Freddie the Frog, Henrietta Hippo, Emmy Jo, Doug, and Charlie the Owl in the "New Zoo Revue."
courtesy of Doug and Emily Momary
March 27, 2025
Featured on the March 27th, 2025 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- In 1972, a nationally syndicated musical TV show for children called the "New Zoo Revue” began and aired for most of the decade. It was created by and starred a married couple named Doug and Emmy Jo, along with animal-costumed friends. The show taught lessons about dealing with emotions and getting along peacefully with others. The couple left “show business” a few years later to start their own family. But in 2023, their daughter started social media pages that have now re-connected Doug and Emmy Jo with thousands of their adoring “New Zoo Kids”, an entire generation of middle-aged folks who grew up with the show. That happily includes Mark McLemore, who finally got the chance to talk with two of his childhood heroes.
Doug, Emmy Jo and their daughter, Joanna with Freddie the Frog.
courtesy of Doug and Emily Momary
VIEW LARGER The "New Zoo Revue" full cast. courtesy of Doug and Emily Momary
VIEW LARGER Doug with his guitar in the "New Zoo Revue." courtesy of Doug and Emily Momary
VIEW LARGER Doug from the "New Zoo Revue." courtesy of Doug and Emily Momary
VIEW LARGER Emmy Jo from the "New Zoo Revue." courtesy of Doug and Emily Momary
- And, nature writer and avid birding enthusiast Rebekah Doyle shares her enthusiasm for observing the multitude of sandhill cranes who can be found spending their winters gathered around Willcox and the Sulphur Springs Valley.
Cranes flying around Cochise Lake in Willcox, AZ.
courtesy of Rebekah Doyle
Three cranes standing next to one another in Cochise Lake.
courtesy of Rebekah Doyle
Cranes landing in Cochise Lake.
courtesy of Rebekah Doyle
Storyteller, Rebekah Doyle.
courtesy of Rebekah Doyle
- This week features the final installment of “The Class of 2024" essay project. Tucson High Magnet School graduate Reyes talks about one of the most difficult aspects of growing up in the age of social media, the COVID-19 pandemic, and frequent of school shootings – how can a young person protect their own mental health, and avoid succumbing to the negative emotions around them?
Arizona Spotlight presents "The Class of 2024."
Reyes from "The Class of 2024."
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Art Almquist and six of the graduates who wrote essays about their high school experiences.
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