"Fannee Doolee likes sweets, but hates candy"). It was eventually revealed that Fannee Doolee loved all words with double letters and hated all words without them. Each show had one or two Zoomguest sequences, short film documentaries about children with special talents (singing, tap-dancing, instrument-making, etc.) or interesting hobbies or jobs. The premiere episode featured a boy who built a boat by making a ring of sticks and twigs and covering them with a tarpaulin. Throughout the show's run, Newton Wayland was the musical director, while Billy Wilson handled choreography during the first four seasons. In the show's first two seasons, Tracy hosted a "Tracy Asks..." sequence in which she asked a question, e.g., "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" or "What is the world's longest word?", and local children were filmed giving their answers. In later episodes, other cast members hosted and the segment was retitled "Zoom in the Street." The first two seasons had "quickie" comedy routines modeled after Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Season 4 featured a recurring mock-soap opera titled As the World Zooms. The performers in the original series were known for wearing striped rugby shirts and jeans. The cast often performed barefoot in Seasons 1 and 2 but wore shoes from Season 3 on. The first Zoom series lasted six seasons (1972–1978) and featured 49 Zoomers. During the second and third seasons, cast members were transitioned with a catchy production number that introduced the new cast members to the continuing cast members. The same song was used for each transition ("How do ya do do-dee-do, how do ya do-dee-do-dee-do, how's your sister, how's your brother, how are you?"), based on the Woody Guthrie song "Howjadoo." In the last three seasons, entirely new casts were used. Several episodes were available with captions for the hearing-impaired. Cast (in order by introduction in the opening song) Some PBS stations continued to broadcast reruns of the series until September 12, 1980. Merchandise In 1973, the cast members from the first season released an album called Playgrounds (LP ), produced by Rupert Holmes, that was available by mail order. In 1974, A&M Records released an album of songs from the show titled Come on and Zoom (LP ; cassette ), featuring cast members from the second season. The catalogue number of the album was SP-3402 (213 402 under the PolyGram system). In 1977, Rounder Records released Zoom Tunes,