Puppet shows have been becoming rarer and rarer since the late 2000s. Oobi was one of two puppetry-themed shows that Nick Jr. played reruns of after the channel replaced Noggin (the other being Jack's Big Music Show, which I never really liked). Being a puppetry fanatic, I loved to record Oobi on my DVR back in 2012. Sometime in later years, Nick Jr. abruptly removed all kinds of older shows from its schedule, leaving parents everywhere baffled. I was one of those people, but I didn't mind that Gullah Gullah Island and Franklin were gone; I just wanted Oobi back! It's just such a well-done show. They have some of the best puppeteers in the business performing characters (there's Tim Lagasse as Oobi, Noel MacNeal as Kako and even Kevin Clash as an additional puppeteer). Many scenes involving Grampu seem to be made solely for older viewers (Grampu's crush on Inka and the dialogue about St. Louis/Paris). I wish Nick Jr. would bring back some of its old shows, no matter what time of day they're played.
Review of Oobi
