OOBI LORE (this is out of hand)

[@calebgoodman3028]

As somebody who was raised by their grandmother I appreciate the representation of Oobi being raised by Grampu.

[@wickedwhisper4568]

I was raised by my grandparents too. Never thought it was weird grampu raised them and I liked that someone had an experience like me.

[@lyslegrande9282]

My grandma remembers watching this with me but I do not!

[@TheAlmightyRiley19]

I remember watching Oobi and Ni Hao Kai Lan and loving that they showed that grandparents are just as important as parents. It definitely made me feel more like I could trust my grandparents just as much. I wish we had a bit more of that now.

[@spicybeantofu]

@@TheAlmightyRiley19 the fact you even had nice enough grand parents is a rarity

[@josethebeast8709]

Same here

[@silverriku12]

There was a very autistic boy that rode my bus when I was younger that would only talk to people through his Oobi hand. I just think it's neat that he found that way to communicate

[@jasperjazzie]

i have an autistic niece who is only semi-verbal but she also does this, and i (also autistic) have been told by my mom that i did the same thing when i was younger although i have no memory of it, it's kind of freaky how common it is but also very cute in a weird way

[@rossbob4215]

💀💀💀that’s amazing

[@spicybeantofu]

@@jasperjazzie puppets help that alot

[@TheAutisticFrog]

Cool

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

People are weirdly more forgiving of social inadequacy if you do it through puppets. It's weird but works

[@memethyst]

that "feels pasta" was so well written in the oobi language it feels like it could've been an actual oobi conversation

[@MuppetHell]

MEME WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE Turning into the next Pyro

[@memethyst]

@@MuppetHell haha yeah im starting to get "i see you everywhere" comments again, i guess i've just been commenting more often? im also just a fan of athena's videos so i like to comment on them

[@ShellySwirl]

@@memethyst I was legit gonna say that though. I see you literally everywhere XD

[@Fluff_Noodles]

12:55 is where it's at if you're looking for this

[@candy_floss9135]

wasn't paying attention fully and thought she was reading from an actual script from the show

[@GarrettEulett]

Fun fact: "Uma Sick" is the only episode whose title doesn't end in an exclamation point.

[@calebgoodman3028]

I don’t know if it was intentional but I like that. Exclamation points are usually for excitement and sickness usually isn’t that.

[@memethyst]

thats because "uma sick!" would imply uma is doing some SICK skateboard tricks rather then dying of whatever sickness these hand creatures can get

[@genericname2747]

This is serious business

[@epicgamer-ny4fj]

​@@memethystmaybe it should have been, get oobi one of those finger skate board

[@gloomiiii]

@@memethystthis made me laugh more than it should have

[@punkysnarks]

Frieda Foot really threw me for a loop. All I can imagine is someone crawling on her back in front of the camera, in severe discomfort from holding her foot up for the entire filming session.

[@wornouthoodie]

I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT-

[@justanotherhtffan]

There’s pictures online of bts footage of that episode, and the puppeteer for the foot is pretty much doing exactly that lol 💀

[@TheBluestflamingos]

Puppeteers are willing to contort into any number of uncomfortable positions for their craft. For example, Bear, from Bear in the Big Blue House is an entire production in himself, with his Puppeteer/voice actor hidden away in the belly, one arm controlling Bear's working arm, the other acting as his mouth. The Puppeteer lines himself up using a tv screen hidden in the suit, because there are no eyeholes to look out of.

[@lamibonxd]

fun fact: we nicknamed my dog grampu and it wasn’t until this video that i remembered where it came from. in athena we trust

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Oh my god that’s such a cute nickname!!!! I’m so glad I reminded you of his nicknamesake 🥹🥹

[@dream_walker9726]

Stop that’s adorable

[@HeartEllis]

​@@dream_walker9726"Athena"?

[@cheska-1823]

In athena we trust

[@ainsleyharker2134]

I remember really liking this show when I was little, but my parents never letting me watch it because they thought it was stupid. So, I ended up having to watch it in secret. Specifically, when my parents were asleep, because I remember it coming on after we all went to bed. Ah, good times.

[@heather1084]

Thats a shame

[@Wandergirl108]

Honestly, I kinda agree with your parents. Any show that treats baby talk like real talk is unhealthy - children learn to speak properly by listening to people speak properly, showing them something where everyone speaks in baby talk stunts their growth.

[@saltygibus5746]

​@@Wandergirl108 It was part of the style and to simplify what they were teaching.

[@CG-rl8wx]

I remember nothing from this show but I do know that it was my favorite!

[@lamibonxd]

that’s so funny because my dad very much encouraged my oobi obsession

[@SpongeyTheEditor]

If hand fetishists are a thing, this show was their awakening

[@lockdownraider_4358]

It is and I'm one 😅

[@HazbinCovenWitch]

*Slowly raises hand shamefully.* 😅 😣

[@zawarudo855]

Yoshikage Kira

[@CodaBlair]

Don't want to alarm you but there's a fetish for literally everything. And I mean everything.

[@kyancoqie]

​@@zawarudo855 I KNEW SOMEONE WAS GONNA SAY THAT

[@yourlocalvintagegal]

Fun fact: Noel Macneal who played Kako, was also the puppeteer of Bear in Bear and the Big Blue House and even recently was a puppeteer for Audrey II in the Little Shop of Horrors on broadway I’m a muppet geek and this is my time to shine Also Stephanie D’Abruzzo (who played Una) was also on broadway in Avenue Q and has even puppeteers on Sesame Street But Wait there’s more!!! Matt Vogel (who’s Angus) is the current Kermit the Frog, Floyd Pepper, and Big Bird Okay now I’m done

[@punkysnarks]

So you're saying we can recreate Little Shop of Horrors with Kako as Audrey II?

[@yourlocalvintagegal]

@@punkysnarks Yes. And it would be glorious

[@whyiamafs]

Shine On, 'Muppet geek', shine on 🤟🏾

[@Phantomphan613]

I knew that was Bear's voice! Thank you, Muppet geek

[@ethanthomsen3973]

I said this before in the Wonder Pets vid on an Oobi comment but the character Randy is performed by Kevin Clash, who was the prior puppeteer of Elmo

[@madisonxmeadows]

Fun fact: my old friend wrote the Oobi feelspasta. The show was kind of an inside joke to us. When we would hang out, we’d watch Oobi and make numerous jokes. She’s super sweet and I really hope she’s doing well

[@NothingGoodHere1001]

Omg the show was also an inside joke for me and my brother whrn we were kids😂 we would die laughing at it😂😂

[@littlemoni2312]

My favorite thing about this show is that no one in my family seems to remember it except me and my older brother. We went to a convention while cosplaying and only 3 people got the reference 😂

[@sheanartisthunty]

How did you cosplay them? :0 just the general hands with eyes on them?

[@littlemoni2312]

Just got some tiny styrofoam balls, painted eyes on them and wore them like rings

[@hannahmetzger4880]

​@@littlemoni2312Aaawww, that's cute. :3.

[@grandviceroyoftheempire]

As a gay man living in Tennessee, thank you so much for calling them out for their drag stance. Its infuriating.

[@ExtremeWreck]

Ahhhh, thanks for letting me know that I'm not the only gay guy around here.

[@grandviceroyoftheempire]

@@ExtremeWreck right? Genuinely feels like a gay wasteland down here.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@grandviceroyoftheempire LMAO yeah. It's not even like we have representation of our own... although to be fair, Tennessee doesn't seem to have much in terms of TV shows(aside from the Heartland series).

[@grandviceroyoftheempire]

@Extreme Wreck 2000 true, and what we do have is usually less than intellectually engaging. Lol.

[@gh0stgarbage]

They ruled it unconstitutional, we won!!!!

[@idolevin8795]

Fun fact: Stephanie D'Abruzzo was also cast in the Broadway cast for the 2003 musical Avenue Q, where she played Kate Monster, a character who is also a puppet. D'Abruzzo also worked on Sesame Street.

[@loganmiller7827]

She was also in Book of Pooh for Playhouse Disney for puppetry too

[@ethanthomsen3973]

Ik, I even said that in a reply to an Oobi comment in the Wonder Pets vid. I don't really listen to Broadway soundtracks but I absolutely love Avenue Q's soundtrack

[@hannahmetzger4880]

I _love_ Avenue Q!!! I feel _blessed_ to know this knowledge this day, _thank you..._ :'3.

[@PieNumber4]

I always assumed that Frida the Foot was a way to show Neurodivergence. She doesn't show much emotion, and just because she can't do all the things Oobi can, doesn't mean she can do *less*

[@Orbitshmorebite]

SHUT UP! I WANTED YOU TO COVER THIS SHOW SOOO BAD THANK YOUU 😭😭❤️❤️❤️

[@tw1st3d97]

I GREW UP ON OOBIEEEEEE WTFFF?!

[@mertensiam3384]

And yet you're shutting her up. Interesting. (This is a joke btw)

[@TimeBomb2k]

LMFAO SAMW

[@alexariester5837]

I wanted it to happen too!

[@CaptDeadpool32]

Excuse me, this is a safe place. Please do not tell people to shutup

[@MrPinguinitofeliz]

In Mexico there was a major new station in the early 2000’s and one of the reporters was a hand with these eyes. He was beloved across the entire country that he would usually give celebrity news and sometimes really tragic cartel torture murders

[@shinyagumon7015]

Imagine turning on the news and seeing a disembodied hand talk about someone being tortured to death by drug lords. Surreal for sure

[@reesemalo]

are there any videos online?

[@MrPinguinitofeliz]

@@reesemalo dude I’ve tried to find it so much, I remember the hand did an interview with Sabrina (biggest Mexican tits at the time) and Lugernio Derbez

[@thelostmessenger]

This is such a fun fact

[@calcalcalcio]

WEY, EL COMPAYITO

[@nostalgiamostalgia0319]

The feet note "of course this is nickelodeon" was completely inevitable, and I laughed admittedly.

[@silashurd3597]

Man, the nostalgia is really kicking in now! I honestly thought this show was forgotten. But thankfully this video is proof that that isn’t the case

[@Antifearn]

Aren’t the characters in Oobi just the skeletons of characters you would find on a puppet/muppet show like Sesame Street? A standard Muppet watching Oobi is the equivalent of a human watching a show about a family of human skulls that does everything with their jaws. Edit: I just realized! You didn’t even mention the fact that the statues and garden gnomes in some of the episodes are designed to have hands as heads like the other Oobi characters.

[@roobusmcscroobus]

Beatles Cartoon pfp jumpscare

[@Antifearn]

@@roobusmcscroobus Cuz it’s the best cartoon ever made. And I believe in George supremacy.

[@itssofluffy1963]

That's kinda dark..lol I'm here for it...

[@bruhdudeguyman]

You gotta appreciate Athena's dedication to answering the questions that matter. I've never been more entertained- her videos are nonstop fun lol.

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Omf thank you so so much!!! 🥲

[@berribluart]

You have no idea how much I love your lore series! They bring me back to simpler times, especially Oobi! Also I HAD NO CLUE MOTHERS SIMPED FOR GRAMPU WHAT-

[@jaidenfrench6744]

To answer the off screen person's question, they make babies by hi-fiving but very passionately.

[@AthenaPOfficial]

They might even fist bump??? 😱

[@Antifearn]

No no, they probably do it like this: ✨👉🏻👌🏻✨

[@LittleMissLounge]

Oh, I figured they just, you know: 👉👌

[@unfinishedzizzy7582]

Th-They hold hands???

[@Wailerman]

​@unfinishedzizzy7582 for once, that would make sense for getting someone pregnant

[@kaychesser2235]

Would you consider covering Wild Kratts? It’s a PBS kid’s show about two brothers with special suits that give them animal powers and they use them to fight villains who want to use animals for Evil.

[@calebgoodman3028]

That would be neat. Let’s put Zaboomafoo in there too since it stars the same brothers.

[@gamingdestin2195]

Oh my gosh yasss

[@patax144]

​@@calebgoodman3028Zaboomafoo for the win, as Wild Kratts was a little after my time and I didn't really watch it, just a couple of episodes

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

Ooh, cool idea!

[@wildstarfish3786]

@@calebgoodman3028 i mean they don't have much else in common besides that considering that they're written for different audiences

[@lemonberryconda]

Oh my god I'm sobbing, this was my favorite show when I was incredibly young, I have a few pairs of the hand puppet finger eyes and still pretend to be Oobi sometimes. This is absolutely beautiful Athena, well done! Loving today's makeup as well!

[@murdoch9830]

You should totally do chugginton, you'd absolutely go insane over it

[@Halloweenish]

I love the idea that the aliens tried to turn themselves into full humans, but only managed to make hands, and just gave up.

[@madammarshmallow9468]

Seeing this reignited a fear of oobi that was buried deep within me. Primal feelings from before I formed memories

[@madammarshmallow9468]

This and the hand scene in labyrinth did something terrible to a young me

[@patax144]

Well I didn't watch the show, but I was afraid of commercials with a similar style.

[@ThatCyptidJuno]

@@madammarshmallow9468 the pale man In labyrinth will forever be an fever core memory my mom showed me that movie what I was like 10

[@kolonarulez5222]

I can feel my brain slowly softening and dripping out my ears trying to process Oobi anatomy fitting the theories presented here. An excellent Saturday

[@sophaloph1129]

I was OBSESSED with this show as a kid. It inspired me to “eat” with my hands the way they did on the show, I made a mess 😂

[@sentimentalexis]

i've.. honestly never been more excited for a youtube video in my life. oobi is like my favorite show from childhood and i call myself the only member of the modern oobi fandom. this video was practically made for me. hand delivered (no pun intended). i will be SEATED.

[@Hauntaku]

You should try doing a lore video about Strawberry Shortcake (2003) or better yet, make a lore video about Nella the Princess Knight when the series eventually comes to a close. Nella and Willow's love at first site story is so heartwarming!~

[@edenanimates1465]

There was a talking British horse Also the theme tune slaps

[@raec.9308]

This was, unfortunately, one of the few children's shows that made scared when I was younger XD I think it was because it was kinda uncanny to see human hands pretending to be whole bodies/new creatures

[@amethyst_cat9532]

I was the same way, I walked away whenever Oobi came on

[@PMIII]

Yay I'm not the only one who thought this show was a little unsettling! And that weird breaking the fourth wall when talking to us!😰😭😭 To be fair, I remember watching a few episodes because they're was a couple that were my favorite..... Basically a love/hate relationship 😂😂

[@ribbon-paws]

when i was somewhere between 2 and 5 i would play the oobi games on the nick jr website, but i wasn't very interested in the show and had no idea who the characters were and all that. at one point, i was following my mother around the house (as toddlers do) and for whatever reason, we ended up either in the bathroom or just outside it with the door open. my father got out of the shower, ass naked because He Got Out Of The Shower, and i proceeded to call his penis (i did not know what a penis was) an oobi. my mother recounts what i said as being something along the lines of "look, daddy's got an oobi!!" i will never live it down. so basically, to me, the title of this video is "PENIS LORE". you are welcome

[@dorothyallspice1862]

Haha that’s fuckin hilarious! When I was a kid, I called a penis a “crayon”.

[@ethnictendo]

When I was little, I called it an "orange liquid".

[@ELIMINATE_NEEDY]

Eek!

[@hydroxide7372]

I loved Oobi as a kid. I began to use my hands like a puppet after watching, and I always wanted those googly eyes lol

[@simplesimply3753]

MY brother and I got the googly eyes from a candy machine. He loved them.

[@saras7017]

OOBI!!! i used to be obsessed with this show as a kid its such a strange concept tho

[@jasperwisecarver]

children's shows treating the world like payment is normal and everyone gets payed enough is actually really impactful because if everyone having enough money is normalized, then finding out the world is different is unacceptable

[@akaadisaster]

I was hoping for an anatomy segment that spiraled out of control this episode and I sure did get it! Fun fact about the shorts: It's partially lost media! Two shorts are completely lost, and one is missing the ending. It is impressive how many shorts have been found within the past year alone though, this time last year I believe around five or six shorts were missing but some were found in various Noggin compilations. Due to that I believe that the last two shorts can be found, hopefully within the year!

[@giomai7574]

Oobi wasn’t really a Nick-produced show, Noggin was run by a separate team in partnership with Sesame Workshop.

[@jaggerisaboss462]

The scene of them filling the produce scale to an absurd degree has been living rent free in my head for years.

[@screamspink]

I’m surprised no one has made a “catch these hands” joke yet so here I am.

[@theconqueringram5295]

The part about the firetruck really made me chuckle.

[@bennatkin3823]

It was a trip hearing you mention the frog with eyes in its mouth because I used its picture a little while ago as enemy art for a horror ttrpg I was running. Weirdly enough, it was also paired with a lot of hand-based body horror.

[@flamefangstar]

was it good?

[@TheStopmotion2]

I dont know why everyone finds the frog so scary I just feel bad for it, it has to keep its mouth open constantly in order to see

[@ohwowitsher]

here because noel macneal (puppeteer of bear in bear in the big blue house and kako in oobi) mentioned this video on a podcast 🎉 good job athena!

[@Ashtrogen]

i personally think that their mouths are like an octopus'. the fingers are like tentacles that are used to funnel foods into the palm where their mouths are, like an octopus beak. since they have no other appendages, they also use them to move everyday objects around.

[@c.w.r.794]

Bear in the Big Blue House Lore WHEN?!

[@LeotheLizardKwing-km4jb]

As a snake expert, the hands wouldn’t need an elbow joint because certain species of snakes have been known to raise themselves four feet vertically

[@flamboyantroach]

i heard "played pattycake" and my first thought was "holy shit like in who framed roger rabbit"

[@Lutefisk445]

My grandma loved watching this show with me when I was little, and apparently I liked it too because she bought a couple packs of those little eyes that go around your fingers

[@magicalgirlmel3289]

I have a deep need for a lore deep dive on Lazytown

[@rachael841]

Omg yesss

[@ardeniris2443]

Today I have learned that Oobi talk is just ASL gloss with extra steps. I'm going to college for ASL and I am so fucking happy right now- THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD-

[@BeelzeBubblesTheBee]

There are so many lore videos you make about shows I always thought were weird fever dreams I had as a child

[@JamboreeBlackberry]

Never seen Oobi, but it looks horrifyingly beautiful

[@peytonb2247]

Oh my gosh, I forgot about this show…this show creeped me out. I love your videos. Your lore videos are great and make me so nostalgic! Have you ever thought of doing one on Liberty’s Kids? That was a huge part of elementary school history classes. All the episodes are free on KZbin. The lore is amazing. It covers almost 20 years but no characters age. Plus, the cast randomly has Ralph Fiennes, Dustin Hoffman, and Arnold Scwartznegger. Plus there’s a rap song over a decade before Hamilton. It’s iconic.

[@rachaelmessenger1125]

I so badly want a VeggieTales episode. Like, I need people to know about the kitchen and the invisible hands

[@ArmundJay]

gahhhh Oobi was my childhood!!! also, HOW do your songs keep getting better??? bangers every time.

[@meghanlands2247]

Hi Athena, I'm a fan! I really loved the phrase "not important, but part of life" to describe your video topics. That's such a nice perspective on making things. Thank you for your work!

[@AKA253]

I’ve been accidentally fucking with my HRT doses, and somehow I’m genuinely emotional to the point of tears watching Athena review what was basically my turning point to becoming an art kid. This production was basically a big passion project, and I have a homemade Oobi poster in my workshop to keep me motivated.

[@ReleaseCoyoteVsAcme2024]

The ''feels pasta'' actually feels like something that could work as an official episode, reminds me of how Sesame Street can deal with topics like death.

[@Lualuxx]

Both oobi and wubzzy made me gasp when I saw you reviewed them! Both of them are the definition of childhood

[@NLite486]

love how the yt subtitles aren't oobi-pilled enough to understand the word "oobi"

[@AshKetchum442]

i love how your lore series explains aspects of childrens shows that do deep dives into what the world and implications of such a world are. its a fun thought exercise and its fun to think about maybe things that don’t end up making sense but also don’t actually matter. i also really like explaining childrens shows shouldn’t be nonsensical because kids aren’t dumb.

[@greyblake761]

I used to fall asleep watching television and get incredibly freaked out waking up to this.

[@megalosaurusstudios2]

Can’t wait for the team umizoomi lore video. Considering on the poll she showed on the wonder pets video, oobi was in second place and umizoomi was in 3rd

[@Avxxry_Gacha]

As a child with “mature humor” I love Athena, keep making videos

[@breadslice9184]

I remember this show. It makes me want to watch it again. I've been getting into old noggin shows and remembered The Upside Down Show. It's by the Umbilical Brothers people so they actually have stand up comedey expirience. It holds up so well and is funny even as an adult. Highly recommend.

[@l4dy0c3]

I don't know how I wasn't subscribed from how much I love this channel. I fixed that today, lol, this was friggin great

[@havenluna2913]

Idk if you take suggestions but if you do, I’d like to suggest Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Little Einsteins! Both were really good shows (or at least from what I remember) and I think that they might have some good lore that would be fun to look into!

[@ravioliis_]

Here's my crack theory: To me, the way they speak sounds like the grammatical structure of ASL literally translated into english, if a little simplified (disclaimer: I haven't studied ASL in 4 years, but I was fluent at one point). But i think they talk like that because they're ACTUALLY speaking in sign language but because they're living hands, the sign language is spoken aloud resulting in their unusual sentence structure

[@coolbians8259]

I discovered you the day your wonder pets episode came out and I've watched as many of your videos that I could stomach. I love your humor

[@whatdoyousuppose]

My personal Oobi lore is that when I was a kid, we had a very loud printer in our house that had this very specific noise it would make when printing, and my younger sister and I said it sounded like it was saying “Uma Party” over and over again and we made a little song for it so every time the printer printed something we had a little “Uma Party”. We also would recreate scenes from Oobi and create new characters, which is a testament to the brilliant simplicity of the character design.

[@CrazyAnimeGirl8D]

I remember enjoying the show as a kid. I was always so confused watching the hands turn their body around and kept trying to figure out how to make my hand do that. It really bothered me for a while until I forgot about it. When I was reminded of oobies in college I came to the realization that the actors themselves just turned around then facepalmed and went on with my life.

[@princeramblerose]

my theory for the hand-biology is that they’re sort of like octopi or other cephalopods, and the fingers are like tentacles while the “mouth” is some unseen structure on or in the palm like an octopus’ beak. by this logic, the foot gives me cuttlefish vibes, but i honestly don’t have a further explanation for that

[@sloosb]

This show actually was the first ever thing to give me nightmares but it was also my first fixation. I’ve long overcome my fear of this show obviously (though I won’t lie I still do find it a tiny bit uncanny). But this show is so intriguing to me both as someone who loved and hated it as a kid and who is a huge fan of muppets and puppetry as a whole.

[@BL0OS1LLY]

Back in my day, the hand things from Oobi scared me as a young goober.

[@Mica_105]

13:47 I'm crying rn.

[@darlingestt]

OOBI IS ONE OF MY SPECIAL INTERESTS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS BC I HAVE NO OOBI CONTENT TO ENJOY

[@tae_xoxoluvss]

omfg, thank god someone discovered this lore 😭. you should def do the backyardignas lore if you haven’t already.

[@DexterYesMandarkNo]

I always thought Oobi was so hilarious. Oobi language is so weird it's funny. I watched those Oobi YTPs when I was a child and watched it myself. I think you did an amazing move with this one. And to sum this all up, Dexter, you, friends!

[@Xaaaach]

If you want to review another commercial, I believe the old poptart commercials (When they had sentient poptarts) has some kind of lore. I remember a couple intertwined conmercials, as well as the big web event where you had to find out who was killing all the poptarts or something. I forget exactly what it was about. All I know is it ended with the Frosted Blueberry Ninja poptart.

[@testerwulf3357]

Stop, why did the feels pasta actually hit me in the feels a little 😭it was so sweet omg

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

God this show was such a fever dream. At times as a kid I would genuinely forget it was a real show.

[@lavenderbaby0502]

7:22 i audibly laughed bc you’re right… they can’t march 😂

[@purr-fectcatstudios5195]

🫧🫧Can u do Bubble Guppies next? 🫧🫧 I think the lore in that show is more bonkers and out of hand

[@Solinaru]

new jam if the summer just dropped!

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Considering that a lot of what the Handfolk (what I’m calling the people that Oobi belongs to for the sake of simplicity) do doesn’t seem to be based of where tier stuff would be biologically or logically (like where their mouths are for instance) but instead as a representation of it, much like a shadow puppet it seems. There mouths aren’t where they should be biologically but there it would look like at the time. We’ve also seen them do some weird things too that make no sense, such as a fire fighter removing their eyes and laying them on a steering wheel, or large amounts of hair growing overnight, or being a completely different shape (a foot) being just the equivalent of a disability, or talking about marching and having teeth despite not having either. With all this in mind, perhaps the Handfolk might be some sort of fey creature that for some reason became fleshy for some reason and got stuck in our world somehow and became naturalized while retaining a good deal of their nonsense traits.

[@LokisChickadeeofficial]

I am so glad I found someone who remembers this show!!!!

[@Flugel_Halogen]

for a while i thought this show was a fever dream i had as a kid until i looked it up

[@omegaflowey9932]

8:14 Edd: "that's disturbing"

[@fries4472]

GAH THIS SHOW LITERALLY GAVE ME NIGHTMARES AS A CHILD. 10/10 video very excited

[@lianafreeman8954]

I loved Oobi as a kid. There’s an episode where he writes his own book, and it inspired me to try writing my own. I was maybe four. Now I’m a children’s librarian and a writer, so… thanks, Oobi!

[@tex56]

The hand fish really unnerved me as a kid. Mainly cause Grampu intended to cook it for dinner. I just kept picturing a hand jerking around in a frying pan and feeling sick. Would you have to skin it and remove the bones? Or does it just look like a hand and have fish flesh inside? Other than that uncomfortable scene, I loved this show. Although I blame it for making four year old me think that a vaccine was just blowing into a noise maker(basically, Oobi was given a noise maker to blow into while the shot went into his “back”.). Since I was paying attention to the noise maker, I didn’t see his doctor take the shot out. So I was pretty terrified when I asked for a noise maker when I was told it was time for a shot, only to be told there was no noise maker and that a needle was going to be pierced into my arm 🥲

[@thelostmessenger]

Yeah that sounds awful, the hand fish moving while being cooked

[@NubianQueen_xo]

This used to be my show as a kid🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾!!! Thank you for making my birthday week awesome🎉😁🎂🥳

[@sumieel5163]

I don’t get why anyone would wonder how they make kids, they’re handmade obviously.

[@insertusernamehere3173]

I love Oobi! I have vivid memories of the show from when I was 4! I remember one night I was struggling to breath and kinda stopped breathing and was balling my eyes out while my parents put me on a machine that was supposed to help and it was like 12 am. Love this show! Definitely helped me forget the fact that I was borderline dying! Great show

[@dannyb4762]

Not even joking, my brother introduced you to your content and I've been binging this lore series. And with the big sad I've been dealing with recently, your content slaps and I really hope that you reach 100k soon!!!! ❤

[@ShimKwetYung]

I just noticed after re-watching as a comfort creator, I love how the only thing necessary to differentiate between the conspiracy person & the normal person is the tinfoil hat despite all the amazing face paint.

[@ladybuggamer4479]

I literally just squealed excitedly. You don’t know how much I loved this talking hand show! ❤ Love your content so much! You are so hilarious! Keep up the great work!

[@RemusHolt]

Thank you so much for this. 💕I remember this show so well from my childhood (I was born in 2005) it was one of my favorites, but I could never remember what it was called and no one else seemed to remember it. Thank you.💕💜

[@Maimgocouncil]

Oobi along with The Big Blue House gave me nightmares as a kid. I wasn’t scared while watching it but after I just felt disturbed.

[@paulajones3856]

That Mouth from Brush Brush Bree scared me also

[@mallarieanderson6439]

You helped me unlock a core memory that I will share with my therapist, and made my entire uncomfy day better with real, wild, beautiful passion. You are much like the god Dionysus