Toonhound - Yoho Ahoy (1999-2000)

    "Yoho!"    "Ahoy!"

   Avast, and welcome aboard the Rubber Duck, the roving galleon home of a motley
   crew of baby buccaneers. There's the blustering captain Bilge and Cutlass the pirate,
   first mate Swab, Poop the cabin boy, Jones the engineer, ship's cook Grog, the
   deckhand Plank, beautiful but snooty Booty, young lady Plunder, and the lookout
   known as Crow. Booty has an exotic pink Flamingo friend, and the vessel is also
   home to a crafty Ship's Cat and several Rats. This colourful cast is lost a sea with
   a hold full of plunder and as they drift hither and thither on the ocean waves they
   engage in numerous mishaps, escapades, and diversions, none of which seem
   to ever bring them closer to home!

   Let's get this straight right now: "Yoho Ahoy" is pure barnacled brilliance. The
   characters and their galleon environment are fabulously designed; an attractive,
   eclectic mix of nursery colours and familiar piratical adornments. But the package
   is topped with a fabulous twist. The characters can only ever speak two words, those
   being "Yoho!" and "Ahoy!" Thus we have wonderful conversations between the decks
   as one character calls out the former and another replies with the latter. You'd be
   surprised at how many different inflections can be given to the words...

   "Yoho Ahoy" was launched upon animated seas by the Consortium of Gentleman,
    and women, otherwise known as COG. And it's the COG team who provide
    all the voices for the show...

   Awards

    2001 - Banff Television Festival Rockie Award: Best Animation
             for "Yoho Ahoy: Buzz with Jones"

    "Cheese with Grog" title card from Yoho Ahoy - a COG/BBC Worldwide production

    Yoho Ahoy episodes

    Every episode title features a word and a character. Thus, we
    get the following..

    Mops with Poop            Chairs with Grog
    Fish with Grog               Pop with Swab
    Flag with Bilge               Lullaby with Booty
    Boing with Jones            Snore with Poop
    Blow with Poop              Bilge's Surprise
    Fiddle with Swab           Buzz with Jones
    Bullseye with Cutlass      Jig with Booty
    Pancake with Poop         Paint with Booty
    Puff with Jones              Bone with Plunder
    Jug with Swab               Heave with Booty
    Cheese with Grog           Sneeze with Rats
    Sail with Jones               Pest with Plank
    Lost with Swab              Peck with Flamingo
    Feast with Rats             Bed with Cat
    Clonk with Flamingo        Beat with Cat
    Art with Crow                Pass with Jones
    Bell with Parrot              Snooze with Cat
    Bowl with Bilge              Hide with Crow
    Drill with Parrot             Pop with Swab
    Flotsam with Plunder


    Broadcast info

    The series premiered on BBC1, 7th January 2000 at 3.45pm...

     Yoho Ahoy on DVD

    Playtime (introducing Tikkabilla)
                Two episodes are included on this BBC compilation, together
                with Andy Pandy, Bill & Ben and those Little Robots...

     a BBC Worldwide COG production
     for the BBC

    producer:            Julian Roberts
    exec producer:    Theresa Plummer-Andrews
    directors:            Mark Slater, Mole Hill
    stories:               Stan Cullimore, Mark Slater
    series designer:   Mole Hill
    music & sound:    John Tackley
    puppets:             Maggie Haden, Richard Blakey
    animators:          John Harmer, Malcolm Lamont,
                              Gail Thomas
    asst animator:     Shelly Wain
    sets & props:       Clare Burchill, Bernadette Bentley,
                              Anoushka Gitsoff, Kathryn Prince,
                              Hester Peden, Sarah Wells,
                              Mona Baur, James Morgan,
                              John Krausa, Wendy Collins
    editor:                Joss Cope
    digital artist:       Sarah Thornhill
    prod manager:    Simi Mougne
    voices:               Joss Cope
                             Shelly Wain
                             Mole Hill
                             Mark Slater
                             Simi Mougne
                             Julian Roberts
                             Sarah Thornhill

     On the web

     The Consortium of Gentlemen
     COG's official web site...

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		"Yoho!" "Ahoy!" Avast, and welcome aboard the Rubber Duck, the roving galleon home of a motley crew of baby buccaneers. There's the blustering captain Bilge and Cutlass the pirate, first mate Swab, Poop the cabin boy, Jones the engineer, ship's cook Grog, the deckhand Plank, beautiful but snooty Booty, young lady Plunder, and the lookout known as Crow. Booty has an exotic pink Flamingo friend, and the vessel is also home to a crafty Ship's Cat and several Rats. This colourful cast is lost a sea with a hold full of plunder and as they drift hither and thither on the ocean waves they engage in numerous mishaps, escapades, and diversions, none of which seem to ever bring them closer to home! Let's get this straight right now: "Yoho Ahoy" is pure barnacled brilliance. The characters and their galleon environment are fabulously designed; an attractive, eclectic mix of nursery colours and familiar piratical adornments. But the package is topped with a fabulous twist. The characters can only ever speak two words, those being "Yoho!" and "Ahoy!" Thus we have wonderful conversations between the decks as one character calls out the former and another replies with the latter. You'd be surprised at how many different inflections can be given to the words... "Yoho Ahoy" was launched upon animated seas by the Consortium of Gentleman, and women, otherwise known as COG. And it's the COG team who provide all the voices for the show... Awards 2001 - Banff Television Festival Rockie Award: Best Animation for "Yoho Ahoy: Buzz with Jones" Yoho Ahoy episodes Every episode title features a word and a character. Thus, we get the following.. Mops with Poop Chairs with Grog Fish with Grog Pop with Swab Flag with Bilge Lullaby with Booty Boing with Jones Snore with Poop Blow with Poop Bilge's Surprise Fiddle with Swab Buzz with Jones Bullseye with Cutlass Jig with Booty Pancake with Poop Paint with Booty Puff with Jones Bone with Plunder Jug with Swab Heave with Booty Cheese with Grog Sneeze with Rats Sail with Jones Pest with Plank Lost with Swab Peck with Flamingo Feast with Rats Bed with Cat Clonk with Flamingo Beat with Cat Art with Crow Pass with Jones Bell with Parrot Snooze with Cat Bowl with Bilge Hide with Crow Drill with Parrot Pop with Swab Flotsam with Plunder Broadcast info The series premiered on BBC1, 7th January 2000 at 3.45pm... Yoho Ahoy on DVD Playtime (introducing Tikkabilla) Two episodes are included on this BBC compilation, together with Andy Pandy, Bill & Ben and those Little Robots... a BBC Worldwide COG production for the BBC producer: Julian Roberts exec producer: Theresa Plummer-Andrews directors: Mark Slater, Mole Hill stories: Stan Cullimore, Mark Slater series designer: Mole Hill music & sound: John Tackley puppets: Maggie Haden, Richard Blakey animators: John Harmer, Malcolm Lamont, Gail Thomas asst animator: Shelly Wain sets & props: Clare Burchill, Bernadette Bentley, Anoushka Gitsoff, Kathryn Prince, Hester Peden, Sarah Wells, Mona Baur, James Morgan, John Krausa, Wendy Collins editor: Joss Cope digital artist: Sarah Thornhill prod manager: Simi Mougne voices: Joss Cope Shelly Wain Mole Hill Mark Slater Simi Mougne Julian Roberts Sarah Thornhill On the web The Consortium of Gentlemen COG's official web site... index » previous » next »
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