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"A Pile of Balls" is the ninth episode of Boohbah.
Official synopsis[]
Let your feet march to the magical Boohbah beat, and do a wonderful wobbly dance. In Storyworld, Mr Man discovers some colourful balls, but can he pile them up without being in a big heap of trouble?
Episode guide[]
Picture | Segment | Description |
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Intro | On its travels, the Boohball flies to India and the UK.
In the US version, the Boohball travels to Jamaica, Australia and Japan. | |
Warm-Up | Humbah leads the Boohbahs as they do a marching routine. | |
Storyworld | The children give Mr. Man a big pile of balls, which he expectedly has trouble carrying all at once. After numerous wobbly attempts to carry many balls in his hands, the children then blow in a wheelbarrow, which he manages to stack all of them in and takes great care trundling away with, lest one of the balls bounce off... | |
Boohbah Dance | The Wonderful Wobbly Dance: The Boohbahs get up to dance, only to find themselves wobbling and toppling off balance...several times over! |
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode with India & UK as the 2 country intro, the "March to the Beat" warm-up, and "The Wonderful Wobbly Dance", as well as the only episode with this dance where Brother and Sister are not in the Storyworld segment.
- This is the first episode to have only one Storyperson feature in the Storyworld segment, in this case Mr. Man.
- The wheelbarrow appears again in "Falling Oranges".
- The Storyworld segment originally began shooting in Torremolinos circa 15 May, 2002 before being moved to Benahavis on a later date.
- The blowing sound is not heard when the Storypeople are introduced following the present giving sequence in the British version, but the American version is.
- This episode has the same present giving sequence as "Chair in the Air".
Quotes[]
It's a pile of balls.
Somebody's coming.
It's Mr Man.
He's dropped the balls.
He's dropped the balls again.
It's a wheelbarrow.
Wibbly-wobbly.
He's forgotten one.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Availability[]
International[]
- Boohbah Magic (DVD only; bonus episode)
United Kingdom[]
- A Pile of Balls (promotional VHS)
Cast[]
- Emma Insley as Humbah
- Alex Poulter as Zumbah
- Cal Jaggers as Zing Zing Zingbah
- Phil Hayes as Jumbah
- Laura Pero as Jingbah
- Mark Ramsey as Mr Man
- Chris Langham as Storyworld Narrator