Zoom:Best of the 70s

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Product Details

Actor : Jay Schertzer, Joe Schrand, Leon Mobley, Nancy Tates, Edith Mooers
Format : NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9786305048923
Model : WG487
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 2003-03-03
Studio : Paradox
UPC : 783421280335

ASIN : 6305048924

Editorial Reviews

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The show with "the most musical zip code in history" (anyone born in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970 can reel off "0-2-1-3-4" in song) has collected some moments from the original six seasons (the show has been remade for the '90s) in Zoom: Best of the 70's. While Zoom is certainly a show for children, this retrospective is definitely geared more for Gen-X nostalgia than for the youth of today. With the Zoom Raps (no, not a musical number, but a discussion group) about funding for girls sports (in the days when Title IX was a hot topic), the funky hair styles, and the muted sets, memories of Big Wheels and bell-bottoms will come flooding back.

While this is a fun venture back in time, unfortunately too much of the 40-minute video is spent on showing the opening numbers and cast from every season and not enough time with Fannee Doolees ("Fannee Doolee hates to read, but loves a good book") and Merry Macs ("Miss Merry Mac, Mac, Mac, all dressed in black, black, black"). But "Zoomers in Wonderland" and "John Henry," as well as the fantastical plays and Zoom Dos, make this worthwhile. One caveat: apparently one must be under the age of 12 to understand Ubbi-Dubbi. This formerly fluent reviewer found she could barely understand every fourth word. --Jenny Brown

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