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The Hoobs (2001)
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, UK, Canada, USA, British Virgin Islands
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
The Hoobs is a BAFTA-winning television programme created and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, educational, edutainment, informative, colorful, learning, interactive, nostalgic
Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
friendship, puppet, puppetry, youth, friends, imaginary, teaching the ways of the world, children, curiosity, exploration, humour, british, everyday life, problem solving, sesame street, muppets, talk show, alien, family, young, pre school, puppets
Time:
21st century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out educational, humorous, semi serious and feel good films and TV series with plots about friendship, children, friends, puppet, family, puppetry and live action mostly in Family, Fantasy and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Hoobs: Sisimpur (2005), Wimzie's House (1995), Boohbah (2003), Pajanimals (2008), Jack's Big Music Show (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, educational, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
288
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 24 min.
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A group of quirky puppets team up with their human friends to teach little ones important values through music, art and dance.
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Genre: Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service from October 1, 1997 to September 28, 2001. The show has also aired at least as early as ...
Style:
educational, colorful, multicultural, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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50%
669
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 20 min.
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Boohbah was a children's television show. It premiered in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom, and on 19 January 2004 in the United States on PBS until 2 July 2006. It was created by Anne Wood with scripts by Alan Dapre and Robin Stevens. Anne ...
Style:
educational, colorful, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Family, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 2 min.
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Jim Henson's Pajanimals is a children's TV series on PBS Kids Sprout. The Pajanimals are characters that were made by Jim Henson's Creature Shop at The Jim Henson Company.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, light, educational ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
puppetry, friendship, kindergarten, friends, puppet, muppets, rehearsal, music, show tunes, family, young, puppet show ...
Time:
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49%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
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Jack takes a break everyday from his busy kid schedule to visit his favorite place in the world—his backyard clubhouse. Here he can do what he loves best—create and enjoy music, sing, dance and have a ball with his friend Mary, his faithful dog ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, lighthearted, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
friendship, friends, silly humor, musician's life, music, puppetry, best friend, youth, creativity, dance, families, neighborhood ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
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Style:
educational, feel good, semi serious, humorous, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
educational, semi serious, humorous, feel good, bilingual
Audience:
kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
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Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 13 min.
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Oobi is a Parents' Choice Gold Award-winning television series on the Noggin channel. Oobi, a bare-hand puppet (with eyes and accessories) focuses on the stage in a young child’s life when everything in his or her world is new and ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, entertaining, humorous, educational ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
puppet, imagination, puppetry, sesame street, discovery, children, curiosity, friendship, grownups, everyday life, exploration, muppets ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
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Duration: 11 min.
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The Wiggles perform songs for the children with their friends.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
friendship, children, humour, music, satire, dance, safe, teamwork, problem solving, community, routine, puppetry ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
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Style:
colorful, educational, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
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Similarity:
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84
Genre: Fantasy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 5 min.
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Style:
colorful, entertaining, captivating, funny, semi serious ...
Audience:
toddlers, kids, preschool
Plot:
clown, circus, friendship, children, magic, friends, baby boy, teamwork, kindergarten, puppetry, problem solving, television ...
Time:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 5 min.
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Style:
lighthearted, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
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Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, educational, light ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Place:
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42%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Style:
educational, entertaining, funny, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Family, Music
Country: Australia
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Style:
educational, semi serious, realistic, humorous, interactive
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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41%
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Follow the activities of two children.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
children, slice of life, friendship, siblings, friends, satire, escapades, mischievous children, child, everyday life, kindness, british ...
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Audience:
kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
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Style:
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toddlers, family outing, kids, preschool
Plot:
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Place:
usa
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40%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly, kids, preschool
Plot:
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40%
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
children, identity, child, boy, friend, boyhood, parents and children, child protagonist, childhood, friendship, kids and family, friends ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
educational, semi serious, humorous, clever, interactive
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
puppetry, library, literacy, children, singing, puppet, family relations, rehearsal, social relations, teaching the ways of the world, siblings relations, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min.
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Style:
educational, captivating, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Mighty Med is a live-action comedy series starring popular Disney Channel stars Bradley Steven Perry and Jake Short, premieres as a special one-hour event, October 7 on Disney XD. The series is created by Jim Bernstein and Andy Schwartz, and is ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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