Vorlage:Infobox television Waynehead is a Saturday morning animated television series created by actor/comedian Damon Wayans.[1] It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and the Canadian studio Nelvana, with overseas animation by TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation, Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd., and Philippine Animation Studio, Inc.
Waynehead lasted for 13 episodes for one season; Warner Bros has explained the show wasn't black enough or funny enough.[2] It is about a young boy named Damey Wayne from a poor background with a club foot and 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.[3]
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
- Shawn Wayans as Toof
- Marlon Wayans as Blue
- Frank Welker as Tripod
Characters
Main
- Damey "Waynehead" Wayne: He's the leader of the group. He's the most upbeat and most inventive leader of all the kids on his block. Partly as a defense mechanism and partly as an attention-getter, Damey's devastating sense of humor gets him into all sorts of unusual situations -- for better or worse. He's got a quick-wit, a supportive family and a group of eclectic friends.
- Mo' Money, Jr.: He is Damey's best friend, the second-in-command and the toughest member of the group. The character is named after the film in which Wayans starred. He's a 10-year-old rent-paying youngster who is the local entrepreneur extraordinaire of lower Manhattan. He believes that virtually anything can be bought, bartered or sold. Mo' takes capitalistic principles and twists them into disreputable money schemes. If you have a problem he can fix, he'll be happy to help, but there'll be a charge for his services.
- Roz: Damey's love interest, the third-in-command and the only female of the group. She's got loads of energy and a survivalist instinct that can't be beat.
- Toof: Mo' Money's sidekick who loves candy. He is a one-toothed wonder who'd do just about anything for sugar and constantly talks in rhyming rap, But when he's having a hard time rapping, as he doesn't know how to rhyme. He always bump into walls instead of leaving the building.
- Marvin: Damey's frenemy, though they are closer as friends. He is armed with a preposterous explanation for just about everything.
- Blue: He is Marvin's older brother who is the evil villain with an unpredictable temper and uncanny ability to do and say things that are insulting.
- Tripod: A three-legged stray dog befriended by Damey. Tripod has only three legs and it's assumed that his condition was the result of some sort of accident. Tripod always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time - things fall on him, people trip over him and just about everything seems to be his fault. Despite his lot in life, Tripod is always eager and happy to join Damey and his friends in their adventures.
Supporting
- Aki: A nerdy kid who is friends with the crew. He is a shy neighborhood newcomer from Nigeria who speaks with a British accent and is unfamiliar with American culture, and thus, has been judged by the other kids as "unhip".
- Kevin Wayne: Damey's older brother.
- Shavonne Wayne: Damey's younger sister.
- Mrs. Wayne: The mother of Damey, Kevin, and Shavonne.
- Mr. Wayne: The father of Damey, Kevin, and Shavonne.
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (1996–97)
Unfinished episodes
Production
The series was first announced in 1991 as The Wayneheads. It was originally to be a claymation series and was going to air on Fox.[4] The concept was shelved and was retooled as a traditionally-animated series that ran on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997.
Broadcast
The show is aired on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997,[5] but eventually aired reruns on Cartoon Network from the late 90s to the early 2000s.
International
In Germany, Waynehead aired on ProSieben, Junior, and K-Toon under the name of Waynehead - Echt cool, Mann!.
In Austria, This show aired on ORF 1.
In the United Kingdom, the series aired on CITV in 1998.
Home media releases
Since April 20, 2021, Waynehead was released on iTunes, Amazon Video and Vudu.[6][7][8]
References in other media
- The Waynehead theme song is parodied in the Pinky and the Brain episode "Dangerous Brains".
References
External links
Vorlage:Warner Bros. animation and comics Vorlage:Kids' WB
- ↑ David Perlmutter: The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018, ISBN 978-1-5381-0374-6 (google.com [abgerufen am 8. September 2018]).
- ↑ The Call On Saturday Is Show Me The Wayans. Abgerufen am 25. April 2021.
- ↑ Hal Erickson: Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003. 2nd Auflage. McFarland & Co, 2005, ISBN 978-1-4766-6599-3, S. 898.
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/22/news/abc-and-fox-announce-fall-plans.html
- ↑ Heather Hendershot: Nickelodeon Nation: The History, Politics, and Economics of America's Only TV Channel for Kids. NYU Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8147-3651-7 (google.com [abgerufen am 5. September 2018]).
- ↑ Waynehead at iTunes.
- ↑ Waynehead at Amazon Video.
- ↑ Waynehead at Vudu.