

The cast joked around, sang and danced, played games, spoke Ubbi Dubbi and demonstrated how to make crafts. WGBH once compared it to the sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin's Laugh In. On Zoom, those interactions played out in both scripted and improvised segments. and the interaction of people rather than with any particular storyline." Sarson set out to make a program that would deal "with personalities.

They were eager to make friends but afraid of being laughed at. None of them was real life." He also observed how his children behaved with peers they didn't know.

While watching TV with his children in the early 1970s, he found shows like The Partridge Family "were all false. Television 50 years ago, 'The Electric Company' used comedy to boost kids' reading skillsĬhristopher Sarson tells NPR two forces influenced his vision for Zoom.
