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Jack Black Drops In on Yo Gabba Gabba
You either love Yo Gabba Gabba or you detest the H&R Puff N Stuff out of it.
Kind of like Jack Black, the over the top, goofball star of . . . pretty much EVERYTHING these days.
When we at Babble heard the two were coming together, we just had to have a look. Want to know what happens when Jack Black runs out of gas and lands in Gabbaland?
First, if you’re a Jack Black fan, you’re going to love the show on April 3. And if you’re not, you might still love it. A surprisingly subdued Jack – with some equally surprising blonde highlights (what’s that all about Jack?) limps his unleaded motorbike into Gabbaland to find the inner workings of DJ Lance Rock’s boombox deserted.
Creeped out, Jack hops around like only a chunky guy with total and complete self esteem (and I mean that in the very nicest of ways – I dig his confidence) can, singing about the possible dangers lurking. Basically, kids, he lets you know it’s OK to be scared, but Toodee, Plex, Foofa and the whole gang don’t let scared last for long. They’re inviting Jack to parties (outside of the tummy) and exchanging dance moves (think Travolta and do the disco roll).
This one should shut down the doubting Thomases who think the show tries too hard to play funky and misses the kid friendly mark. You can’t go wrong with singing, dancing and solving real kid problems. Throw in the guy who voiced Kung Fu Panda, and you’ve got them hooked. Since we all know YGG plays it to the adults too, here’s a few things to watch out for – 30 Rock’s Jack McBrayer and Human Giant’s Paul Scheer tell the knock knock joke of the day (which I refuse to spoil for you).
Oh, and Jack Black in DJ Lance’s orange jumpsuit? PRICELESS.
Get a look at clips of the show over at EW and tune in to Nick Jr. at 1:30 ET/PT on Friday, April 3 to catch the whole thing.
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amOMG, I am soo excited! I was never interested in letting my daughter watch Yo Gabba Gabba, but one day her dad put it on cartoons and it happened to be that, well she danced all around the living room, and I have to admit the sounds were catchy! Plus Jack Black, who I LOVE (Nacho Libre ROCKS), I’m soo glad I’m off that day.
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