A selection of images from the Jack Zander episodes.
In November 1997, Avraham Kadar, M.D. and Jack Zander created "Tim & Moby", 3 animated interstitials about peak flow meters, vision and your skeleton for America's Health Network.
The short, 1-minute interstitials were shown to Data Motion Arts in early-1998. Avraham Kadar oped for 6 more 1 minute episodes of the show plus an Autumn special.
The show moved to the Discovery Channel following the closure of America's Health Network. The original 3 shorts were redesigned in April 1998, using cut-out animation. More interstitals premiered in 1998 & 1999. Avraham Kadar was thinking he should move the shorts to the web. The BrainPOP website debuted in May 1999.
The shorts were aimed at teenagers and young adults, but children started watching them too. When Avraham Kadar discovered this, he pitched the first season of BrainPOP (61 episodes) to Nickelodeon in 1999.
Data Motion Arts' last episode was Back To School, which aired August 24, 1999 on Nickelodeon.
Shorts
- Autumn Leaves (November 29, 1997)
- Skeleton (December 6, 1997)
- Electricity (December 13, 1997)
- Voice (December 20, 1997)
- Acne (January 3, 1998)
- Hearing (January 10, 1998)
- Digestive System (January 17, 1998)
- Puberty (January 31, 1998)
- Muscles (September 12, 1998)
- Brain (September 19, 1998)
- Cells (September 26, 1998)
- Taste (October 26, 1998)
- Skin (November 7, 1998)
- Solar System (November 21, 1998)
- Smell (November 28, 1998)
- Peak Flow Meter (December 5, 1998)
- Babies (December 12, 1998)
- Cancer: (December 19, 1998)
- Water Cycle (January 3, 1999)
- Blood Glucose Meter: (January 10, 1999)
- Blood: (January 17, 1999)
- Respiratory System (January 24, 1999)
- Eclipse (January 31, 1999)
- Nervous System (February 7, 1999)
- Heart: (February 14, 1999)
- Eyes (March 14, 1999)
- Rainbows (March 21, 1999)
- Genetics (March 28, 1999)
- Vision Problems (April 4, 1999)
- Endocrine System (April 11, 1999)
- Urinary System (never aired on TV) (April 13, 1999)
- Plate Tectonics (April 20, 1999)
- Teeth (May 11, 1999)
- Fitness (June 15, 1999)
- Earth's Structure (June 22, 1999)
- Data Storage Devices (June 29, 1999)
- Human Body (July 13, 1999)
- Body Chemistry (July 27, 1999)
- Cars (July 30, 1999)
- Hair (August 14, 1999)
- Back To School (August 24, 1999)
Aftermath
- Electricity, and Rainbows remain unchanged.
- Teeth, Plate Tectonics, Blood, Heart, Body Chemistry, Your Body, Puberty, Endocrine System, Autumn Leaves, Voice, Babies, Nervous System, Eclipse, Brain, Muscles, Taste, Smell, and Hearing have remained the same with a few minor changes, the most notable being the appearance and backgrounds.
- The rest of the episodes had totally different plots and sometimes different animation. They were later found by Kenna Kay in 2012.