ZOOM Lost Episode

Hello. My name is Candy Cane. As a mom, I am really careful of what my children watch. I have two little girls, Gabi is four and Josie is eighteen months. Before I had Josie, I banned Zoom in my house. This might sound silly, because you might be telling yourself, "Isn't Zoom supposed to be a kid's show?" Yes, it is, but I banned it from an experience I will never forget.

It was around Christmas of 1999, and Gabi was two years old. She usually liked Nick Jr, which had Blue's Clues and School and the Backyard Gang, her two favorite shows. Almost every day though, she would turn to PBS Kids and watch Zoom when her favorite shows weren't on. Since she watched Zoom on a daily basis, I probably thought she would like a Zoom DVD. Since my husband was home and I wanted to be quick, I decided to go to Cumberland Farms. If you don't know about this chain, it's like a convenience store, and the one nearest to me, has a DVD rack. I filed through the DVDs until I finally found one. It had a normal cover, which said, "Zoom: The Playground". What I learned was that the cover was normal, but the DVD wasn't.

On Christmas Eve, we had our Christmas party we have every year. When we opened our presents, Gabi got that Zoom DVD I got for her. She thanked me for it. But she didn't watch it until Christmas day.

So now Gabi has all her presents from Santa Claus opened. I think it was before dinner she watched it. She had her own DVD player for her TV, so I popped the DVD in the player and left her to watch it. When she came out of her room, she said, "Mommy, Zoom is scary, I don't wanna see it."

But I could see it in her eyes. She looked pale like snow, her eyes were very tired, her lips were dry, she looked exactly like she had a fever. I told her, "Don't worry, Gabi. There is nothing to be scared about. Lay in bed and rest for a while." But there WAS something to be scared about, The Playground.

I took the DVD out of the DVD player and sent Gabi to bed. "Hmm..." I wondered," What is so bad about a DVD that says the Playground?" Well I was about to find out.

At 10:00 pm, It came to my conclusion to test the video, even though I considered smashing it into bits for a while. But anyway, I found a portable DVD player I got on eBay and put the DVD in there. But before I actually did, I examined the DVD. It was a DVD that you use to record things with or burn other videos on. Written on the DVD it said "the Playground" in red marker. "Why is this not a ZOOM DVD?" I whispered to myself. Anyway, I put it in the player.

The DVD started, and showed the PBS Kids logo. The difference was, it had was silent. But it seemed to get off key at the end. "Uh, that was creepy," I thought. Anyway, it had a Nick Jr. logo which made me jump. Guess what it was, the "Z" beating the "OOM" mercilessly. Who in their dirty minds would do this? Did they think this, as in child abuse, was a joke?

The theme song started. It was the theme in the earlier episodes, but with many changes. The song sounded perfectly fine, but here are all the changes. The Quiet Recording Sign was Blue instead of Red and opened with a creaking noise, above the Sign it said,"No tengo a nadie con quien hablar, que me ayude (I have no one to talk to, help me)" the room was Black and White, Guests after they said "Turn off your TV and do it!" were replaced by Shadows, and lastly the shirts were white instead of Blue. The Theme Song had nobody except Alisa, which made me feel uneasy, then when it showed the logo, Alisa looked depressed, she pretended to smile.

The episode started with the ZOOMers introducing a ZOOM Guest going down the Slide, in fact, it was filled with Blood and he cried going home. Homer Simpson made a Breif Cameo shooting a Gun at the ZOOMers and they hung on Nooses with Blood drooling.