I wish a lot more of those kinds of "blowing off steam" moments from kid's shows and cartoons would hit the internet. They're always the best things ever, from Porky Pig's "You thought I was going to say son of a XXXXX, didn't ya?" to the Thundercats Bloopers ("What the XXXX is a samoflange?") to this. There's just so little of it available out there, and I wish more of these old tapes would come to light.There's more than that one famous X-rated blooper. Someone on youtube compiled a ten-minute string of outtakes where in between scenes, they let the cameras roll and the characters had so much fun creating some absolutely hysterical ad-libs. Maybe because they KNEW just how painfully dull the show was otherwise.
Actually, the thing that disturbs me about NZR is the large characters. I mean, Freddie is clearly a child, no problem there... but the Hippo and Owl are clearly grown adults that act like children, and have the human adults constantly scold them. Sometimes in song. They're clearly trying to emulate Sesame Street and maybe Mr. Rogers's Make Believe segments to some extent, but there's something about it that just didn't translate.
But that scene of them blowing off steam? Totally worth it.