Skatoony
Also known as	SkatoonY
Genre	Game show Sitcom
Created by	James Fox Brian Boyle
Developed by	Richard Brookes James Fox
Written by	UK: James Fox, Richard Brookes, Andrew Viner, and Dave King NA: Laurie Elliott
Story by	Richard Brookes and James Fox (UK version)
Directed by	UK: James Fox (animation), and John A. Marley (live-action) NA: Michael Goldsmith (animation), and Dave Pearce (live-action)
Presented by	UK: Rupert Degas and Lewis Macleod NA: Jonathan Wilson and James Rankin
Voices of	UK: Rupert Degas and Lewis Macleod NA: Jonathan Wilson, James Rankin, and Jeff Lumby
Theme music composer	Oliver Davis
Opening theme	"Skatoony"
Ending theme	"Skatoony" (Instrumental)
Composers	Bungalow 7 Productions Glenn Barna (additional music)
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States Canada
Original languages	English French
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producers	James Fox UK: Annie Miles (for Talent TV Ltd.), and Finn Arnesen (for Cartoon Network Europe) NA: Mark J.W. Bishop and Matthew Hornburg (for Marblemedia) Athena Georgaklis and Alan Gregg (for Teletoon)
Producers	UK: Matt West, Kevin Narrainen, and James Fox NA: Susan Edwards (TV series), Marilyn McAuley (animation), and Stephen J. Turnbull (supervising)
Production locations	UK: Camden and London NA: Toronto (English version), and Montreal (French version) UAE: Dubai
Cinematography	Kevin C. W. Wong (NA version)
Editors	UK: Kevin Narrainen NA: Andrew Gurney (Season 1&3), and Michael Pierro (Season 2–3)
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	UK: Talent TV and Cartoon Network Europe NA: Marblemedia and Smiley Guy Studios UAE: Blink Studios
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network UK
Release	October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06) – November 20, 2008 (2008-11-20)
Network	Teletoon/Télétoon
Release	October 28, 2010 (2010-10-28) – April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14)

Skatoony (stylized as SkatoonY) is a children's live action/animated game show, pitting live-action kids against cartoons. The series was co-produced by Talent TV and FremantleMedia Animation (for the British version), Blink Studios (for the Arabic version),^[1][2] and Marblemedia with Smiley Guy Studios (for the North American version). The series used to air on Cartoon Network in the UK until 2017, with new episodes airing every Friday until the series cancellation in 2008. Skatoony has also aired as re-runs in the UK on Boomerang and Cartoon Network Too until the channel itself closed down in 2014. The show aired on Starz Kids & Family in the US until 2019.^[3] Reruns were occasionally shown on Teletoon in Canada until August 5, 2017. It also aired on Boomerang in Australia and New Zealand.

The show is hosted by 'Chudd Chudders' (voiced by Rupert Degas in the UK, Jonathan Wilson in North America and 'The Earl' (voiced by Lewis MacLeod in the UK, James Rankin in North America).^[4]

History

In 2001 when the pilot episode came out in history, Skatoony began as a competition microsite on the Cartoon Network UK website co-developed by James Fox and Brian Boyle, who the latter left Cartoon Network before the series premiered.^[5] In 2006, the first full-length Skatoony TV show premiered on the Cartoon Network UK channel. 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. The British version of Skatoony was filmed at MTV Studios at Camden and in London with schoolchildren from around the world auditioning as contestants.^[5]

According to creator James Fox, the process of producing a Skatoony episode was very complicated and developed over all of the series.

First we’d plan out an episode and part script it. Then we’d take that to the studio and record the quiz element, weaving the script into conversation with the kids using “stand-in” actors instead of cartoons. We created slime and grunge out of various pastes, mostly wallpaper paste! Then we’d take the footage back to the animation studio and build the show from the original script and the live action footage.^[5]

On February 9, 2009, Marblemedia announced they would be producing a North American version of the series Skatoony (in English and French).^[6] The Canadian adaptation, titled Skatoony North America to differentiate it from other adaptations follows the same format. The North American 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, a NA replacement for Skatoony boss Tony Eagle-Eyes (also voiced by Degas) named Charles La Puck, which is voiced by Jeff Lumby. A Middle Eastern adaptation of Skatoony debuted on April 5, 2011, on Cartoon Network Arabic.^[7][8] A Hindi adaptation debuted some time in 2008, on Pogo. Original Skatoony creator James Fox serves as an Executive Producer for all Skatoony releases (except for the UAE release where James Fox was credit as a Consultant Producer) and met every single kid contestant on the show.^[5]

In addition to the British format, one contestant in each episode of Skatoony North America will be a guest contestant from a show from a Canadian animated series. Accordingly, a significant figure from the series will also be seen in the Skatoony opening sequence. Other children's series (including but not limited to shows on the Teletoon lineup) are often the subject of the questions asked on the shows. Guest contestants are taken from the following series:

A similar situation occurs in Skatoony Arabia where guest contestants were taken from the animated series, Freej instead. With the exception of Skatoony North America, all non-English language Skatoony releases uses animation footage from the original British version, which is why Tony Eagle Eyes are the hosts' boss instead of Charles La Puck.

Guest Contestants

Every episode (except "It Could Be You!") has a guest contestant from shows from Total Drama and Jimmy Two-Shoes.

Guest contestant replacement

In Skatoony, the quizblock has 6 colored squares - green (top left), red (top middle), pink(top right), purple (bottom left), blue (bottom middle), and yellow (bottom right). The children get the green, pink and blue squares (they sometimes move to the purple, red and yellow squares if two kid contestants remain in Round 3), and the cartoon contestants get the red, yellow and purple. The guest contestants take the place of a cartoon character from the UK version. In the episode 'Skeleton Crew in Da House', 'Space: The Final Souffle', 'Pre-School Problem' and 'Vikings' in NA, Scabz, Chef, Two and Stelly was originally a contestant but he left before the 1st round and was replaced by Harold, Tyler, Linsday and Brick.

Season 1

Season 2

Note: The episodes "It Could Be You!" are all skipped because they have no guest.

Season 3

Seasonal episodes