Yakkity Yak is an Australian-Canadian animated television series created by Mark Gravas for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Studio B Productions and Kapow Pictures. It aired on Teletoon (now Cartoon Network) in Canada and on the American version of Nickelodeon in the United States from 9 November 2002 until 12 December 2003. 26 episodes were produced.
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| Genre | Comedy Slapstick |
| Created by | Mark Gravas |
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| Creative director | Mark Gravas |
| Voices of | Lee Tockar Brian Drummond Andrea Libman Pam Hyatt Ian James Corlett Michael Daingerfield Jason Schombing |
| Composers | Hal Foxton Beckett Michael Richard Plowman |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (52 segments) |
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| Producers | Kathy Antonsen Rocchio Jamie Turner Sandra Walters |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Studio B Productions Kapow Pictures MTV Networks International |
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| Network | Teletoon (Canada) Nickelodeon (Australia) |
| Release | 9 November 2002 – 12 December 2003 |
The copyright to the show is shared between WildBrain, which bought Studio B Productions in 2007, and Kapow Pictures.[1]
Premise
editThe story focuses around an anthropomorphic yak named Yakkity who aspires to become a best-known comedian and his friends, Keo (an anthropomorphic pineapple) and Lemony (a young human girl) in the fictitious Australian town Onion Falls (based on Lithgow, New South Wales).[2]
Theme song
editA modified version of the 1958 song Yakety Yak by The Coasters (in which children and some cast members sing some portions) is used as the show's theme song.[citation needed]
Characters
edit- Yakkity Yak (Lee Tockar): A preteen yak student in Onion Falls High School and the school's mascot who wishes to be a comedian. Yakkity works as the school mascot since his grandfather also served as mascot when the (rugby) football team won the state championship in 1925. The football team, instead of the mascot, got all the glory (despite not winning a match in 77 years), much to Yakkity's distaste. Yakkity lives with his Granny and her boarder Professor Crazyhair. He wears a coat over his bare body. His best friends are Keo (who lives next door) and Lemony. Over the course of the series, his parents have never been seen or mentioned.
- Keo (Brian Drummond): An anthropomorphic pineapple who is actually a human with a pineapple for a head. He has a crush on Lemony but she is oblivious to it. He is very intelligent but is camera shy and has stage fright. He has rivalries with his father, who is only a pineapple, but deep down, he loves him.
- Lemony (Andrea Libman): A pretty blonde-haired human girl and Keo's love interest who has a vivid imagination.
- Reginald Highpants (Ian James Corlett): The town's leading vendor of candy and all things sugar. He also runs many small businesses.
- Trilo (Jason Schombing): Yakkity's trilobite agent and retired circus performer who owns his own Entertainment Agency, does children's parties for the characters, and is always looking for money. His clients are Yakkity, Fairy Wanda and Chuck Damage, who he uses for parties.
- Granny Yak (Pam Hyatt): Yakkity's grandmother. While she is a good sounding board in a parental way, she also has some of Yakkity's impulsive genes.
- Professor Crazyhair (Scott McNeil): A scientist and teacher at Onion Falls High whose hair changes colour like a mood ring, hence his name. He lives in Yakkity's basement, where he built a laboratory. His egg salad recipe is very sought after by evil geniuses who wish to use it to take over the world.
- Penelope (Tabitha St. Germain): A robot who is Lemony's best friend and works as Professor Crazyhair's assistant but lacks any social skills or confidence. Whenever she's embarrassed, her face turns red and she squirts out fire fighting foams from her arms transforming into fire hoses, squirting everything around her.
- Rondo (Ian James Corlett): Lemony's (rugby) football playing older brother who is a senior in high school. He is one of Yakkity's enemies often competing for the spotlight.
- Keo's Dad (Michael Daingerfield): A pineapple who can be bossy and rude at many times, and Keo's father. The identity of his wife (Keo's mother) is unknown and never explored; it can be assumed that they’re divorced or she died before the events of Yakkity Yak. He's only a disembodied pineapple head; as the only time he ever had a body with limbs was in "My Dad the Robot".
- Wanda Harper (Brenda Crichlow): an African-Australian fairy who works as Onion Falls High's librarian.
- Jackie Pachyderm: An elephant comedian and successful movie star who is Yakkity's idol.
- Gary (Terry Klassen): A short, evil, mean-spirited, sadistic, bad-tempered arch-enemy of Yakkity. He tried to steal Professor Crazyhair's egg salad to take over Onion Falls. He hates Yakkity because he once again interfered in his plans and decides to use the giant robot to destroy Onion Falls.
Telecast
editYakkity Yak first premiered on Teletoon in Canada on 4 January 2003,[3] with the final episode's airing on 28 January 2004.[3] It also aired on BBC Kids. In the United Kingdom, it aired on CBBC. In Italy, it previously aired on Nickelodeon and Canale 21. In Australia, it aired on Nickelodeon and Network 10,[4] and would later air on ABC, ABC1, and ABC3. In the US, it briefly aired on Nickelodeon, from 9 November 2003 to 4 September 2004.[5] It was later run on the Nicktoons channel starting from 22 May 2004 until 23 September 2007. The show also aired on Nickelodeon in Latin America and Europe.[4]
Episodes
editThe episode list is listed by production code, not by airdate.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Canadian air date | U.S. air date [6][7] | ||||||||
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| 1a | "Hypnotic Yak" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Dennis Heaton | Tim Pyman | 9 November 2002 | 24 November 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 1b | "As the Worm Turns" | Story by : J. Falconer & Greg Sullivan Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Steve Moltzen | |||||||||||
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Yakkity hypnotises everyone into thinking he's funny. Yakkity finds a magical talking ventriloquist dummy. | ||||||||||||||
| 2a | "The Yak and the Hat" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Steve Sullivan | Daniel Foley | 2002 | 9 November 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 2b | "Cowinator" | Paul Greenberg | Mike Zarb | |||||||||||
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Yakkity goes on a TV quiz show with Keo providing answers from within Yakkity's hat. An historic grass-eating competition between Yakkity's grandfather and "The Cowinator" is replayed between Yakkity and the grandson of "The Cowinator". | ||||||||||||||
| 3a | "3 Cheers for Penelope" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Steve Sullivan | Murray Debus | 2002 | 9 November 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 3b | "My Dad the Robot" | Richard Elliott & Simon Racioppa | Chris Hauge | |||||||||||
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When Professor Crazyhair makes a robot girl, Lemony coaches her to improve her social skills. Professor Crazyhair builds robot legs and arms for Keo's father. | ||||||||||||||
| 4a | "A Tree Grows in Onion Falls" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : J. Falconer & Blair Peters Teleplay by : Dennis Heaton | Russ Crispin | 2002 | 25 November 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 4b | "Spring Cleaning" | Alan Levin | Simon O'Leary | |||||||||||
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Yakkity moves out of home and into a treehouse. But now he must save his family from a thief masquerading as a little boy. Yakkity and Keo makes a mess in Professor Crazyhair's laboratory, and so must do some house cleaning to make amends. But soon, they turn everyone into zombies. | ||||||||||||||
| 5a | "Dial-a-Yak" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Daegan Fryklind | Mike Zarb | 2002 | 1 December 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 5b | "Darn-It Dog" | Story by : Stu Connolly & Vito Viscomi Teleplay by : Jono Howard | Steve Moltzen | |||||||||||
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When Yakkity breaks Rondo's war robot, Yakkity must take its place. He wears a phone for communication with Rondo. Yakkity does not want to return a library book he borrowed when he was 5. So he tells Wanda he never took it out. Soon, he uses lying to get what he wants at least until he gets a taste of his own medicine. | ||||||||||||||
| 6a | "Yakstravaganza" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Greg Sullivan & J. Falconer Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Andy Bartlett | 2002 | 2 December 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 6b | "Curly Top" | Story by : Greg Sullivan Teleplay by : Jono Howard | Arthur Filloy | |||||||||||
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Yakkity encourages Keo's father to relive his showbiz days and join his new show. Yakkity's fur turns pink while experimenting with one of Granny Yak's hair products. | ||||||||||||||
| 7a | "I Want My Yak TV" | Mark Gravas Greg Sullivan | Story by : Steve Sullivan Written by : Steve Sullivan | Mike Zarb | 2002 | 3 December 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 7b | "Election Dysfunction" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Kevin White | Simon O'Leary | ||||||||||
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Yakkity's new antler braces start picking up cable TV channels - a rare feat in Onion Falls. Yakkity becomes a popular stage act. Keo runs against Lemony for school president, but will he promise more than he can deliver? | ||||||||||||||
| 8a | "And That's the Weather" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Terry Saltsman & Greg Sullivan Teleplay by : Terry Saltsman | Mike Zarb | 2002 | 4 December 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 8b | "Pineapple Upside-Dead Cake!" | Story by : Greg Sullivan Teleplay by : Dennis Heaton | Rob Boutilier | |||||||||||
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Yakkity becomes an accurate weather forecaster thanks to Granny Yak's weather-predicting bunions. Complications arise, however, when Granny has her bunions removed. When Keo's father goes missing and everyone starts acting odd, Yakkity thinks that aliens have taken them. | ||||||||||||||
| 9a | "A Yak and His Fish" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Greg Sullivan Teleplay by : Dennis Heaton | Stephane Portal | 2002 | 5 December 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 9b | "Regarding Chuck" | Story by : Paul Greenberg Teleplay by : Vito Viscomi & Darrell Vickers | Steve Moltzen | |||||||||||
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Yakkity's new pet fish likes to eat a variety of foods. Yakkity accidentally gives Chuck Damage amnesia. | ||||||||||||||
| 10a | "Double Double Oil and Trouble" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Stu Connolly & Vito Viscomi Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Mike Zarb | 2002 | 8 December 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 10b | "High Fashion Yak" | Story by : J. Falconer & Greg Sullivan Teleplay by : Paul Greenberg | ||||||||||||
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In a school project, Yakkity and friends try to improve the odor in Onion Falls. Yakkity and Keo become fashion gurus thanks to Granny Yak's knitting skills. | ||||||||||||||
| 11a | "Nerds Are People Too" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Alan Levin | Tim Pyman | 2002 | 9 November 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 11b | "The 10% Solution" | Mark Gravas Greg Sullivan | Story by : Ian Boothby Written by : Ian Boothby | Russ Crispin | ||||||||||
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Yakkity unexpectedly excels in a test and is invited to a camp for teenage geniuses. But this is all a trap by Gary. Yakkity found out that Gary was his old arch-nemesis. Gary tells Yakkity that he has interfered for the last time, and he decides to use his Giant Robot to destroy Onion Falls. Once Gary activates the Robot, the giant robot does a comedy routine and uses Gary as a microphone to entertain Yakkity, Keo, Penelope, and Stats. Unfortunately, the Robot crashes along with Gary and Gary is now arrested saying "I would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for that meddling yak." This is a Scooby-Doo reference. When times get tough, Yakkity's agentm Trilo claims 10% ... of everything Yakkity receives which is everything in his life. | ||||||||||||||
| 12a | "National Day of Yakking" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Paul Greenberg | Mike Zarb | 2002 | 11 December 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 12b | "Fairy Yakkity" | Story by : Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Kevin White | Simon O'Leary | |||||||||||
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It is the Onion Falls' centenary and a parade is announced. Yakkity would like a float built to celebrate his idol - comedian Jackie Pachyderm. After Trilo asks Yakkity to disguise himself as Fairy Wanda, Rondo finds 'Victoria' strangely attractive. | ||||||||||||||
| 13a | "3 Minutes and Funny" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Jono Howard | Mike Zarb | 2002 | 9 November 2003 (Nickelodeon) | ||||||||
| 13b | "Nature Calls" | Story by : Blair Peters & Ian Weir Teleplay by : Vito Viscomi & Ian Weir | Marlon Dean | |||||||||||
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The people of Onion Falls partake in a video competition where the most popular video featuring an onion will win. Yakkity favors a comedic genre. Keo and Lemony are concerned when Yakkity starts behaving oddly. Has it something to do with the pimple on his nose? | ||||||||||||||
| 14a | "Fount Onion" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Steve Sullivan | Tim Pyman | TBA | 28 May 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 14b | "Ice Scream, You Scream" | Story by : Vito Viscomi Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Stephane Portal | |||||||||||
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Keo reveals Yakkity's secret swimming hole. Yakkity becomes a bike-riding ice cream salesman. But he starts eating all the merchandise (which counts as stealing) in order to get free stuff. | ||||||||||||||
| 15a | "Cabin Fever" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Paul Greenberg Teleplay by : Kevin White | Steve Moltzen | TBA | 11 June 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 15b | "Due Back Tomorrow" | Story by : Mark Gravas & Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Greg Ingram | |||||||||||
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Keo, Keo's father and Yakkity go camping, but seem to forget to pack vital items. At least Yakkity brings some marshmallows. Keo and Yakkity find work in a video shop. Yakkity recommends all of Jackie Pachyderm's funny films, except for A-Pach-Alypse Now. | ||||||||||||||
| 16a | "End of the Line" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Daegan Fryklind | Rob Boutilier | TBA | 18 June 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 16b | "House Sitters" | Story by : Kevin White Teleplay by : Paul Greenberg | Junko Aoyama | |||||||||||
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A nature documentary explains that yaks are an endangered species. Keo and Lemony must place Yakkity and his grandmother inside a glass bubble in order to save them. Mr Highpants must attend a Confectionery Convention. He asks Yakkity and Keo to look after his hi-tech home, warning the boys not to touch any buttons ... and only to feed Mr Littlepants "Chimp-Chow". | ||||||||||||||
| 17a | "Teachers Pet" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Kevin White Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Greg Ingram | TBA | 25 June 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 17b | "Yakeo" | Story by : J. Falconer & Greg Sullivan Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Daniel Foley | |||||||||||
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Professor Crazyhair gives Lemony a high grade for her science project, but Keo believes that flattery had a lot to do with it. Note: The title was previously known as "The Yakking". After failing to be picked for the football team, Yakkity and Keo invent their own sport. | ||||||||||||||
| 18a | "Sharing Bear" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Greg Sullivan Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Chris Hauge | TBA | Unaired | ||||||||
| 18b | "Lucky Undies" | Steve Sullivan | Mike Zarb | |||||||||||
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Yakkity still loves Sharing Bear - the children's TV presenter, but Keo and Lemony think he is for babies. Everything is going right for Yakkity. Is it because of the underpants he has been wearing since last Tuesday? | ||||||||||||||
| 19a | "Techno Prisoners" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Steve Sullivan | Tim Pyman | TBA | 16 July 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 19b | "It's a So-So Life" | Story by : Terry Saltsman Teleplay by : Vito Viscomi & Terry Saltsman | Greg Ingram | |||||||||||
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When Grandma Yak turns against modern conveniences, Yakkity has to sneak off to the Techno-seum with his science class. Yakkity leaves the services of Trilo to pursue a career as a headline act in the Circus Maximus. | ||||||||||||||
| 20a | "Camp Onion" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Stu Connolly & Vito Viscomi Teleplay by : Paul Greenberg | Stephane Portal | TBA | 30 July 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 20b | "Snow Biz" | Jono Howard | Steve Moltzen | |||||||||||
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The Onioneers are on winter camp, and Lemony is hoping to win all of the merit medals. But she and Mr. Highpants get stuck on top of Mt. Onion. Now Yakkity, Keo and Wanda must save them. It is All Onions Eve, and the children of Onion Falls are getting ready to leave their boots of onion soup out over night for the Snow Cow to replace with chocolate milk. However Yakkity's friends no longer believe in the Snow Cow... | ||||||||||||||
| 21a | "The Fan" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Richard Elliott & Simon Racioppa | Mike Zarb | TBA | 13 August 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 21b | "From Boom to Bust" | Jono Howard | Stephane Portal | |||||||||||
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Yakkity's cousin Jasper is a cute yak with a natural stand-up comedy style. But Yakkity becomes envious and ruins Jasper's show. When Professor Crazyhair's experiments in the basement blow up the dining room a second time, Granny Yak evicts him from the house. | ||||||||||||||
| 22a | "Rondo Reversal" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Simon O'Leary | TBA | 20 August 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 22b | "The Damage is Done" | Vito Viscomi | ||||||||||||
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Granny Yak is having surgery done on her antlers and Keo has Pineapple Pox, so Yakkity has a sleepover at Lemony's place. There he discovers some embarrassing secrets about Lemony's brother Rondo. When he reveals all at school, Yakkity unintentionally assumes the position of the school bully. This soon causes everything to be out of whack. When Chuck Damage becomes Yakkity's personal trainer, Yakkity begins to use him as his body guard. However how will Chuck Damage fare against The Cement Mixer? | ||||||||||||||
| 23a | "My Fair Crazy Hair" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Greg Sullivan Teleplay by : Dennis Heaton | Daniel Foley | TBA | 27 August 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 23b | "Practically Funny" | Story by : Mark Gravas & Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Mike Zarb | |||||||||||
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Granny Yak has a new boyfriend - Chatterbox Ox, but Yakkity is suspicious, and Professor Crazyhair tries to win back Granny's affections. Things go wild in Onion Falls after Yakkity receives the Jackie Pachyderm Practical Joke box, but someone else knows a few good practical jokes. | ||||||||||||||
| 24a | "Onion Falls Most Wanted" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Mark Gravas & Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Roger Clarke | TBA | Unaired | ||||||||
| 24b | "Blue Rinse Test" | Story by : Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Chris Hauge | |||||||||||
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A robber is stealing from homes by blowing bubblegum bubbles and floating up to upstairs windows. Trilo is suspected, but is he really the Bubblegum Bandit? When Granny Yak moves to a nursing home, Yakkity moves in with her. | ||||||||||||||
| 25a | "Daddy Uh-Oh" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Mark Gravas & Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Jono Howard | Steve Moltzen | TBA | 8 September 2007 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 25b | "Yaks a Plenty" | Story by : Mark Gravas & Stu Connolly Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Suzanne White | |||||||||||
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Keo is embarrassed by his old bike, but his father won't let him spend his film school money on a new one. With poor finances, will the family have to move to freezing Bergville? Yakkity keeps putting off study for a biology test due the next day. However, an educational animation video featuring Alan Amoeba helps teach Yakkity about cellular replication. | ||||||||||||||
| 26a | "Home School" | Mark Gravas J. Falconer | Story by : Kevin White Teleplay by : Steve Sullivan | Murray Debus & Chris Hauge | 12 December 2003 | 3 September 2006 (Nicktoons Network) | ||||||||
| 26b | "The Onion Falls 500" | Story by : Vito Viscomi Teleplay by : Dennis Heaton | Steve Moltzen | |||||||||||
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Yakkity and Keo leave school to be taught by Keo's father. A soapbox race is announced, and the prize is a year's supply of Professor Crazyhair's Egg Salad. When Lemony forms a team with Keo, Yakkity eventually pairs with a peculiar new neighbour. The inclusion of an egg salad recipe is a tribute to Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily? | ||||||||||||||
Awards
editThe show was nominated for a Leo Award for "Best Musical Score" in 2004.
References
edit- ^ "WebVoyage Record View 1".
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 929. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ a b "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2 March 2016.[dead link] Alt URL
- ^ a b Ball, Ryan (7 January 2004). "Nick Yokes Yakkity Yak Worldwide". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Last Yakkity Yak airing on Nickelodeon". Citizens' Voice. 4 September 2004. p. 28. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yakkity Yak - Aired Order - Season 1 - TheTVDB.com". www.thetvdb.com. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Yakkity Yak". Anime Superhero Forum.
External links
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- Yakkity Yak at IMDb
