Video: "Mama Loves Baby" (Yo Gabba Gabba!) - Solange Knowles

There's another new Yo Gabba Gabba! episode coming up this week -- it's called "Baby" and it's kinda Mother's Day-themed. To pitch in, Solange performs the song "Mama Loves Baby." Solange wears an eye-catching dress, but it's nothing compared to the strikingly bright green-screen visuals behind her. It's almost as if they're trying to counteract whatever mellow vibe is generated by the song. (In other words, I like the song more than I like the video.)

Solange Knowles - "Mama Loves Baby" (from Yo Gabba Gabba!) [YouTube]

Yo Gabba Coachella!

Yo Gabba Gabba. Coachella. Yes, the two coexisted. Visual proof below. It's not entirely surprising as DJ Lance Rock was scheduled to be at the Sahara stage/dance hall, but the presence of the whole YGG gang and an event which has never made any move towards kid-inclusion is either a jump-the-shark moment or some sort of tipping point into mainstream acceptance. They're not necessarily mutually exclusive, but check out the number of folks in the front few rows lifting up their cameras to record the thing for posterity. My money's on "mainstream acceptance," though one could argue they already had it.

And they were elsewhere at Coachella this weekend...

Video: "All My Friends Are Insects" (from Yo Gabba Gabba!) - Weezer

You know the deal -- if I can't embed a video here, I don't like to post it. Why post something with just a couple lines of text and a link?

But I'm willing to make an exception if the video's pretty awesome, and the Yo Gabba Gabba! video for "All My Friends are Insects" as performed by Weezer, the creation of which we noted here a few months back, is pretty awesome. It was on the Nick YGG site last night, but was gone this morning, apparently because Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive. Oh, well, good for them -- go watch it.

It misses the complete awesomeness of Steve Burns' "I Hog the Ground" video, but by just a hair. Also amusing: the raging discussion of how earthworms are not insects.

I dunno. Doesn't bug me.

Video: "I Found Love" (Yo Gabba Gabba) - Trembling Blue Stars

This isn't a new Season 3 video from Yo Gabba Gabba -- it's actually from Season 1. And the song itself -- "I Found Love," done by Trembling Blue Stars -- is actually more than 40 years old. But it's newly available on YouTube, and it's so dreamy (with animation so lovely) I couldn't resist posting it.

Trembling Blue Stars - "I Found Love" (from Yo Gabba Gabba) [YouTube]

Plus, a bonus video after the jump which, though it might seem odd at first, actually does tie to this first video.
Autolux - "Mystery" (from Yo Gabba Gabba) [YouTube]

Yo Gabba Gabba Season Three Set for March 8

Photo credit: Ben Clark/Nickelodeon

That's right, everybody's favorite Super Bowl advertising star and his pals will return on March 8 for the long-awaited new season of "I can't believe that person agreed to be on the show" and toddler life lessons on the Nickelodeon show Yo Gabba Gabba!. The Season Three premiere "Circus" will feature "Weird Al" Yankovic playing a circus ringmaster, Sarah Silverman teaching the -- I am not making this up -- "Time to Mime" Dancey Dance, and Black Kids singing "I'm Not Going to Teach Your Boyfriend How to Brush Their Teeth." (OK, kidding, sort of.)

Beyond Weird Al, Sarah, and Black Kids, this season will feature appearances from (in no particular order) Jack McBrayer, Paul Scheer, Weezer, Anthony Bourdain, Of Montreal, Mos Def, Devo, The Aquabats, Mark Mothersbaugh, Biz Markie Travis Barker, Erykah Badu, Band of Horses, Blitzen Trapper, Chairlift, Rob Dyrdek, The Faint, Flaming Lips, The Killers, Solange Knowles, Mix Master Mike, Angela Kinsey, The Sounds, Taking Back Sunday, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Charlyne Yi and John Francis Daley, Samm Levine and Martin Starr from "Freaks and Greeks."

Whew.

Here's the premiere week schedule...

Monday, March 8 – “Circus” – Weird Al Yankovic plays the circus ringmaster; Sarah Silverman teaches the “Time to Mime” dancey dance and Black Kids sing the original Yo Gabba Gabba! song, “We Love Clowns.” The episode also features Jack McBrayer and Paul Scheer telling a “Knock Knock” joke and Mark Mothersbaugh in his “Marks’ Magic Pictures” segment.
Tuesday, March 9 – “Bugs” – Weezer performs an original Yo Gabba Gabba! song, “My Friends Are All Insects” and Mark Mothersbaugh is featured in his “Mark’s Magic Pictures” segment. The episode also features a special remix segment arranged by Travis Barker.
Wednesday, March 10 – “Doctor” – Anthony Bourdain plays the doctor when Toodee gets sick. Of Montreal performs an original Yo Gabba Gabba! song “Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast!” and Biz Markie is featured in the “Biz’s Beat of the Day” segment.
Thursday, March 11 – “Superhero”– Mos Def plays a superhero; Devo performs their song “Watch Us Work It;” Biz Markie is featured in the “Biz’s Beat of the Day” segment and The Aquabats perform a “Numbers” segment.
Friday, March 12 – Encore of “Circus”