ZOOM: 1 1/2 year of rebooted children’s television

Zoom’s 1 1/2 anniversary special aired on September 24th, 1999. It was hosted by Boston-based Belinda Gooblefroob, host of the syndicated children’s show, Miss Gooblefroob’s Neighborhood, who has clearly seen not any of Zoom.

Highlights

 * Kate Taylor calls ZOOM "an educational, interactive, and fun show that parents can sit their teens down in front of while they drink coffee"
 * Gooblefroob gets ready to interview Sigourney Weaver, but then she finds out it is actually Pablo Velez.
 * Gooblefroob has a hard time interviewing David Toropov that she wants him to say the Alphabet backwards
 * Gooblefroob takes a tour of ZOOMLand.
 * Gooblefroob, throughout the special, refers to Zoom as "Zing, “Boom, “Zip", and “Zoom In, Zoom Out!”
 * A Then and Now of the show’s ZOOMGuests. Obviously, they were the same age when they were on Zoom and still in the same grade.
 * Highlights of Zoom's well-known segments back then, These include "Flea Circus" "Film Canister Rockets", "Do Your Homework", Pablo’s snow poem, and of course Alisa and Lynese showing viewers how an anteater washes itself! Who knew the Do Your Homework Playhouse would be a big hit back in 1999?
 * A second take on We R Superheroes. It tells viewers that they don’t have to be superheroes.
 * Jared and Zoe asking the television viewing audience what their favourite ZOOM memories. However, the show did not premiere yet when this special was taped, so a few kids were either silent, or most of the answers were "Sesame Street", "Mr. Roger’s", or "I want a corn dog!"