| Oobi: Dasdasi | |
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 The puppet characters in their costumes | |
| Also known as | Dasdasi |
| Persian | دس دسی صداش می آد |
| Genre | |
| Based on | Oobi by Josh Selig |
| Developed by | Negar Estakhr |
| Directed by | Amir Soltan Ahmadi |
| Starring |
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| Composer | Amirali Razaghi |
| Country of origin | Iran |
| Original language | Persian |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Negar Estakhr |
| Production locations | Tehran, Iran |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 8 minutes |
| Production company | Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting |
| Original release | |
| Network | IRIB TV2 |
| Release | 22 September – 20 December 2012 |
| Related | |
| Oobi | |
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Oobi: Dasdasi (Persian: دس دسی صداش می آد; English translation: Dasdasi: Clapping Hands) is an Iranian children's television series created for channel IRIB TV2. It is an adaptation of the American series Oobi. It was produced by Negar Estakhr and directed by Amir Soltan Ahmadi, two puppeteers who also starred on the program. The show featured performers Bahador Maleki, Banafsheh Samadi, and Isa Yousefipour.
In an interview with the newspaper Jaam-e Jam, Estakhr said that the idea for the show came about after watching Oobi in English.[1] She wanted to make a tailored version for an Iranian audience, so some of its characters and locations highlight elements of Iranian culture. The series follows a family of characters represented by bare-hand puppets. The stories have a heavy emphasis on comedy and typically follow the children of the family as they discover something new.
A total of 78 eight-minute episodes were made for the first season. They aired from 22 September to 20 December 2012, with six new segments premiering every week for three months. A second season was confirmed in a 2012 interview with the creators, but it did not play in Iran. In July 2013, the series was sold to international markets in Southeast Asia and Japan, becoming one of IRIB's first children's shows to air outside of Iran.
- ^ "An interview with the producer of Dasdasi". Jaam-e Jam (in Persian). 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012.