O Canada (TV series)

*O Canada*
O Canada
Created by	Bob Jaques; Kelly Armstrong; Glen Kennedy
Starring	Sally Grace
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Cartoon Network Productions; National Film Board of Canada
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	1997 –; 2002

O Canada is a Canadian animated television anthology series, broadcast in the United States, and all across the Asia-Pacific region on Cartoon Network.^[1] O Canada was the first Canadian cartoon series to air on Cartoon Network. The show also frequently aired 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 nude from the waist down, edited with a maple leaf electronically superimposed over his genitalia while other mature themes remain uncensored.

In 1997, Charles Solomon of TV Guide added this packaged series on the adult animated shows list and described it "a must for animation aficionados".^{[citation needed]} Cartoon Network’s deal with NFB had since expired in 2002 in favor of Adult Swim.^[2]

Shorts shown on O Canada

The Apprentice (L'Apprenti)
Arkelope
Balablok
Begone Dull Care^[a]
The Big Snit
Blackfly
Blowhard
Bob's Birthday^[b]
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

Notes

^ This short aired once on Labor Day in 1997.
^ This short originally contains nudity, which was superimposed for television airings.

References

^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 434. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Simensky, Linda (1997). "O Canada: Canadian animators". TAKE ONE. Archived from the original on November 27, 2004. Retrieved August 30, 2006.

External links

O Canada at IMDb

[3] This short aired once on Labor Day in 1997.

[4] This short originally contains nudity, which was superimposed for television airings.

[Perlmutter-1] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 434. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[compilation-2] Simensky, Linda (1997). "O Canada: Canadian animators". TAKE ONE. Archived from the original on November 27, 2004. Retrieved August 30, 2006.

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