Comments on: Bing Bong Bang, It’s Boomerang!

By: Rob K

Rob K — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:19:05 +0000

Well, I’ll hazard a post amongst the spam. Thank you for the memories.

Here is an episode description from the historic Seattle Times.

1975/12/7. Wed 10:30am, Boomerang: Norbert and Libby are stuck indoors on a rainy day and have to put their imaginations to work. Marni sings “Supercalifragilistic.”

Also, the first episode was given rave reviews by the paper, on the subject of friendship. Marni sang “Getting to know you.”

Norbert was first, and Libby joined after three months for the Christmas special. Two new holiday songs were written, “Nicer in December” and “Something is Happening”. Bush School students appeared as carolers.

Boomerang won three Emmy awards 1976 for puppeteer Lee Olson, host Marni Nixon and writer Nancy Schwedop. Over its run it pulled in 26 total, 4 for Nixon.

Only 3000 of the Boomerang 45s were made, and about 300 of them were mislabeled.

In 1977 the show expanded to twice a week and won an award from Action for Children’s TV for “its use of story and song to ease the process of growing up.”

In 1979 Lee Olson left for Los Angeles.

You should also read this, http://www.broadwaytovegas.com/November2,2008.html

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 06:22:22 +0000

Where do we find a clip or episodes? I LOVED this show and did not realize that it was local…

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:00:50 +0000

The blue boy’s name was Rookie, a late addition to the roster. I assume they added him because Norbert needed a male friend. Rookie was big and looked kind of intimidating, so it was easy for a casual watcher to mistake him for Crusher. As for Crusher, he was an unseen character – a school bully who terrorized Norbert, or at least made his life uncomfortable.

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:04:03 +0000

Thank you so much! I loved this show when I was a kid. I woke up thinking about it this morning and I having been searching for it off and on for years. I did not know it was local. I watched from Snohomish. Thanks for all the info, and glad to know I’m not the only one that remembers and loved this show.

By: mthomas

mthomas — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:23:40 +0000

My husband started singing part of this song this morning, but we could not remember the rest of it. I’m sooo glad I found this and the song. I loved it as a kid and still love it as a mother.

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:11:58 +0000

I remember searching for Boomerang online a few years ago and reading something about KOMO cleaning out their vaults and throwing all of the Boomerang episodes and puppets into the dumpster. I just looked again to see if I could find the article/blog that I read, but no luck. If anyone has any copies of this or any inclination to bug KOMO and see what can be done about the licensing involved with getting dvds made of this show, it might be high time to get busy on that! I would be utterly crushed to see such an important piece of local history vanish forever.

By: Shebakoby

Shebakoby — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:17:26 +0000

Oh, I wondered why Marni sang like Julie Andrews!

Yeah, we saw Boomerang on KOMO as well, though across the border.

I seem to recall some real life kids, though I may be confusing it with something else.

By: Steph

Steph — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:42:21 +0000

The opening sequence is now on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DIWL6Uiz68&feature=related

By: Mr. Undesirable

Mr. Undesirable — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:53:33 +0000

Does anybody have the Ending Song to post on Youtube, where we see Marni singing “Our time is gone, where did it go,” etc? Somebody put the 45 rpm record of it on Youtube, which was nice. Norbert…the Lemonhead!!

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:09:07 +0000

oops – there’s a ‘boom’ in there that should have been a ‘bing’ lol
Sorry.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:56:08 +0000

B…Boo…Boom
B…Boo…Boom
Bees keep on flying round the room.

M..Me…Mer
M..Me…Mer
Mother will help me if I ask her.

R..Ra…Ran
R..Ra…Ran
I will run faster than they can.

Ra..Ran…Rang
Ra..Ran…Rang
Put them together it’s Boomerang

Bing, Bong, Bang
Bing, Bong, Bang
It’s Boomerang!

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A boomerang, a boomerang
What does it do?
(What does it do?)
It comes back to you!
(it comes back to you!)

A Boomerang, a boomerang
Bing, bong, bang it’s Boomerang!

You throw a ball against a wall
and what does it do?
It comes back to you!
Like a boomerang, boomerang!
Boom, bong, bang, that’s boomerang!

We all have seen a trampoline,
where you bounce so high
and then down you fly
like a boomerang, boomerang
Bing, bong, bang it’s boomerang!

It’s a funny looking thing
Something like an airplane wing
And when you throw it ever so high
So high it seems to hide in the sky
It fools you with it’s specialness
while turning around and falling back!

A boomerang, a boomerang.
what does it do?
(what does it do?)
It comes back to you!
(It comes back to you!)

A boomerang, a boomerang.
bing, bong, bang, it’s boomerang!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:27:11 +0000

I have always remembered this show! I had no idea it was a local Seattle show. Too bad there isnt anything on DVD would love to get it for my kid

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:48:33 +0000

Thank you Christy from Orting. You mentioned Star Blazers. I loved that show. But I was begining to think I made it up. No one else in my family remembered it. Now I don’t think I am losing my mind. Also, just watched the opening of Boomerang on youtube. I almost cried. I started singing along with it. Now I can’t get it out of my head. OH well. Worse things could be stuck up there. Thanks again to all who recall this show. Someone should make a facebook page for Boomerang fans like us.

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:20:49 +0000

So glad I am not the only person trying to find Boomerang. I grew up in Seattle. I watched Boomerang all the time. For those of you who still live in the Seattle area. I read that MOHAI has the original Norbert puppet. Some guy found it at a yard sale. Bing, Bong, Bang.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:25:07 +0000

I FINALLY got around to ripping the HQ version of the opening credits to the show. It is uploaded to YouTube and to my own site, which is a better quality than YouTube. Here are the links:

http://gallery.me.com/aonorati/100503

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DIWL6Uiz68

Sorry it took me so long, but here you go!!

Tony

By: Rob Anderson

Rob Anderson — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:45:25 +0000

man… I’ve been talking to my 3 and 5 year old about this show and the song forever. Thank you for finding it…

By: Finn

Finn — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:41:45 +0000

I remember being very little and watching what must have been re-runs of this show. I’m 23 now, and the only thing I can really remember of this show was the theme song… and possibly some kids carrying around some gigantic letters.

This song totally brings me back, though. I, like so many others here, was looking everywhere for this show. I guess this is the hub where all of us must go. I don’t think there is any sign of Boomerang anywhere else online.

By: Nana58

Nana58 — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:22:32 +0000

I watched this show with my daughter when she was small. Both of us loved it.

By: Wazzukid

Wazzukid — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:19:57 +0000

Ok, so I am trying to explain my old Voltron toy to my 4 year old. From there we look at old cartoons on youtube, Voltron, Gummy Bears, New Zoo Review, and …..Boomerang. Nothing about Boomerang, so I do a search and come across this web site. I had never known that Boomerang was broadcast in Seattle, but wait, it is all coming together. Does anyone remember going with their parents to Nordstrom (a company started in Seattle)and buying shoes. They used to give you a balloon called Norbert, which resembled the character on Boomerang. Is there any connection? just a thought. Kind of interesting trivia since there is so little about Boomerang on the internet, but there is a video of every episode for other oldies but goodies.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:31:49 +0000

Hi Tony!

Did you rip the opening credits? We’re all dying to see it!

Thanks!

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:30:33 +0000

I have a high quality copy of the opening credits I got from KOMO a few years back on VHS. I will rip it and post it for all to see. Thank you for posting this teaser. It is wonderful to see!

By: julia

julia — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:27:31 +0000

YES! My life is now complete.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:26:01 +0000

I just looked this up after watching the sound of music. I knew Marni was one of the nuns. I loved boomerang, and thank you soo much for the song. I almost was 5 years old again! Norbert and Libby was the other puppets name. I also seem to remember a bird that came down from somewhere with a message. I may be wrong it has been a while. Thanks again!

By: Brandi

Brandi — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:56:33 +0000

I loved this show when I was little. I’m so glad I finally found a little info on it.

By: josh

josh — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:58:08 +0000

holy smokes i can’t believe i found the video intro on this site. this is awesome, brings back memories.