O Canada (TV series)
O Canada | |
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Created by |
Bob Jaques Kelly Armstrong Glen Kennedy |
Starring | Sally Grace |
Country of origin |
Canada United States |
Production | |
Running time | Each episode 30 minutes total |
Production company(s) |
Cartoon Network Productions National Film Board of Canada |
Distributor | Cartoon Network |
Release | |
Original network | Cartoon Network |
Original release | January 8, 1997 – March 6, 2002 |
O Canada was a Canadian-American animated television anthology series, broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network. O Canada was the first Canadian cartoon series to air on Cartoon Network.
Shown mainly on Sunday nights (early Monday mornings) at 12:00 midnight ET, O Canada featured a selection of animated shorts from Canada, mostly from the archives of the National Film Board of Canada. Some of the animated shorts featured were part of the NFB's Canada Vignettes collection of shorts first produced for CBC Television.
The title of the series originated from the name of Canada's national anthem, O Canada.
One of the notable shorts featured in this series was Bob's Birthday, which would later serve as the basis for Comedy Central / Global Television Network's Bob and Margaret series, which would debut the following year. Despite its time slot, Bob's Birthday was censored with one scene, that featured Bob fully bottomless, edited with a maple leaf electronically superimposed over his genitalia.
Shorts shown on O Canada
- Getting Started
- Hot Stuff
- Bob's Birthday
- The Lump
- The Cat Came Back
- Black Fly
- To Be
- Deadly Deposits
- Oh Sure
- Strings
- Shyness
- George and Rosemary
- Get a Job
- The Log Driver's Waltz
- La Salla
- Emergency Numbers
- Balablok
- The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin
- The Big Snit
- The Family That Dwelt Apart
- Strange Invaders
- Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety
- Every Dog's Guide to the Playground
- Special Delivery
- The Sweater
- Overdose
- No Problem
- The Dingles
- The Apprentice
- Cactus Swing
- Arkelope
- Scant Sanity
- Two Sisters
External links
- O Canada at the Internet Movie Database