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in association with the Testors Corporation. The show was originally aired in 1999 until 2000 on Fox Family (now Freeform) in the United States and YTV in Canada. Only 13 episodes of the series were ever produced (with one season).

Synopsis

The show that focused on deformed characters and their misadventures in Weirdsville, a place just off Route 66. It was based on a popular toy line, and featured two anthro teenagers, Portia and Eddie, living in a world populated with talking cars.

Production

The concept and characters were based on the Weird-Ohs series of polystyrene model kits by the Hawk Company. The characters in the model kits were popular in the early 1960s as satire on America's car culture.

Honours

In 2000, the show was nominated for a Gemini award.

Characters

*Digger (voiced by

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): Portia's brother. *Eddie (voiced by Cusse Mankuma): Digger's best friend. *Portia (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain): Digger's older sister. *Daddy-O Chassis (voiced by

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): Digger and Portia's father. He's a teacher at their school. *Mama-B Chassis (voiced by Kathleen Barr): Digger and Portia's mother. She owns Mama-B's Diner. *Baby Chassis (voiced by

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): Digger and Portia's youngest brother. *Davey (voiced by Scott McNeil): A biker and Portia's crush, who doesn't notice her. He loves his motorcycle. *Wade (voiced by Ian James Corlett): A snobby rich kid and Digger's rival. Wade has a crush on Portia, who doesn't reciprocate his feelings. *Killer McBash (voiced by Scott McNeil): Wade's bodyguard/valet/driver. *Leaky Boat Louie (voiced by

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): A big sailor guy who has different jobs, similar to Hollywood from ''

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''. *Uncle Huey (voiced by

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): A hillbilly driving a car similar to the Arkansas Chuggabug 8 from Hanna-Barbera's ''

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''. He has a pet crocodile/alligator named Carry-On. *Slingrave Curvette (voiced by Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff): A one-time substitute teacher and later principal. She makes occasional appearances as a Vanna White-like game show co-host/model.

Episodes

At one point, the show was considered

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and only a few segments have been found. But now there are a few more episodes available.

Telecast and home media

''Weird-Oh's'' was originally aired in 1999 until 2002 on Fox Family (now Freeform) in the United States and YTV in Canada (with repeats until the mid-2000s). The show was released in 2000 as a set of three videotapes titled "Lights, Camera, Traction", "Wheel Trouble", and "Traffic Jam". YTV released the entire series on DVD in 2005. These items were never published in large quantities and remain rare. As of 2022, the show was uploaded on YouTube (with full episodes).

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