| O Canada | |
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| Created by | Bob Jaques Kelly Armstrong Glen Kennedy |
| Starring | Sally Grace |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Cartoon Network Productions National Film Board of Canada |
| Distributor | Cartoon Network |
| Release | |
| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Picture format | 480i (4:3 SDTV) |
| Original release | 1997 – 2002 |
O Canada is a Canadian-American animated television anthology series, broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network.[1] O Canada was the first Canadian cartoon series to air on Cartoon Network. The show also frequently airs in Canada on Teletoon, but not as much as it did in the United States 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
- The Apprentice
- Arkelope
- Balablok
- The Big Snit
- Blackfly
- Blowhard
- Bob's Birthday
- Cactus Swing
- The Cat Came Back
- Deadly Deposits
- The Dingles
- Dinner for Two
- Emergency Numbers
- Every Child
- Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety
- Every Dog's Guide to the Playground
- Evolution
- The Family That Dwelt Apart
- George and Rosemary
- Get a Job
- Getting Started
- Hot Stuff
- Hunger
- La Salla
- The Log Driver's Waltz
- The Lump
- No Problem
- Oh Sure
- Overdose
- Pig Bird
- Propaganda Message
- Scant Sanity
- Shyness
- Special Delivery
- Strange Invaders
- Strings
- The Sweater
- The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin
- To Be
- Two Sisters
- When the Day Breaks
References
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 434. ISBN 978-1538103739.
External links
- O Canada at IMDb