this is a certified LSSQ classic

Dora was the definition of “get brown contacts”

new memory unlocked, and I'm surprised that jungle junction isn't more widely known since it's so well made, outclassing a lot of other 3d animation for the time, both in directing and in visual quality.

The lost media I'm most interested in is "Me And My Friends", the original pilot for The Backyardigans. It's from 1998 and was a live-action show with people in costumes, and only a few tiny pieces have ever been found.

Team Umizoomi was my childhood and same for Little Einsteins I remember watching those two shows again and again and again for like eight years since I’m on the autism spectrum I had like a big attachment to those shows but now that I’m 15 I have distance myself from one of those shows that being Team Umizoomi but I still watch Little Einsteins when I feel like it which admittedly is pretty much all the time

Something about childhood nostalgia and lost media gives me such a weird and pleasant feeling. Like a little puzzle piece from my childhood ;w;

It’s always a nice day when you discuss media like this.

I actually remember the original Kai-Lan shorts (or at least one of them), where Kai-Lan said “Hi! I’m Kai-Lan!” instead of “Ni Hao! I’m Kai-Lan!” And I also still have a Baby Einstein DVD from when I was VERY little that includes the short trailer to the Little Einstein pilot! And I actually somewhat remember Jungle Junction, as I distinctly remember watching the series premiere as a sneak preview when I was in elementary school after what I think was a new Handy Manny special!

The doodlebops pilot is what you need to look for because no has ever tried

Fun Fact: The ORGINAL theme song from the Dora the Explorer pilot was found! And some more footage from it!! Someone uploaded this on KZfaq! It’s from an abc news thingy featuring Dora

Something that might be lost media:

Hey LSSQ.

Lost media from kids shows are the most fascinating form of lost media in my opinion. I don’t know why, I assume it’s because it’s something I grew up on.

Thank you SO much for talking about the Team Umizoomi pilot. Team umizoomi is such an VERY underrated show and I'm very interested in this pilot it would be nice to see the some of the scrapped characters in that pilot.

fun fact for the old muno and brobee costumes in the 200s pilot: they were originally characters from the aquabats. brobee was weedy the broccoli bee and muno was cyclopsis

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Thank you for covering the Jungle Junction pilots more! I started the search and I have been trying to contact the shows staff members for years and have gotten nowhere really other than one response that is linked in the LMW Article. If anyone here could maybe successfully contact Trevor Rickkets about this that would be awesome, as I can not find anywhere where he responds.

Holy crap you just dug up a DEEP memory about Jungle Junction. I’d sometimes watch it while I got ready for school because, even though I was already a teenager, I wanted some background noise.

The costumes in Yo Gabba came from several videos of the Aquabats, which is a band involving superhero elements. The Aquabats lead singer was involved in putting together Yo Gabba Gabba, which is why viewers may often see the Aquabats collaborate with Yo Gabba Gabba in some way.

I hope that you can spark up a search for the lost 1999 pilots for Winx Club, W.I.T.C.H. and Totally Spies. I feel like there is a chance of at least one of these pilots, but they're not talked about enough.