''JoJoHead'' is a 2016
American
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comedy web series written and created by
Johanna Stein
Johanna Stein is a Canadian-American writer, producer, director, and actress best known for ''Momhead'', ''Wander Over Yonder'', '' Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh'', and ''Mulholland Drive''.
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, which debuted on October 14, 2016, on
The CW
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's online streaming platform,
CW Seed
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. It stars creator
Johanna Stein
Johanna Stein is a Canadian-American writer, producer, director, and actress best known for ''Momhead'', ''Wander Over Yonder'', '' Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh'', and ''Mulholland Drive''.
Early life and influences
Stein was born and raised ...
as JoJo and features numerous guest stars over 18 episodes. The series is directed by
Stein's producing partner,
Suzanne Luna.
Cast
Series regulars
*
Johanna Stein
Johanna Stein is a Canadian-American writer, producer, director, and actress best known for ''Momhead'', ''Wander Over Yonder'', '' Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh'', and ''Mulholland Drive''.
Early life and influences
Stein was born and raised ...
as JoJo
Guest stars
* James Grace
* Timothy A. Bennett
* Brian Blondell
* Alison Martin
* Claire Proctor
* Christine Mini Chang
* Lori Collins
* Ali Elk
* Nicole Ettinger
* David Gassman
* Joy Gohring
* Brian Konowal
*
Jerry Lambert
* Ellison Hinnen
* Fisher Hinnen
* Kate James
*
Beth Littleford
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* Brian Majestic
* Caisha Williams
* Brian Jordan Alvarez
* David Bock
* Tyler Booth
*
Tom Choi
Tom T. Choi (born in Daegu, South Korea) is a Korean-American actor best known for ''Teen Wolf'' and his voice work on the '' Mortal Kombat'' video games and the first season of ''Squid Game''. He has acted in numerous movies and television prog ...
* Annie Chow
* Olivia Chow
*
Michael Coleman
* Darius Delacruz
* J Ferguson
* Thomas Fowler
* Peter A. Hulne
*
Carol Locatell
* Jane Morris
* Lori Nasso
* Apul Patel
* Tony Rodriguez
* Joe Shamel
* John Spezzano
* Michael Terrence
*
Tracy Vilar
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She is best known for her roles as Ro-Ro on the CBS sitcom '' Partners'', Sophia Ortiz on The WB sitcom ''The Steve Harve ...
* Katherine Wallace
* Juzo Yoshida
Production and release
JoJoHead was produced by
Warner Bros.
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' Blue Ribbon Content digital studio and the all-female production company Unperfect Productions in 2016. The show features comedic vignettes about the life of an everyday woman and is a prequel to the creator's viral
YouTube
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video ''Momhead'' in 2014 which received 2.7 million views. Both series were filmed from a bird's eye view using a
GoPro
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camera on top of
Stein's head.
Johanna Stein
Johanna Stein is a Canadian-American writer, producer, director, and actress best known for ''Momhead'', ''Wander Over Yonder'', '' Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh'', and ''Mulholland Drive''.
Early life and influences
Stein was born and raised ...
likened the lead character JoJo, based on her life, to a female
Mr. Bean
''Mr. Bean'' is a British sitcom created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, produced by Tiger Aspect and starring Atkinson as the title character. The sitcom consists of 15 episodes that were co-written by Atkinson alongside Curtis and R ...
.
The series was released on
CW Seed
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Science and technology
* centiwatt (cW), one hundredth of a watt
* Cω, a programming language
* CW complex, a type of topological space
* Carrier wave, in radio communications
* CodeWarrior, an integrated development environ ...
,
The CW
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's streaming platform, in 2016. It was also promoted through weekly
Instagram
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Stories on the CW Seed's Instagram account.
References
External links
JoJoHead on CW Seed*
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2010s American comedy television series
2016 American television series debuts
2016 web series debuts
American comedy web series
The CW original programming
Television series by Blue Ribbon Content