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Rebo & Zooty are a comedy/magic team from Earth.

The team consisted of two men one tall (Rebo) with long brown hair dressed in a black suit with a matching black hat, and a shorter (Zooty) silent man carrying a small machine shaped like a bobblehead which speaks his thoughts. They specialize in everything from jokes to physical comedy and magic. Their trademark line was the infamous "Zooty - Zoot Zoot." Apparently, their humor is not limited to just earth humor for they have studied alien humor as well. This was demonstrated in 2262 when they came to Babylon 5 with Zooty telling a Minbari joke spoken in their language. The duo were immensely popular throughout Earth Alliance guest starring on just about every popular show. Even during the Clark régime, the duo said things on their show that other people wouldn’t dare to say in public.

By the time they visited Babylon 5; they had become tired of the usual routine and sought to enter politics. Rebo even remarked that politics would be no different from what they do now and that the real comedy is in the senate, where they do one idiotic thing after another. It is not known whether they were really serious about what they said.[1]

Notes

  • Sheridan, Lt. Corwin as well as G'Kar and few other aliens were very fond of them.
  • Londo Mollari didn't exactly like them saying "he didn't get it"[2] nor was Captain Lochley particularly fond of them either.
  • Just before they left Babylon 5, Zooty whispered to Sheridan that the machine "tells him to."
  • They were mentioned several times throughout the series, but their sole appearance was in the episode Day of the Dead.

Behind the Scenes

  • They were played by the well known comedy/magic duo Penn & Teller.

References

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