Series synopsis
Yakkity Yak is a Canadian animation comedy television series that premiered on Teletoon on April 6, 2003. It ended on January 28, 2004. It was created by Mark Gravas. It stars Lee Tockar, Brian Drummond, Andrea Libman and Pam Hyatt.
Yakkity Yak is an Australian/American/Canadian animated television series created by Mark Gravas that ran on Nickelodeon from November 9, 2002 to December 12, 2003. The show was known for its extreme lack of reality, and for its extreme silliness and featured a style of animation which broke with past Nickelodeon tradition. The show features an anthropomorphic yak named Yakkity who wants to make it to stardom by becoming a comedian. Along the way, he has adventures with his two best friends Keo ...
Premise
Yakkity Yak is an Australian/American/Canadian animated television series created by Mark Gravas that ran on Nickelodeon from November 9, 2002 to December 12, 2003. The show was known for its extreme lack of reality, and for its extreme silliness and featured a style of animation which broke with past Nickelodeon tradition. The show features an anthropomorphic yak named Yakkity who wants to make it to stardom by becoming a comedian. Along the way, he has adventures with his two best friends Keo and Lemony, a young human girl.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Lee Tockar as Yakkity (voice)
- Brian Drummond as Keo (voice)
- Andrea Libman as Lemony (voice)
- Pam Hyatt as Granny Yak (voice)
- Scott McNeil as Prof. Crazyhair (voice)
- Ian James Corlett as Mr. Highpants / Rondo (voice)
- Jason Schombing as Trilo (voice)
- Michael Daingerfield as Keo's Dad (voice)
Supporting cast
- Tabitha St. Germain as Penelope (voice)
- Brenda Crichlow
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 78 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 52 | April 6, 2003 | January 28, 2004 |
| Season 2 | 22 | ||
| Season 3 | 4 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Yak and the Hat When the popular game show ""Who Wants to Win a Bunch of Money?"" comes to the town of Onion Falls it seems like the perfect oppurtunity for straight-A student Keo to use his knowledge to win some cash. Unfortunately, Keo is terrified of appearing on television. Keo's best friend, aspiring stand-up comedian Yakkity, dreams of being on TV and becoming famous so the two decide to team-up by having Yakkity go on the show with Keo hiding in his hat. Yakkity becomes a sensation but Keo doesn't like it when people start to think that Yakkity is smarter than he is. |
April 6, 2003 |
| 2 |
Cowinator Yakkity finds out that his grandfather Yardly Yak was a champion grass-eater who was cheated out of a first place trophy by a rival known as The Cowinator. Granny persuades Yakkity to challenge Cowinator to a grass-eating contest and restore the family name. The Cowinator accepts the challenge but because he's too old to compete he forces his grandson Cowinator III to compete for him. |
January 19, 2003 |
| 3 |
3 Cheers for Penelope Professor Crazyhair introduces Penelope, a robot daughter he created to assist him in his lab. When Penelope displays a lack of social skills Lemony decides to teach her how to act like a regular teenage girl. Soon Penelope is shopping at the mall, getting her hair done and throwing temper tantrums. Penelope becomes so much like a real teen that she ends up becoming the most popular girl at school which wouldn't be a problem except that the football team wants her to replace Yakkity as the school's mascot. |
April 27, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | End of the Line | |
| 2 | Yakeo | |
| 3 | It's a So-So Life |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Practically Funny | |
| 2 | Daddy Uh-Ohs | |
| 3 | Yaks a Plenty |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Teletoon |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 6, 2003 |
| Last aired | January 28, 2004 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Ended |