Oobi (TV series)

Oobi is an American children's television series created by Josh Selig of Little Airplane Productions. It began as a series of shorts produced for the Noggin network in 2000. Full-length episodes of the show began airing on April 7, 2003.

The series follows four characters, represented by bare hand puppets, on their everyday adventures. Its 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 the fingers flutter and clench to indicate emotions. The puppets have been compared to those of ventriloquist Señor Wences and referred to as "furless Muppets" by Noggin manager Tom Ascheim.