Doodlebops
The Doodlebops is a Canadian musical comedy series for preschool children. Beginning its broadcasting run in 2004, the series, produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment airs on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada in the CBC Kids morning block, and on the Disney Channel in the USA as part of the Playhouse Disney morning programming schedule. The series stars are Lisa J. Lennox as Deedee Doodle, Chad McNamara as Rooney Doodle, and Jonathan Wexler as Moe Doodle. The Doodlebops' characters are members of a kids' band, not unlike The Monkees, the inspiration of series producer/director Jamie Waese, along with Cookie Jar executive Michael Hirsh and Carl Lenox (not related to the person who plays Dee Dee), but to their legions of preschool-aged fans, they are only known by their character names. All the characters wear heavy make-up and/or prosthetics and look like live-action cartoon characters, and wore cloth hoods with fake ears during the show's first season, but have since been removed. The show features a mix of music, humor and skits that teaches viewers valuable pro-social lessons. The show always includes scenes from a concert performance, in front of a preschool audience who actively participate in the singing and dancing. In the show's second season, the band wears flashier versions of their standard costumes, including sequins and other metalic fabrics during their concert segments.
In the band, Deedee plays either a Keytar or a keyboard, Moe plays drums, and Rooney plays the guitar.
Other regulars on the show include Kim Roberts as the Doodlebops' scat-singing Manager Mazz (Season I), Jackie Richardson as the Doodlebops' Manager Jazzmin (Season II), puppeteers Ron Stefaniuk as the voice of both Moosehead and Mudge the cat and Jason Hopley as Audio Murphy, the Doodlebops' canine musical engineer/video director (as of Season II) and Giovanni Catucci as Bus Driver Bob, their intrepid driver.
