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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping Zoog Disney into the ol’ VCR.

Friends, I have what’s basically going to sound like a fever dream for all of you today. 

Do you remember a programming block on the Disney Channel that ran from 1998 to 2002 with little robot hosts?

Ring any bells?

Well, I’m here to tell you that you didn’t imagine these critters. 

Zoog Disney was a real thing. 

Zoogs were a group of characters who resided in the Zeether, aka “the space between TVs and computers.” 

They intro’d different shows, fan-made content, you name it. 

And, boy, were these little guys cute. 

Each Zoog had their own name, personality, and specialty, and some of the bumpers included a full roll call. 

Video source: ashleyslomo

The Zoogs were originally created by David Fremont back in 1997 while working with Colossal Pictures. 

According to Fremont, Disney reached out to Colossal Pictures with the abstract idea of Zoogs, and he and a few other artists designed what would become the Zoogs we saw on-air. 

Unfortunately, there was a redesign at some point that David didn’t approve or work on, and that’s a big ol’ bummer. 

Much like The Brendan Leonard Show, the Zoogs only live on through clips on YouTube. 

There are some dedicated playlists, but you have to do some searching to find specific clips, and I was unable to find a couple of the ones I remembered and/or read about. 

Maybe one day the Zoogs will be restored to their former glory and put on a streamer or, at the very least, be uploaded, in full, to YouTube. 

Until then, they’ll remain lost and refound media.