Skatoony

Skatoony
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Also known asSkatoonY
GenreGame show
Sitcom
Created byJames Fox
Brian Boyle
Developed byRichard Brookes
James Fox
Written by
  • UK: James Fox, Richard Brookes, Andrew Viner, and Dave King
  • NA: Laurie Elliott
Story byRichard Brookes and James Fox (UK version)
Directed by
  • UK: James Fox (animation), and John A. Marley (live-action)
  • NA: Michael Goldsmith (animation), and Dave Pearce (live-action)
Presented by
Voices of
Theme music composerOliver Davis
Opening theme"Skatoony"
Ending theme"Skatoony" (Instrumental)
Composers
  • Bungalow 7 Productions
  • Glenn Barna (additional music)
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes39
Production
Executive producers
  • James Fox
  • UK: Annie Miles (for Talent TV Ltd.), and Finn Arnesen (for Cartoon Network Europe)
  • NA: Mark J.W. Bishop and Matthew Hornburg (for Marblemedia)
  • Athena Georgaklis and Alan Gregg (for Teletoon)
Producers
  • UK: Matt West, Kevin Narrainen, and James Fox
  • NA: Susan Edwards (TV series)
Production locations
CinematographyKevin C. W. Wong (NA version)
Editors
  • UK: Kevin Narrainen
  • NA: Andrew Gurney (Season 1&3), and Michael Pierro (Season 2–3)
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network UK
ReleaseOctober 6, 2006 (2006-10-06) –
November 20, 2008 (2008-11-20)
NetworkTeletoon/Télétoon
ReleaseOctober 28, 2010 (2010-10-28) –
April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)
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Skatoony (stylized as SkatoonY) is a children's live action/animated game show, pitting live-action kids against cartoon characters. The series was co-produced by Talent TV and FremantleMedia Animation (for the British version), Blink Studios (for the Arabic version),[1][2] and Marblemedia with Smiley Guy Studios (for the North American version). The series used to air on Cartoon Network in the UK until 2017, with new episodes airing every Friday until the series cancellation in 2008. Skatoony has also aired as re-runs in the UK on Boomerang and Cartoon Network Too until the channel itself closed down in 2014. The show aired on Starz Kids & Family in the US until 2019.[3] Reruns were occasionally shown on Teletoon in Canada until August 5, 2017. It also aired on Boomerang in Australia and New Zealand.

The show is hosted by 'Chudd Chudders' (voiced by Rupert Degas in the UK, Jonathan Wilson in North America and 'The Earl' (voiced by Lewis MacLeod in the UK, James Rankin in North America).[4] In the U.K. version Chudd and Earl have U.S.-Canadian accents sounding similar to themselves in the N.A. version.[5]

  1. ^ "Skatoony - Edit 2". YouTube. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  2. ^ "blinkstudiosonline". YouTube. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Distribution360 sends five kids series to Starz". Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 300. ISBN 9781476672939.
  5. ^ Skatoony Remastered (4 September 2019). Skatoony UK - Series 1 - Episode 1 - Knights and Daze. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via YouTube.