Waybuloo

Waybuloo is a pre-school British and Canadian children's television series originally created by Dan Good and Absolutely Cuckoo. It was commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC, and first aired on CBeebies in May 2009. The 100-episode show was Head-Written by Marc Seal, filmed by the Foundation in Glasgow and animated and directed by Gallus Entertainment for Decode Entertainment. Post production, including audio, sound design & editing is done by Platform Post Production. in Toronto. Line produced by Matt Porter and the series producer is Simon Spencer, part of the independent company, RDF Media's subsidiary The Foundation. The program makers describe it as "...a philosophy for a happy life, and is like nothing children will have ever seen before".

Waybuloo is set in the land of Nara. The main characters are the four Piplings, 3D CGI animated creatures with large heads and eyes, placed on a filmed background, with the second half of each twenty-minute show featuring human children.

The Piplings practise yogo, a gentle form of exercise similar to yoga. so that the viewers and their parents can participate.

It was the second show by DHX Media to use live-action with the CGI animation. The program makers describe it as "...a philosophy for a happy life, and is like nothing adults will have ever seen before". In 2012 a new shorter version of Waybuloo was released with narration to much criticism. The negative feedback was so strong, CBeebies decided to pull the show in favor of the original version on the very next night.

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Created By

Status

Ended

Original Name

Waybuloo

First Air Date

May 11, 2009

Last Air Date

December 2, 2011

Seasons

3

Episodes

150

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

CBeebies

S03E50

Lau Lau's Bird

Lau Lau finds a lovely bird. She enjoys listening to its pretty chirping and sings along. Then the bird flies away. Lau Lau wants everyone to hear the little bird's song, but the little bird doesn't come back. The other Piplings try to call the bird back but it won't appear. When the cheebies arrive, they try to help Lau Lau by pretending to be birds. Yojojo plays music and they build a nest with Nok Tok. They all dance and sing! The bird still doesn't appear until suddenly they all stop. Then the little bird flies in. The bird loves the quiet. Now it sings its pretty song for everyone to hear.

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