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Waynehead
Genre	Adventure Comedy
Created by	Damon Wayans
Written by	Carmenita Bravo Diane Dixon Tim Hightower Kevin Hopps Brad Kaaya W. Reed Moran Chris Otsuki David Wyatt
Directed by	Paul Riley
Voices of	Orlando Brown Tico Wells Jamil Walker Smith T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh Shawn Wayans Marlon Wayans Kim Wayans Gary Coleman John Witherspoon Frank Welker
Theme music composer	Stanley Clarke
Opening theme	"The Party's Just Begun" performed by Orlando Brown, Tico Wells, Jamil Walker Smith, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh and Shawn Wayans
Ending theme	"The Party's Just Begun" (instrumental)
Composers	Stanley Clarke Todd Cochran Kennard Ramsey
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Damon Wayans Jean MacCurdy Eric L. Gold
Producers	Lenord Robinson Grant Moran Patrick Loubert Michael Hirsh Clive Smith
Animators	Philippine Animation Studio, Inc. Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd. TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation (Opening sequence only)
Editor	Denise Whitfield
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Nelvana Warner Bros. Television Animation
Original release
Network	Kids' WB (United States) YTV (Canada)
Release	October 19, 1996 (1996-10-19) – May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17)

Waynehead is an animated television series created by actor/comedian Damon Wayans and ran from 1996 to 1997 on Kids' WB, and on YTV from 1996 to 1998. It was a co-production of Warner Bros. Television Animation and Nelvana, with overseas animation by Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd., and Philippine Animation Studio, Inc., while the opening sequence was animated by TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation in Japan.

Waynehead lasted for 13 episodes for one season; Wayans stated that he was told by Warner Bros. that the cartoon wasn't black enough nor funny enough, to which a WB executive replied by insisting that the show was merely low-rated. It is about a young boy named Damey Wayne, of unknown age, from a poor background and with a club foot. It was based on Wayans' own childhood in the Chelsea neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Actors who provided voices for the show included Gary Coleman, Orlando Brown, and Marlon Wayans.

Voice cast

• Orlando Brown as Damey "Waynehead" Wayne
• Tico Wells as Marvin
• Jamil Walker Smith as Mo' Money, Jr.
• T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh as Roz, Shavonne, Aki
• Shawn Wayans as Toof
• Marlon Wayans as Blue
• Gary Coleman as Kevin
• Kim Wayans as Mrs. Wayne
• John Witherspoon as Mr. Wayne
• Frank Welker as Tripod
• Andrea Martin as Teacher

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1996–1997)

Production

The series was first announced in 1991 as The Wayneheads. It was originally going to be a claymation series and was going to air in primetime on Fox. The concept was shelved and was retooled as a traditionally-animated, Saturday morning series that took influence off of the 1992 movie Bebe's Kids, the show ran on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997.

Broadcast

The show was aired on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997, and eventually aired reruns on Cartoon Network from 1998 to 2000.

International

In Canada, Waynehead aired on YTV from 1996 to 1998.

In Germany, Waynehead aired on ProSieben, Junior, and K-Toon under the name of Waynehead - Echt cool, Mann!.

In Austria, the series aired on ORF 1.

In the United Kingdom, the series aired on CITV in 1998.

In Israel, Waynehead aired on Arutz HaYeladim.

In Ireland, Waynehead aired on RTÉ2.

In Netherlands, Waynehead aired on Cartoon Network.

Home media

Since April 20, 2021, Waynehead was released on iTunes, Amazon Video and Vudu.

References in other media

• The theme song is parodied in the Pinky and the Brain episode "Dangerous Brains".
• A reel with the show's logo on it is shown in the Teen Titans Go! episode "Huggbees".

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. "The Call On Saturday Is Show Me The Wayans". Retrieved 25 April 2021.
3. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 898. ISBN 978-1476665993.
4. Lev, Michael (22 March 1991). "ABC and Fox Announce Fall Plans". The New York Times.
5. 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.
6. Waynehead at iTunes.
7. Waynehead at Amazon Video.
8. Waynehead at Vudu.

External links

• Waynehead at IMDb
• Waynehead at TV Guide

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