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Jeff Berg
''Jacob Two-Two'' is a Canadian animated television series based on the '' Jacob Two-Two'' books written by Mordecai Richler. The show first aired on September 7, 2003, on YTV in Canada. The show also aired on Qubo (as one of the network's launch shows) in the United States, and on the French-language network VRAK.TV as ''Jacob Jacob''. After Jacob and his family moved to Montreal from England, he encounters new challenges in his hometown. Jacob, his siblings, and his mother were named after Richler's children and wife. Nelvana and 9 Story Media Group produced the series' 62 episodes, produced in association with YTV and Salter Street Films. Funbag Animation Studio Inc., Atomic Cartoons, and Nitrogen Studios provided animation. The series ended on May 19, 2006. In March 2004, Fox Kids Europe acquired the pay television rights to the show's first two seasons for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. Characters Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Comedy
Television comedy is a category of broadcasting that has been present since the early days of entertainment media. While there are several genres of comedy, some of the first ones aired were variety shows. One of the first Television in the United States, United States television programs was the comedy-variety show ''Texaco Star Theater'', which was most prominent in the years that it featured Milton Berle (from 1948 to 1956). The range of television comedy has become broader, with the addition of sitcoms, improvisational comedy, and stand-up comedy, while also adding comedic aspects into other television genres, including Drama (film and television), drama and News broadcasting, news. Television comedy provides opportunities for viewers to relate the content in these shows to society. Some audience members may have similar views about certain comedic aspects of shows, while others will take different perspectives. This also relates to developing new social norms, sometimes acting a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YTV (Canadian TV Channel)
YTV (stylized as УTV) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English language Discretionary service, discretionary specialty channel owned by YTV Canada, Inc. a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. The channel and its programming is targeted at children and young teenagers. Its name was originally thought to be an abbreviation for "Youth Television", though the channel's website has denied this. The channel was launched on September 1, 1988 by owners Rogers Media and CUC Broadcasting upon launch. In 1995, Shaw Communications acquired CUC's 34% stake and in 1998, it acquired Rogers' remaining interest of the channel, before Shaw's media division was spun off to form Corus Entertainment in 1999. Since its launch, YTV has aired various programs consisting of both original live-action and animated television series, movies, and third-party shows from various international markets. In addition to its own domestic productions, YTV also airs a number of programming directly from U.S.-ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Tinkler
Robert Tinkler is a Canadian voice actor who provides voices for a number of cartoons and anime shows. He voiced Max in '' The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police'', Delete in the children's animated series ''Cyberchase'', Pelswick Eggert in Pelswick, and Howie in '' Almost Naked Animals''. In anime, he provides the voice of Crimson Rubeus in the DIC Entertainment dub of ''Sailor Moon'', Gingka Hagane, the main protagonist in the '' Beyblade: Metal Saga'' series and Brooklyn in '' Beyblade G-Revolution''. In feature films, he voiced Buddy in '' The Nut Job''. Early life Tinkler was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Beverly (née Duncan) and Brian Tinkler, a wire supplier. He moved to Markham, Ontario in 1982. Career Tinkler became involved in community theatre, performing in plays and musicals, and was subsequently accepted into the Theatre program into Ryerson University, from which he graduated. At Ryerson, he met future sketch comedy collaborators Mike Beaver, Jason J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens (), officially ' ( Canadian Hockey Club) and colloquially known as the Habs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal. The Canadiens compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. Since 1996, the team has played its home games at the Bell Centre, originally known as the Molson Centre. The Canadiens previously played at the Montreal Forum, which housed the team for seven decades and all but their first two Stanley Cup championships. Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are the oldest continuously operating professional ice hockey team worldwide, and the only existing NHL club to predate the History of the National Hockey League, founding of the league. One of the earliest Major professional sports teams in the United States and Canada, North American professional sports franchises, the Canadiens' history predates that of every other Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max & Ruby
''Max & Ruby'' is a Canadian children's preschool animated series based on the book series by Rosemary Wells and co-produced by Nelvana Limited. The series follows two young rabbit siblings in the 1940s and 1950s. Two ''Max & Ruby'' books had been previously adapted into short films by Weston Woods and Michael Sporn Animation in 1988 and 1991. These shorts were later remade into episodes for the television series. ''Max & Ruby'' first aired in Canada on Treehouse TV on May 3, 2002. In the United States, the series first aired on Nickelodeon on the Nick Jr. block on October 21, 2002. 130 half-hour episodes were produced. The final episode aired on April 9, 2020. Premise ''Max & Ruby'' follows two young rabbits: Max, a rambunctious and achievement-determined three-year-old and his older sister Ruby, a seldom-patient, goal-oriented and sometimes, bossy seven-year-old. The series takes place in a town called Eastbunny Hop, in a universe populated by bunnies and other creatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jetix Europe
Jetix Europe N.V. (formerly known as Fox Kids Europe N.V.) was a European television broadcasting company that owned children's television channels and programming blocks across Europe and Asia, such as Jetix and Jetix Play. History Fox Kids Europe Formation In September 1995, Fox Broadcasting Company and Saban Entertainment announced they had formed a strategic partnership in the creation of children's programming networks worldwide under the Fox Kids umbrella. The networks would capitalise on Saban's library and Fox-parent News Corp's distribution strength. The venture launched their first international Fox Kids Network branded channel in the United Kingdom on 19 October 1996. After the successful launch of Fox Kids UK, five additional Fox Kids networks were launched between 1997 and 1999 for the Netherlands, France, Poland, Scandinavia and Spain. On 1 April 1999, the Central and Eastern Europe feed was launched for the CIS and Baltic countries. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitrogen Studios
Cinesite Vancouver (formerly known as Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc., commonly referred to as Nitrogen Studios) is a Canadian animation company founded by husband and wife duo Greg Tiernan and Nicole Stinn. The company was founded in October 2003, in Vancouver, British Columbia. On March 7, 2017, Nitrogen was acquired by British visual effects and feature animation studio company Cinesite, becoming their Vancouver operations. Filmography Feature films Theatrical Direct-to-Video Television Other projects Controversy Several days after the release of ''Sausage Party'', allegations of poor treatment of Nitrogen Studios employees surfaced in the comments section of an interview with Tiernan and co-director Conrad Vernon, featured on the website Cartoon Brew. Various anonymous posters, purporting to be animators who worked on the film in question, made claims including that Nitrogen forced them to work overtime for free and that some employees were threatened with terminat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Cartoons
Atomic Cartoons, Inc. is a Canadian animation studio founded in 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller, and former Warner Bros. Animation employee Rob Davies. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, it produces service animation for a wide variety of clients, as well as creating its own properties. Since 2015, the company has been owned by Thunderbird Entertainment. History The studio was founded in March 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller, and Rob Davies. Sent back to Vancouver, British Columbia, after losing his job at Warner Bros. Animation following the cancellation of ''Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain'', Davies received a phone call from Sunwoo Entertainment's Jae Moh to help produce . Together with Miller, Bentley, and Casalese, the four launched Atomic Cartoons to assist in creating the series. Between 2004 and 2008, the company produced ''Atomic Betty'' for Teletoon in association with Breakthrough Entertainment and Tele Images Kids. Atomic's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funbag Animation Studios
Funbag Animation Studios (also known as Funbag Animation Studio Inc. or Funbag) was a Canadian animation studio headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Funbag was well known for working on animated television series such as '' Undergrads'', '' Freaky Stories'', '' Toad Patrol'', ''Watership Down'', '' Anthony Ant'', ''King'', '' Mole Sisters'', ''Just Jamie'', '' The Eggs'', ''For Better or For Worse'', ''Faireez'', ''Madeline'', '' The Wiggles Show'', ''Berenstain Bears'' & '' Seven Little Monsters''. Funbag also provided additional production services on projects such as ''The Simpsons'', '' Toad Patrol'', ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', '' Rupert'', the ''LazyTown'' episode "Once Upon a Time", '' LeapFrog'', '' The Oz Kids'', '' The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island'', '' Sniz & Fondue'', '' Freaky Stories'', '' Captain Star'', '' Birdz'', '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', '' Wild C.A.T.s'', '' The Lionhearts'', '' The Ripping Friends'', ''Ed, Edd n Eddy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited (; also known as Nelvana Enterprises, Nelvana International or Nelvana Digital; commonly known as Nelvana; stylized as "nelvana") is a Canadian animation studio and entertainment production company owned by Corus Entertainment since 2000. Founded in July 1971 by Michael Hirsh (producer), Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith, it was named after Nelvana of the Northern Lights, the first Canadian national superhero, who was created by Adrian Dingle (artist), Adrian Dingle. The company's production logo is a polar bear looking at North Star, Polaris, the North Star. The company is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in North America and it maintains international offices in France, Ireland and Japan, as well as smaller offices in the top three cities in the U.S. Many of its films, shows and specials are based on licensed properties and literature, but original programming is also part of its roster. Although the company specializes in children's media, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrak
Vrak (stylized as VRΔK) was a Canadian French language specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Media. The channel primarily broadcast live-action programming aimed at 13-to-35 age group audiences. Launched in 1988 as Le Canal Famille, it was originally conceived as French counterpart of the Family Channel under the ownership of Astral Media as well as rival broadcaster YTV, which was also then jointly owned by Rogers Media and CUC Broadcasting at the time. The channel was later renamed to Vrak.TV in 2001 and then was acquired by Bell Media in 2013 upon the acquisition of Astral Media, while the English counterpart and its sister channels were divested to DHX Media (now WildBrain) in 2014. As with the English counterpart, Vrak.TV's programming heavily mirrored that of the American cable network Disney Channel, with which Family held a licensing agreement. Vrak's programming lineup consisted mainly of domestic and foreign-imported live-action and animated series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
