Waynehead
Canadian-American animated television series
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::summary Canadian-American animated television series ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | Waynehead Title Card.jpg |
| creator | Damon Wayans |
| director | Paul Riley |
| genre | {{Plainlist |
| voices | {{Plainlist |
| theme_music_composer | Stanley Clarke |
| composer | Stanley Clarke |
| Todd Cochran | |
| Kennard Ramsey | |
| opentheme | "The Party's Just Begun" performed by Orlando Brown, Tico Wells, Jamil Walker Smith, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh and Shawn Wayans |
| endtheme | "The Party's Just Begun" (instrumental) |
| country | {{Plainlist |
| language | English |
| num_seasons | 1 |
| num_episodes | 13 |
| executive_producer | {{Plainlist |
| producer | {{Plainlist |
| editor | Denise Whitfield |
| runtime | 22 minutes |
| company | {{Plainlist |
| channel | {{Plainlist |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
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| image = Waynehead Title Card.jpg | creator = Damon Wayans | writer = | director = Paul Riley | genre = {{Plainlist|
- Adventure
- Comedy | voices = {{Plainlist|
- Orlando Brown
- Tico Wells
- Jamil Walker Smith
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
- Shawn Wayans
- Marlon Wayans
- Kim Wayans
- Gary Coleman
- John Witherspoon
- Frank Welker | theme_music_composer = Stanley Clarke | composer = Stanley Clarke Todd Cochran Kennard Ramsey | opentheme = "The Party's Just Begun" performed by Orlando Brown, Tico Wells, Jamil Walker Smith, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh and Shawn Wayans | endtheme = "The Party's Just Begun" (instrumental) | country = {{Plainlist|
- United States
- Canada | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 13 | executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Damon Wayans
- Jean MacCurdy
- Eric L. Gold | producer = {{Plainlist|
- Lenord Robinson
- Grant Moran
- Patrick Loubert
- Michael Hirsh
- Clive Smith | animator = | editor = Denise Whitfield | runtime = 22 minutes | company = {{Plainlist|
- Nelvana
- Warner Bros. Television Animation | channel = {{Plainlist|
- Kids' WB (United States)
- YTV (Canada) | first_aired = | last_aired = Waynehead is an animated television series created by actor/comedian Damon Wayans and ran from 1996 to 1997 on Kids' WB, and on YTV from 1996 to 1998. It was a co-production of Warner Bros. Television Animation and Nelvana, with overseas animation by Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd., and Philippine Animation Studio, Inc., while the opening sequence was animated by TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation in Japan.
Waynehead lasted for 13 episodes for one season; Wayans stated that he was told by Warner Bros. that the cartoon wasn't black enough nor funny enough, to which a WB executive replied by insisting that the show was merely low-rated. It is about a young boy named Damey Wayne, of unknown age, from a poor background and with a club foot. It was based on Wayans' own childhood in the Chelsea neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Actors who provided voices for the show included Gary Coleman, Orlando Brown, and Marlon Wayans.
Voice cast
- Orlando Brown as Damey "Waynehead" Wayne
- Tico Wells as Marvin
- Jamil Walker Smith as Mo' Money, Jr.
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh as Roz, Shavonne, Aki
- Shawn Wayans as Toof
- Marlon Wayans as Blue
- Gary Coleman as Kevin
- Kim Wayans as Mrs. Wayne
- John Witherspoon as Mr. Wayne
- Frank Welker as Tripod
- Andrea Martin as Teacher
Episodes
| WrittenBy = Tim Hightower, Brad Kaaya, and Carmenita Bravo | ProdCode = 102 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = No Mo' Money | ShortSummary = Damey tries to earn money for the Harlem Week Festival. Song featured: "Street Talk Rap", sung by Damey Wayne and Roz. | OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = Chris Otsuki | ProdCode = 101 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Brothers and Bros. | ShortSummary = Damey learns the difference between friends and family when he sneaks out of the house to run with his gang. | OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = Kevin Hopps | ProdCode = 103 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Botswana Aki and the Hydrant of Doom | ShortSummary = Damey's angry when he's forced to spend the day with the nerdy new kid, but when Aki is endangered by a run-in with the Hydrant of Doom, Damey sets out to rescue his unlikely friend. Guest Star: Heavy D Note: The song "Nuttin' but Love" by Heavy D is featured.| OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = David Wyatt | ProdCode = 104 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = 3 Hats and You're Out | ShortSummary = Damey's gang catapults to coolness when his L.A. cousin, Three Hats, starts hanging with them. But the gang's loyalty is tested when their new leader demands an old member be cut. | OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = Reed Moran | ProdCode = 105 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Dad's a Spaz | ShortSummary = Damey asks his father to coach the gang for a basketball game against the tough St. Mary's team and soon realizes his father's a disaster on the court. Song featured: "We Got Chocolate on The Wall", sung by Toof.| OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = Kevin Hopps | ProdCode = 106 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = Be Mine...or Else | ShortSummary = Roz accidentally falls in love with Damey when he rescues her from junkyard dogs. Note: The song "I'll Be Good to You" by Brothers Johnson is featured. | OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = Dianne Dixon | ProdCode = 108 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = To Be Cool or Not to Be | ShortSummary = Damey's desperate to keep his opera role a secret from the guys, but circumstances conspire against him. | OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = Chris Otsuki | ProdCode = 107 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = Special Delivery | ShortSummary = Damey and his friends struggle to get his mother to the hospital when she goes into labor at the library. Song featured: "NBA Finals Montage (Instrumental)"| OriginalAirDate = || WrittenBy = Dianne Dixon | ProdCode = 110 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = Quest for Fireworks | ShortSummary = When Toof and Damey happen to find a firecracker the night before the 4th of July, the gang thinks they've got a secret course for illegal fireworks. Song featured: "I Got the Firecracker", sung by Toof. | OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = Tim Hightower, Brad Kaaya, and Carmenita Bravo | ProdCode = 109 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | Title = A Friend in Greed | ShortSummary = Damey's broke when Marvin gives him a Ken Griffey, Jr. autographed glove with the money he stole from the gang. | OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = Kevin Hopps | ProdCode = 113 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | Title = Bummed Out | ShortSummary = Damey helps a homeless DJ who works on his guilt over a prank they'd pulled just before the man was fired. | OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = David Wyatt | ProdCode = 111 | LineColor = 0b24b4}} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | Title = Rebel Without a Paw | ShortSummary = Damey tries to help Tripod find a new owner after he is accused of mischief in a convenience store, which proves difficult because of his missing paw. Song featured: "It's Called the Blues", sung by The Blues Man.| OriginalAirDate = | WrittenBy = David Wyatt | ProdCode = 112 | LineColor = 0b24b4}}
Production
The series was first announced in 1991 as The Wayneheads. It was originally going to be a claymation series and was going to air in primetime on Fox. The concept was shelved and was retooled as a traditionally-animated, Saturday morning series that took influence off of the 1992 movie Bebe's Kids, the show ran on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997.
Broadcast
The show was aired on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997, and eventually aired reruns on Cartoon Network from 1998 to 2000.
International
In Canada, Waynehead aired on YTV from 1996 to 1998.
In Germany, Waynehead aired on ProSieben, Junior, and K-Toon under the name of Waynehead - Echt cool, Mann!.
In Austria, the series aired on ORF 1.
In the United Kingdom, the series aired on CITV in 1998.
In Israel, Waynehead aired on Arutz HaYeladim.
In Ireland, Waynehead aired on RTÉ2.
In Netherlands, Waynehead aired on Cartoon Network.
Home media
Since April 20, 2021, Waynehead was released on iTunes, Amazon Video and Fandango at Home.
References in other media
- The theme song is parodied in the Pinky and the Brain episode "Dangerous Brains".
- A reel with the show's logo on it is shown in the Teen Titans Go! episode "Huggbees".
References
References
- Perlmutter, David. (4 May 2018). "The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows". Rowman & Littlefield.
- (26 April 1997). "The Call On Saturday Is Show Me The Wayans".
- (2005). "Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003". McFarland & Co.
- (22 March 1991). "ABC and Fox Announce Fall Plans". The New York Times.
- Hendershot, Heather. (1 February 2004). "Nickelodeon Nation: The History, Politics, and Economics of America's Only TV Channel for Kids". NYU Press.
- [https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/waynehead-season-1/id1560745594 ''Waynehead''] at [[iTunes]].
- [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091XPR1BK/ref=sr_1_1 ''Waynehead''] at [[Amazon Video]].
- [https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Waynehead-Season-1/1717991 ''Waynehead''] at [[Fandango at Home]].
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