 Little Airplane Productions was a TV production studio headquartered in New York. It was co-founded by Josh Selig and Lori Shaer. It produced Oobi and many other preschool shows, such as Wonder Pets for Nick Jr. and 3rd & Bird for the BBC. Oobi was the first show ever made by the company. The first season of Oobi, which was a series of two-minute shorts, was made as an experiment to see if Josh Selig wanted to start a studio. When the season was successful, he decided to found Little Airplane with his then-business partner, Lori Shaer. Little Airplane Productions ceased operations in June 2023 in favor of a new company called “Terribly Terrific Productions”. LogoLittle Airplane's production logo uses a scene from the Sesame Street film "I'm a Little Airplane". Josh Selig shot and directed the film at Pine Bank Bridge in Central Park. The first season of Oobi didn't use a vanity card because the episodes were all short segments that aired during commercial breaks. For season 2 of Oobi in 2003, the vanity card featured a full-screen scene. For season 3 in 2004, it was updated to widescreen, with Little Airplane's website now advertised at the bottom.  2003 vanity card  2004 vanity card HistoryJosh Selig described the studio's beginning in a 2010 article he wrote for the Kidscreen magazine:
  Little Airplane's office   Painting of Oobi at the studio Oobi was eventually developed from an interstitial series into a long-form show. It ran for three total seasons and was successful enough to cement Little Airplane Productions as a key player in the preschool TV industry. Using profits from Oobi, Selig was able to start an animation division at his studio, which gave way to his next Nick Jr. series, Wonder Pets. Since 2006, Little Airplane has focused mainly on animated projects. The studio works closely with a child psychologist, Dr. Laura Brown, on all of the shows they make. Once production starts, she writes a curriculum for each show and helps the crew get feedback from kids on the scripts.   Little Airplane presentation from 2018 The Little Airplane office is currently located at 207 Front Street in New York City. It offers tours of its main wing and animation lab. A few props from Oobi are on permanent display, including a painting from "Kako Dinner!" and a clapboard from "Uma Swing!". In the mid-2000s, the company ran a program called the Little Airplane Academy, which taught adults the basics of making a preschool show. It covered everything from "pitches to directing to legal and business affairs". (source) Lori Shaer left the company in 2002, but she continued to get a "special thanks" credit for seasons two and three of Oobi. Josh Selig eventually left the company in 2020. ProductionsTV series
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Website Little Airplane's site uses this photo as an icon for the show. Little Airplane's website has a few pages related to the show:
Until 2018, it also included some articles about Oobi, which are archived below.
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