Skatoony

Skatoony (stylized as SKAToonY) is a British/Canadian/American children's live-action game show, pitting live-action kids against cartoons. The series is co-produced with Talent Television (for the British version), Blink Studios (for the Arabic Version), and Marblemedia with Smiley Guy Studios (for the North American version). The series is used to air on Cartoon Network in the UK, and on Teletoon in Canada. Now it is online in the US on Toon Goggles. It is hosted by 'Chudd Chudders' (voiced by Rupert Degas in the UK and Jonathan Wilson in NA) and 'The Earl' (voiced by Lewis MacLeod in UK and James Rankin in NA).

History

In 2001, Skatoony began as a competition microsite on the Cartoon Network UK website. In 2006, then appeared the first full length Skatoony TV show. However, a few phone-in shows such as Skatoony Quizmas, Ready Steady Skatoony and Skatoony Truckatoony existed before as a sort of continuity during school holidays. These phone-in shows ended in 2005.

On February 9, 2009, Marblemedia announced they would be producing a North American version of the series Skatoony (in French and English) for]. The Canadian adaptation, titled Skatoony North America to differentiate it from other adaptations follows the same format. The English version of Skatoony is filmed in Toronto, while the French version is filmed in Montreal with a different set of contestants; however, the outcome of the animated contestants remains the same between both versions. Jonathan Wilson voices Chudd Chudders while James Rankin provides the voice of The Earl, and new addition to the North American release, Charles La Puck, which is voiced by Jeff Lumby. A Middle Eastern adaptation of Skatoony debuted on April 5, 2011 on Cartoon Network Arabic.