

I mean, even for a young kid, the animals were moronic. And, like, I'm gonna learn a lesson from Doug? Are you serious?!?!

I was a kid in mid 1980s. I used to New Zoo Revue on WHTM 27 on Saturdays at 6:00AM in the morning. Freddie Frog, Charlie Owl, Henrietta Hippo, Doug and Emmy Jo were my favorite characters. I loved New Zoo Revue when I was little. New Zoo Revue is most my favorite.

For many of us men who appreciate voluptuous, healthy women, Henrietta's size was never an issue. How-some-ever, her infernal, constant blathering was enough to drive a good man to the bottle that Freddie kept in his treehouse (presumably for the "lots of parties" he threw).

I hate to admit this, but when I was a kid, I walked around the house with my Mom's scarf like Henrietta Hippo.

For James: The lyrics are culled from the web, from someone named Mike, who thinks this is the greatest show in the history of mankind.

Well, OK.

I loved Emmy Jo but thought the idiotic animals and the soporific Doug destroyed all the good which the show had to offer: a hot chick in short skirts & go-go boots prancing around to inspire the imaginations of a legion of young fans. But consider the alternative: they would have had to change the title from "New Zoo Review" to "Emmy Jo Prancing Around in Short Skirts & Go-Go Boots to Inspire the Imaginations of a Legion of Young Fans" which would have been hard to fit in the TV Guide. Oh well, here are the insipid lyrics:

La-La-La-La-La-La-La, La-La-La-La-La-La-La

It’s the New Zoo Revue, coming right at you...
Where three delightful animals have fun with what they do.

We learn with our friend Doug (our friend Doug!)
I'm his helper Emmy Jo (Emmy Jo!)

With Freddie!
Charlie!
Henrietta!

We have fun learning what we don't know.

Delicate and feminine is Henrietta Hippo.
Very wise and very smart is Charlie the Owl. (Whooo!)
Lots of spark with lots of parties, Freddie the Frog.

It's quite an unusual thing, the animals talk and sing...
With Doug and Emmy Jo, everyday's a different show!

It’s the New Zoo Revue, coming right at you...
It’s the New Zoo Revue, coming right at you!

could somenoe post the lyrics to complete the theme song. heres what i remember. "its the new zoo reviiew, coming right at you, with three delightful animals who have fun at what they do" what i cant remember is the descriptions in the rest of the sonf of the animalss(freddy,woody and henrietta). The reason i want to know this is i work with a lady who looks like henrietta hippo!!

As a kid, I could never figure out why the lard-a** hippo considered herself to be so hot.

It would have been a much better show if they'd gotten rid of the stupid animals & Doug and just let Emmy Jo prance around in her short skirts & boots.

I loved this show as a wee little lass. It was right up there with Sesame St., Mr. Rogers, Electric Co., and Captain Kangaroo. I thought the tunes were catchy, the characters were adorable, and the show taught lessons in a way that they were appealing.
One day, I was a grown woman already and I was up all night with a broken heart, and I was channel surfing, and smear me with Crisco and call me Francisco if I didn't come across a rerun of NZR. For the whole time of the episode's run, I felt like I was 4 years old again, which is what one needs when one is suffering from a case of relationship-related sorrow. It never jumped.

Correciton..I meant, "Book".(Damn spellchecker!)

I loved Emmy Jo--but I gotta say I agree with whatever poster felt Doug Mommary's credit was a Broadway like one..Words,music and BOKK by Mommary...when did it go Broadway?

I just recently saw what they call the first season DVD and I have to say this show jumped the shark when Freddie's voice changed and Doug had long hair. The only plus was that Emmy Jo let her hair down (hubba), but the acting and singing seemed more over the top as well. Plus, her added sexiness seems oddly out of place for a kid show. As for some poster here saying that she actually married Doug in real life I can only say "God bless the 70s!"

You are right, it wasn't really the show that jumped. I guess it was my childhood innocence that jumped the shark! *sobbing, violins*.