Adventures with Kanga Roddy is a children's television series created by martial arts masters George Chung and Anthony Chan and executive produced by former 49ers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott.
Uncle Pat, with the assistance of his pet bookworm, Shakespeare, magically transports the children to the land of Hi-Yah where Kanga Roddy lives.
Once in the land of Hi-Yah, Kanga Roddy and his friends Bantu - a female African snake, Tackle Bear - his workout partner, Cimbop and Kimbop - a pair of feline sisters, and Zatochi - a wise old snow monkey, help the children solve their problem by giving examples presented through songs.
Kanga Roddy gets inspiration for a proper solution to the problem through flashbacks to lessons learned from his martial arts teacher Zatochi or parallels drawn from encounters with his buddy Tackle Bear.
[2] The final broadcast of Adventures with Kanga Roddy occurred March 31, 2001 with an airing of episode 12 'We Are Family'; the following month, the show was dropped from KTEH's schedule for good.