Yakkity Yak
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Yakkity Yak is a television program that ran on Nickelodeon
from November 9 to December 12, 2003. Yakkity Yak was canceled on December 11 with 26 episodes, due to a generally low fanbase. The episode "Fairy Yakkity" was declared as the final episode on Nickelodeon. Although it was added to the Nicktoons Network
schedule for a few years, it was removed from the rotation on March 2, 2007. 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 (an actual anthropomorphic
pineapple
) and Lemony, a young girl human.
by The Coasters
is used. Children sing parts of the updated version of the song.
Yakkity Yak is voiced by Lee Tockar
.
for a head.
Keo is voiced by Brian Drummond
.
Granny Yak is voiced by Pam Hyatt
.
Lemony is voiced by Andrea Libman
†Previously known as "The Yakking".
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
from November 9 to December 12, 2003. Yakkity Yak was canceled on December 11 with 26 episodes, due to a generally low fanbase. The episode "Fairy Yakkity" was declared as the final episode on Nickelodeon. Although it was added to the Nicktoons Network
NickToons Network
Nicktoons is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by Viacom. It is a sister service of the Nickelodeon cable channel...
schedule for a few years, it was removed from the rotation on March 2, 2007. The show was known for its extreme lack of reality
Reality
In philosophy, reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible...
, and for its extreme silliness and featured a style of animation which broke with past Nickelodeon tradition. The show features an anthropomorphic
Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. The term was coined in the mid 1700s...
yak
Yak
The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...
named Yakkity who wants to make it to stardom by becoming a comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
. Along the way, he has adventures with his two best friends Keo (an actual anthropomorphic
Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. The term was coined in the mid 1700s...
pineapple
Pineapple
Pineapple is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeliaceae...
) and Lemony, a young girl human.
Theme song
A song from 1958 named Yakety YakYakety Yak
"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as number one on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list...
by The Coasters
The Coasters
The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller...
is used. Children sing parts of the updated version of the song.
Yakkity Yak
Yakkity is a 12 year old yak student at Onion Falls High. He is a class clown and mascot for all of Onion Falls' sporting teams.Yakkity Yak is voiced by Lee Tockar
Lee Tockar
Lee William Tockar is a Canadian voice actor and visual artist who works for several studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is also a writer of children's literature, a musician, sculptor, illustrator and collected painter...
.
Keo
Keo is Yakkity's best buddy and biggest fan. He has a pineapplePineapple
Pineapple is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeliaceae...
for a head.
Keo is voiced by Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond
Brian Drummond is a Canadian actor. He also serves on the board of directors for the New Westminster-based Urban Academy along with his wife, Laura Drummond, also a voice artist. He and his wife serve as vice-president and president, respectively.- Career :Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British...
.
Granny Yak
Granny Yak is (as her name would suggest) Yakkity's Granny. She takes care of him.Granny Yak is voiced by Pam Hyatt
Pam Hyatt
Pam Hyatt is a voice actress who played Noble Heart Horse in 1986's The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation. More recently, she has starred in the English version of InuYasha as Kaede, guest-starred in USA Network's The Dead Zone and voices Campe and Atropos in Class of the Titans.Hyatt is the...
.
Lemony
Lemony is the third member in Yakkity's gang of sorts. She is a human.Lemony is voiced by Andrea Libman
Andrea Libman
Andrea Eva Libman is a Canadian actress, television writer, and singer, whose most popular on-screen appearances are on the Little Women movie, Andre and a guest-role on The X-Files...
Episodes
| Episode # | Title | Outline | |
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| Season 1: 2003 – | |||
| 1a | "Hypnotic Yak" | Yakkity hypnotises everyone into thinking he's funny. | |
| 1b | "As the Worm Turns" | Yakkity finds a magical talking ventriloquist dummy. | |
| 2a | "The Yak and the Hat" | Yakkity goes on a TV quiz show with Keo providing answers from within Yakkity's hat. | |
| 2b | "Cowinator III" | 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" | When Professor Crazyhair makes a robot girl, Lemony coaches her to improve her social skills. | |
| 3b | "My Dad the Robot" | Professor Crazyhair builds robot legs and arms for Keo's father. | |
| 4a | "A Tree Grows in Onion Falls" | Yakkity moves out of home and into a treehouse Treehouse A treehouse, tree house, or treefort is a habitable structure built in trees. "Treehouse" may also refer to:*Tree House, Crawley, a listed 14th-century building in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom; originally the manor house.... . |
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| 4b | "Spring Cleaning" | Yakkity and Keo makes a mess in Professor Crazyhair's laboratory, and so must do some house cleaning to make amends. | |
| 5a | "Dial-a-Yak" | When Yakkity breaks Rondo's war robot, Yakkity must take its place. He wears a phone for communication with Rondo. | |
| 5b | "Darn-It Dog" | Yakkity does not want to return a library book he borrowed when he was 5. | |
| 6a | "Yakstravaganza" | Yakkity encourages Keo's dad to relive his showbiz days and join his new show. | |
| 6b | "Curly Top" | Yakkity's fur turns pink while experimenting with one of Granny Yak's hair products. | |
| 7a | "I Want My Yak TV" | Yakkity's new antler braces start picking up cable TV channels - a rare feat in Onion Falls. Yakkity becomes a popular stage act. | |
| 7b | "Election Dysfunction" | Keo runs against Lemony for school president, but will he promise more than he can deliver? | |
| 8a | "And That's the Weather" | Yakkity becomes an accurate weather forecaster thanks to Granny Yak's weather-predicting bunions. Complications arise, however, when Granny has her bunions removed. | |
| 8b | "Pineapple Upside-Dead Cake!" | When Keo's dad goes missing, Yakkity suspects that Granny Yak has baked him in a cake Cake Cake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet and enriched baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape... . |
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| 9a | "A Yak and His Fish" | Yakkity's new pet fish likes to eat a variety of foods. | |
| 9b | "Regarding Chuck" | Yakkity accidentally gives Chuck Damage amnesia Amnesia Amnesia is a condition in which one's memory is lost. The causes of amnesia have traditionally been divided into categories. Memory appears to be stored in several parts of the limbic system of the brain, and any condition that interferes with the function of this system can cause amnesia... . |
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| 10a | "Double Double Oil and Trouble" | In a school project, Yakkity and friends try to improve the odor in Onion Falls. | |
| 10b | "High Fashion Yak" | Yakkity and Keo become fashion gurus thanks to Granny Yak's knitting skills. | |
| 11a | "Nerds Are People Too" | Yakkity unexpectedly excels in a test and is invited to a camp for teenage geniuses. | |
| 11b | "The 10% Solution" | When times get tough, Yakkity's agent claims 10%... of everything Yakkity receives. | |
| 12a | "National Day of Yakking" | It is the Onion Falls' centenary and a parade is announced. Yackity would like a float built to celebrate his idol - comedian Jackie Pachyderm. | |
| 12b | "Fairy Yakkity" | After Yakkity's agent asks Yakkity to disguise himself as Fairy Wanda, Rondo finds 'Victoria' strangely attractive. | |
| 13a | "3 Minutes and Funny" | The people of Onion Falls partake in a video competition where the most popular video featuring an onion will win. Yakkity favours a comedic genre. | |
| 13b | "Nature Calls" | Keo and Lemony are concerned when Yakkity starts behaving oddly. Has it something to do with the pimple on his nose? | |
| 14a | "Fount Onion" | Keo reveals Yakkity's secret swimming hole. | |
| 14b | "Ice Scream, You Scream" | Yakkity becomes a bike riding ice cream Ice cream Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners... salesman. |
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| 15a | "Cabin Fever" | Keo, Keo's dad and Yakkity go camping, but seem to forget to pack vital items. At least Yakkity brings some marshmallow Marshmallow The marshmallow is a confection that, in its modern form, typically consists of sugar, corn syrup, water, gelatin that has been softened in hot water, dextrose, vanilla flavourings, and sometimes colouring, whipped to a spongy consistency. Some marshmallow recipes call for egg whites... s. |
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| 15b | "Due Back Tomorrow" | Keo and Yakkity find work in a video shop. Yakkity recommends all of Jackie Pachyderm's funny movies, except for A-Pach-Alypse Now. | |
| 16a | "End of the Line" | A nature documentary explains that yaks are an endangered species. Keo and Lemony must place Yakkity and his grandma inside a glass bubble in order to save them. | |
| 16b | "House Sitters" | 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†" | Professor Crazyhair gives Lemony a high grade for her science project, but Keo believes that flattery had a lot to do with it. | |
| 17b | "Yakeo" | After failing to be picked for the football team, Yakkity and Keo invent their own sport. | |
| 18a | "Sharing Bear" | Yakkity still loves Sharing Bear - the children's television presenter, but Keo and Lemony think he is for babies. | |
| 18b | "Lucky Undies" | Everything is going right for Yakkity. Is it because of the underpants he has been wearing since last Tuesday? | |
| 19a | "Techno Prisoners" | When Grandma Yak turns against modern conveniences, Yakkity has to sneak off to the Techno-seum with his science class. | |
| 19b | "It's a So-So Life" | Yakkity leaves the services of Mr Trilobyte to pursue a career as a headline act in the Circus Maximus. | |
| 20a | "Camp Onion" | The Onioneers are on winter camp, and Lemony is hoping to win all of the merit medals. Can she ascend Mt Onion to get the final medal? | |
| 20b | "Snow Biz" | 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" | Yakkity's cousin Jasper is a cute yak with a natural stand-up comedy style. Will Yakkity become envious? | |
| 21b | "From Boom to Bust" | 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" | Granny Yak is in hospital, 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 assumes the position of the school bully. | |
| 22b | "The Damage is Done" | 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" | Granny Yak has a new boyfriend - Chatterbox Ox, but Yakkity is suspicious, and Professor Crazyhair tries to win back Granny's affections. | |
| 23b | "Practically Funny" | 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" | A robber is stealing from homes by blowing bubblegum Bubblegum Bubblegum is a type of elastic chewing gum, designed to be blown out of the mouth as a bubble.-History:In 1928, Walter Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, was experimenting with new gum recipes. One recipe was found to be less sticky than regular chewing gum,... bubbles and floating up to upstairs windows. Trilo is suspected, but is he really the Bubblegum Bandit? |
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| 24b | "Blue Rinse Test" | When Granny Yak moves to a nursing home Nursing home A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living... , Yakkity moves in with her. |
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| 25a | "Daddy Uh-Ohs" | 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? | |
| 25b | "Yaks A Plenty" | Yakkity keeps putting off study for a biology test due the next day. However an educational cartoon video featuring Alan Amoeba helps teach Yakkity about cellular replication. | |
| 26a | "Home School" | Yakkity and Keo leave school to be taught by Keo's dad. | |
| 26b | "The Onion Falls 500" | 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 neighbor... | |
†Previously known as "The Yakking".