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Oobi is an American children's television series created by Josh Selig of Little Airplane Productions. It began as a series of shorts commissioned by the Noggin network during a three-year period in which all of the channel's programming was co-produced by Nickelodeon and Sesame Workshop. Full-length episodes began airing on April 7, 2003, and the series ended its run on February 11, 2005.Selig created the series shortly after leaving Sesame Street, which he had worked on since its first season. He developed the idea for Oobi while watching bare-handed puppeteers audition for Ulica Sezamkowa, the Polish version of Sesame Street. Roles on Oobi were offered to veteran puppeteers from related Sesame Workshop shows. The Jim Henson Company, which designed the puppets on Sesame Street, held a stake in Noggin at the time of Oobi's inception. Principal photography took place at Kaufman Astoria Studios, where Sesame Street is also taped. The series follows four characters, represented by bare hand puppets, on their everyday adventures. It features Muppet performers Tim Lagasse, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Noel MacNeal, and Tyler Bunch in starring roles. Oobi's concept is based on a technique used by puppeteers learning to lip-sync, in which they use their hands and a pair of ping pong balls in place of a puppet. The characters' designs include plastic eyes and accessories such as hats and hairpieces. The puppeteers' thumbs are used to represent mouth movement, and their fingers flutter and clench to indicate emotions. The puppets have been compared to those of ventriloquist Señor Wences and were billed as "furless" Muppets in promotional statements. Oobi was a breakout success for Noggin. It received a variety of awards from honorary organizations including the Television Academy and Parents' Choice. Critical reception upon the show's release was positive, but criticism has been directed toward the characters' use of simplified sentences that do not contain prepositions or conjunctions. Oobi posted an average Nielsen rating of 2.35 among the preschool age group by its second season, becoming the highest-rated series ever to air on Noggin. It is the most widely distributed Noggin original program, having aired in over 23 markets worldwide by 2005. An Iranian adaptation titled Dasdasi premiered in 2012.