Waynehead

Waynehead is an American Saturday morning animated series created by actor/comedian Damon Wayans.[1] It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and the Canadian studio Nelvana, with overseas animation by TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation (intro only), Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd., and Philippine Animation Studio, Inc . It ran on Kids' WB from 1996–1997,[2] but eventually aired reruns on Cartoon Network from the late 90s to early 2000s.

Waynehead
Genre	Adventure Comedy
Created by	Damon Wayans
Voices of	Jamil Walker Smith Shawn Wayans Orlando Brown T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh Marlon Wayans Kim Wayans Gary Coleman John Witherspoon Frank Welker
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Warner Bros. Television Animation Nelvana
Distributor	Warner Bros. Domestic Pay-TV, Cable & Network Features Distribution
Release
Original network	Kids' WB
Audio format	Dolby Surround
Original release	October 19, 1996 – May 17, 1997

Waynehead lasted for 13 episodes; Warner Bros has explained the show wasn't black enough.[3] It is about a young boy named Damey Wayne from a poor background with a club foot and was based on Wayans' own childhood in the Chelsea neighborhood in the New York City Borough of Manhattan. Actors cast in the show included Gary Coleman, Orlando Brown and Marlon Wayans.[4]

Voice cast

• Orlando Brown as Damey Wayne
• Tico Wells as Marvin
• Jamil Walker Smith as Mo' Money
• T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh as Roz
• Shawn Wayans as Toof
• Marlon Wayans as Blue
• Gary Coleman as Kevin
• Frank Welker as Tripod

Characters

• Damey Wayne: He is the main protagonist of the series and the unofficial leader of the crew.
• Mo' Money: Damey's best friend (the character is named after the film which Wayans starred in).
• Toof: Damey's tall and dopey friend that who loves candy, He is also Mo' Money's best friend, when he's having a hard time rapping, he does never know how to rhyme.
• Roz: Damey's love interest and only female of the crew.
• Marvin: Damey's frenemy but still close.
• Blue: Marvin's older brother.
• Tripod: Damey's three-legged dog.
• Kevin: Damey's older brother
• Shavonne: Damey's younger sister.
• Ms. Wayne: Damey, Kevin & Shavonne's mother.
• Mr. Wayne: Damey, Kevin & Shavonne's father.

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	13		October 19, 1996	May 17, 1997

Season 1 (1996–97)

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Demon of The Dozens"	October 19, 1996
Damey digs for dirt when his battle with the school bully turns into a "dozens" fight, a contest of insults.
2	"No Mo' Money"	October 26, 1996
Damey tries to earn money for the Harlem Week Festival.
3	"Brothers And Bros."	November 2, 1996
Damey learns the difference between friends and family when he sneaks out of the house to run with his gang.
4	"Botswana Aki And The Hydrant of Doom"	November 9, 1996
Damey's angry when he's forced to spend the day with the nerdy new kid, but when Aki is endangered by a run-in with the Hydrant of Doom, Damey sets out to rescue his unlikely friend.
5	"3 Hats And You're Out"	November 16, 1996
Waynehead's cousin 3 Hats from Los Angeles comes to visit.
6	"Dad's A Spaz"	November 23, 1996
Damey asks his father to coach the gang for a game against the tough St. Mary's team, and soon realizes his father's a disaster on the court.
7	"Be Mine...Or Else"	December 31, 1996
Roz falls for Damey when he rescues her from junkyard dogs.
8	"To Be Cool Or Not To Be"	February 1, 1997
Damey's desperate to keep his opera role a secret from the guys, but circumstances conspire against him.
9	"Special Delivery"	February 15, 1997
Damey and his friends struggle to get his mother to the hospital when she goes into labor at the library.
10	"Quest For Fireworks"	April 19, 1997
When Toof and Damey happen to find a firecracker the night before the 4th of July, the gang thinks they've got a secret course for illegal fireworks.
11	"A Friend In Greed"	April 26, 1997
Damey's broke when Marvin gives him a Ken Griffey, Jr. autographed glove with the money he stole from the gang.
12	"Bummed Out"	May 3, 1997
Damey helps a homeless DJ who works on his guilt over a prank they'd pulled just before the man was fired.
13	"Rebel Without A Paw"	May 17, 1997
Damey becomes convinced that the world is against Tripod because of his missing paw.

Production

The series was first announced in 1991 as The Wayneheads. It was originally to be a claymation series and was going to air on Fox.[5] The concept was shelved and was retooled as a traditionally-animated series that ran on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997.

References in other media

• The Waynehead theme is parodied in the Pinky and the Brain episode “Dangerous Brains.”

References

1. Perlmutter, David (4 May 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538103746. Retrieved 8 September 2018 – via Google Books.
2. Hendershot, Heather (1 February 2004). Nickelodeon Nation: The History, Politics, and Economics of America's Only TV Channel for Kids. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814736517. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via Google Books.
3. "Wayans Doesn't Believe Warner Bros". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
4. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 898. ISBN 978-1476665993.
5. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/22/news/abc-and-fox-announce-fall-plans.html

External links

• TV.com Waynehead
• Waynehead at IMDb