Yo Gabba Gabba

I was telling Chrissy-Bot about the new children’s TV show Yo Gabba Gabba yesterday and he began chanting the refrain from Krome & Time‘s classic jungle track License (Remix):

Yo yo yo yo
Gabba gabba gabba gabba

Download: Krome & Time; License (Remix)
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Of course they’re actually saying:

You You You You
Have-a Have-a Have-a Have-a

But it’s so chopped up that it sounds more like the former.

It got me wondering; is that where the producers of the TV show got the idea for the name of the show? I wouldn’t be all-together surprised since the show does have a distinctly “rave” flavor to it:

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Finally a children’s TV show about dancing! Check out this clip from when Leslie Hall was the “dancy-dance friend” who came in to teach everyone the Razzle Dazzle:

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Then there’s this episode where ska/rocksteady band The Aggrolites came on to sing the praises of bananas:

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The show also has regular segments like Biz’s Beat of the Day (Biz Markee), Mark’s Magic Pictures (Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo) and various other gust-appearances, as well as animation segments by folks like Paper Rad, and Joel Trussell (of Tigerbeat6 art fame).

I found this funny remix of Missy Elliot’s Work It on the Yo Gabba Gabba Myspace page:

Download: Yo Gabba Gabba; Please It AKA Missy…
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As Zulu says;

the music on Yo Gabba Gabba is better than what’s on MTV.

Here’s a short documentary about the show:

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Want more? Check out their blog: Yo Blogga Blogga