Oh Yeah! Cartoons

Oh Yeah! Cartoons
Created by	Fred Seibert
Starring	Various voice actors Various school kids (1998–1999) Kenan Thompson (host, 1999–2000) Josh Server (host, 2000–2001)
Theme music composer	Bill Burnett
Composer(s)	Various
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	39 (5 unaired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Fred Seibert Larry Huber
Producer(s)	Bill Burnett
Running time	30 mins (7 mins per segment) approx.
Production company(s)	Frederator Studios Nickelodeon Productions Paramount Television
Distributor	Nelvana (internationally)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Audio format	Dolby Surround
Original run	July 17, 1998 – May 25, 2001
Chronology
Followed by	Random! Cartoons
Related shows	The Fairly OddParents ChalkZone My Life as a Teenage Robot
External links
Website

Oh Yeah! Cartoons is an American animation showcase that appeared on the Nickelodeon cable channel. Oh Yeah! was an animation project guided by Fred Seibert, former Creative Director of MTV Networks and President of Hanna-Barbera. Produced by Frederator Studios, it ran as part of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons lineup, and in its second season, was hosted by Kenan Thompson of All That and Kenan & Kel fame; Then later by Josh Server, also from All That, for its third season. Bill Burnett composed the show's theme music. Oh Yeah! Cartoons was distributed by Nelvana outside of the United States.

In terms of sheer volume, Oh Yeah! Cartoons remains TV's biggest animation development program ever. Giving several dozen filmmakers the opportunity to create nearly 100 seven-minute cartoons, the series eventually yielded four dedicated half-hour spin-offs:

• The Fairly OddParents
• ChalkZone
• Moville Mysteries
• My Life as a Teenage Robot

Nickelodeon's Oh Yeah! half-hour featured in its first season, a total of 39 brand new seven-minute cartoons in 13 episodes, surpassing the number of new cartoons and characters on any other single network. In its full run, Oh Yeah! Cartoons featured and produced over 99 cartoons and 54 characters.

39 episodes were made, however, MTV Networks International Distribution says 27 episodes were made.

Many of the animated shorts were created by cartoonists who later became more prominent, including Bob Boyle, Thomas R. Fitzgerald, Bill Burnett, Jaime Diaz, Greg Emison, John Eng, John Fountain, Antoine Guilbaud, Butch Hartman, Larry Huber, Steve Marmel, Zac Moncrief, Ken Kessel, Alex Kirwan, Seth MacFarlane, Carlos Ramos, Rob Renzetti, C. Miles Thompson, Byron Vaughns, Pat Ventura, Vincent Waller, and David Wasson. Many of the animators featured on Oh Yeah! Cartoons had worked on the What A Cartoon! Show produced by Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network two years earlier. The show was also created by Fred Seibert while he was president of Hanna-Barbera and had the same concept as Oh Yeah! Cartoons. When Seibert left Hanna-Barbera in 1997 and founded Frederator Studios, many of the animators that had worked on What A Cartoon! migrated with him to produce shorts for Oh Yeah! Cartoons.

Episodes

Media releases

• Nickelodeon (1998–2004, 2007)
• Nicktoons (2002–2007)

Legacy

Frederator Studios has persisted in the tradition of surfacing new talent, characters, and series with several cartoon shorts "incubators," including (as of 2015) What A Cartoon! (Cartoon Network, 1995), The Meth Minute 39 (Channel Frederator, 2008),^[1] Random! Cartoons (Nickelodeon/Nicktoons, 2008), Too Cool! Cartoons (Cartoon Hangover, 2012), and GO! Cartoons (Cartoon Hangover, 2016).^[2] These laboratories have spun off notable series like Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Cow & Chicken, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The Fairly OddParents, Nite Fite, Fanboy & Chum Chum, Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors, Rocket Dog, and Bee and PuppyCat.

Similar shows

• Random! Cartoons (Nicktoons)
• Raw Toonage (Disney Channel)
• What a Cartoon! Show (Cartoon Network)
• Sunday Pants (Cartoon Network)
• Shorty McShort's Shorts (Disney Channel/Jetix)
• KaBlam! (Nickelodeon)
• Short Circutz (YTV)
• The Cartoonstitute (Cartoon Network)

See also

• KaBlam! (animated TV series)
• List of Oh Yeah! Cartoons episodes
• Random! Cartoons (spin-off of Oh Yeah! Cartoons)
• The Nicktoons Film Festival (television series and competition)
• Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program
• What a Cartoon! Show (TV series)

References

External links

• Oh Yeah! Cartoons at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons at the Internet Movie Database
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons at TV.com