Generation O!
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| Genre | Animated series |
| Developed by | Sunbow Entertainment |
| Directed by | Mike Milo |
| Starring | Kay Hanley Scott McNeil Tabitha St. Germain Kathleen Barr Cathy Weseluck Matt Hill Doug Parker Andrew Francis Chantal Strand |
| Theme music composer | Letters to Cleo and Michael Carey |
| Opening theme | Letters to Cleo |
| Ending theme | Letters to Cleo |
| Composer(s) | David Hale and David Buskin |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Marha Ripp, Ken Olshansky, Carole Wietzman |
| Producer(s) | Jodey Kaminsky-Cashman |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | YTV / The WB |
| Original run | August 26, 2000 – March 23, 2001 |
Generation O! (also called G.O! by fans) is an animated children's television series made by the now defunct Sunbow Entertainment, a division of Sony Wonder, with co-production provided by Wang Films in Taiwan and Ravensberger in Germany. There are also international versions of the series called "Molly O!". Generation O! was originally called Molly O! and was created by David Hale, Tim Newman and James Proimos, based on an original idea by Hale and Newman. Executive Producers were Carole Wietzman, Martha Ripp and Ken Olshansky. The Creative Producer and Director was Mike Milo and the Line Producer was Jodey Kaminsky-Cashman. Most of the episodes were written by Suzanne Collins, author of the bestselling series The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy. John Hardman was the production exec at the Kids WB.
The show's visual design was based on Proimos's unique style. Every episode had at least one song and music video, which would be related to the episode's plot. For example, in one episode Molly gets mad at her brother and ends up writing a song called "Girls Rule, Boys Drool" in retaliation. Most of the songs used in the series were penned by Hale and David Buskin.
This show aired from 2000 to 2001 on YTV and The WB. Kids WB aired it as part of their "Fraturdays" block. The band who provided the music, Letters to Cleo have said publicly that some of the best songs they ever wrote were for the show Generation O![citation needed] Only 13 episodes were ever created. Like all the other shows on Kids WB as seen in the USA, the show is close captioned by the National Captioning Institute. In Latin America the show premiered on Nickelodeon on 2001, but was removed in early 2003. In the United Kingdom the series was screened on the Disney Channel, but curiously unlisted in the schedules and after midnight.
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Plot [edit]
Generation O! focuses on the character of Molly O, an 8-year-old rock star and the lead singer of the band "Generation O!" along with bassist Nub, guitarist "Eddie" (Molly's cousin Edwina), drummer Yo-Yo (a kangaroo), and manager Colonel Bob. Molly also spends time with her best friend Chadd, and tries to avoid her pesky brother Buzz.
Music [edit]
Music for Generation O! was performed by alternative rock band Letters to Cleo, who wrote the title theme song.
Crew [edit]
- Jodey Cashman- Line Producer
- Anthony Mathews- Production Manager
- Mike Milo- Creative Producer and Director
- Tom McLaughlin- Sheet timing
- Trevor Wall-Storyboard supervisor
- Tim Harding props
- Phip Dimetriadis- backgrounds
Becca Ramos- Additional backgrounds
- Mike Inman - background color
- Mike Guerena- character color
- Brent Gordon and Mike Milo- character design and models
- Glen Darcey - F/X & other drawings
Post Production was provided by Vitello Post in Hollywood
Cast [edit]
Voice actors for Generation O!:
- Chantal Strand - Molly
- Kay Hanley - Molly's singing voice (and lead singer of Letters to Cleo)
- Tabitha St. Germain - Eddie
- Scott McNeil - Nub
- Jay Brazeau - Col. Bob
- Kathleen Barr - Mrs. O
- Doug Parker - Mr. O
- Matt Hill - Buzz
- Cathy Weseluck - Chadd
- Andrew Francis - Kemp
- Brian Dobson - various additional voices
- Cathy Weseluck - various additional voices
- Chiara Zanni - various additional voices
- Nicole Oliver - various additional voices
- Saffron Henderson - various additional voices
Episodes [edit]
| Episode Number | Episode Title | Episode Description | Original Air Date |
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| 1 | Damp Sheets | August 26, 2000 | |
| 2 | Our House | September 2, 2000 | |
| 3 | You Copied | September 9, 2000 | |
| 4 | Devitated Tonsils | September 16, 2000 | |
| 5 | Pierced Ears | September 22, 2000 | |
| 6 | Girls Rule, Boys Drool | September 29, 2000 | |
| 7 | Boys May Be Boys | October 13, 2000 | |
| 8 | Look Alike | November 3, 2000 | |
| 9 | Bedtime Blues | November 10, 2000 | |
| 10 | Going Solo | December 1, 2000 | |
| 11 | Lone Fry | February 12, 2001 | |
| 12 | What Ever Happened to Molly O? | February 23, 2001 | |
| 13 | The Defiant One | March 23, 2001 |
DVD release [edit]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has not announced any plans for a DVD release of the show. They did, however, release VHS tapes of select episodes in 2001.
Source [edit]
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Generation O! at TV.com
- Generation O! at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Generation O! at the Internet Movie Database
