''O Canada'' is an animated television anthology series, broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network. ''O Canada'' was the first Canadian cartoon series to air on Cartoon Network. The show also frequently aired in Canada on

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, but not as much as it did in the United States on Cartoon Network. Shown mainly on Sunday nights (early Monday mornings) at 12:00 midnight ET, ''O Canada'' featured a selection of animated shorts from

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, mostly from the archives of the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

. Some of the animated shorts featured were part of the NFB's ''

Canada Vignettes Canada Vignettes are a series of short films by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), some of which aired on CBC Television and other Canadian broadcasters as interstitial programs. The vignettes became popular because of their cultural depicti ...

'' collection of shorts first produced for CBC Television. The title of the series originated from the name of Canada's national anthem, "

O Canada "O Canada" (french: Ô Canada, italic=no) is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the mus ...

". One of the notable shorts featured in this series was ''Bob's Birthday'', which would later serve as the basis for

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/ Global Television Network's ''

Bob and Margaret ''Bob and Margaret'' is an adult animated television series created by David Fine and Alison Snowden and produced by Nelvana. The series was based on the Academy Award-winning short film '' Bob's Birthday'', featuring the same main characters, w ...

'' series, which would debut the following year. Despite its time slot, ''Bob's Birthday'' was censored with one scene, that featured Bob nude from the waist down, edited with a maple leaf electronically superimposed over his genitalia. In 1997, Charles Solomon of

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added this packaged series on the adult animated shows list and described it "a must for animation aficionados". Cartoon Network’s deal with NFB had since expired in 2002 in favor of

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Shorts shown on O Canada

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(L'Apprenti)'' *'' Arkelope'' *''

Balablok ''Balablok'' is a 1972 animated short written and directed by Břetislav Pojar exploring the human propensity for resorting to violence over reason. Accolades The 7 min 27 sec film received the 1973 Short Film Palme d'Or, Grand Prix du Festival for ...

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Begone Dull Care ''Begone Dull Care'' is a 1949 visual music animated film directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Summary Using drawn-on-film animation, McLaren and Lambart painted and scratched directly onto film stock to create a visual representa ...

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The Big Snit ''The Big Snit'' is a 1985 animated short film written and directed by Richard Condie and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Plot A married couple plays a game of Scrabble that has stalemated as the husband is unable to come up with ...

'' *'' Blackfly'' *'' Blowhard'' *''

Bob's Birthday ''Bob's Birthday'' is a 1993 Canadian-British animated short by Alison Snowden and David Fine, winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 67th Academy Awards, and serves as the pilot to the animated series '' Bob & Margaret ...

'' *'' Cactus Swing'' *''

The Cat Came Back "The Cat Came Back" is a comic song written by Harry S. Miller in Christmas 1893. It has since entered the folk tradition and been recorded under variations of the title—"But the Cat Came Back", "And the Cat Came Back", etc. It is also a po ...

'' *''Deadly Deposits'' *'' The Dingles'' *'' Dinner for Two'' *''

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'' *'' Every Child'' *''

Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety ''Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety'' is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Les Drew for the National Film Board of Canada and released in 1986. The film's central character is Wally (Paul Brown), a dog who is frantically trying t ...

'' *'' Every Dog's Guide to the Playground'' *''

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'' *'' The Family That Dwelt Apart'' *'' George and Rosemary'' *'' Get a Job'' *'' Getting Started'' *'' Hot Stuff'' *''

Hunger In politics, humanitarian aid, and the social sciences, hunger is defined as a condition in which a person does not have the physical or financial capability to eat sufficient food to meet basic Human nutrition, nutritional needs for a sustaine ...

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La Salla ''La Salla'' is a 1996 computer animated short by Richard Condie, produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada. The film is a farcical comic opera, with a libretto written by Condie and translated into Italian, then recorded by Jay B ...

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The Log Driver's Waltz The Log Driver's Waltz is a Canadian folk song, written by Wade Hemsworth. ''The Log Driver's Waltz'' is also a Canadian animated film from the National Film Board, released in 1979 as part of its Canada Vignettes series. Song information The so ...

'' *'' The Lump'' *''No Problem'' *'' Oh Sure'' *'' Pig Bird'' *''Scant Sanity'' *''Shyness'' *'' Special Delivery'' *''

Strings String or strings may refer to: *String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...

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The Sweater ''The Hockey Sweater'' (''Le chandail de hockey'' in the original French) is a short story by Canadian author Roch Carrier and translated to English by Sheila Fischman. It was originally published in 1979 under the title "'" ("An abominable map ...

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The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin ''The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin'' is a 1981 Canadian animated short by Janet Perlman that comically adapts the tale of Cinderella with penguins. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best ...

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To Be In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae; abbreviated ) is a word or phrase that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the word ''is'' in the sentence "The sky is blue" or the phrase ''was not being'' i ...

'' *'' Two Sisters'' *''

When the Day Breaks ''When the Day Breaks'' is a Canadian animated short co-directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis and featuring the voice of Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright singing the titular song. Summary After witnessing an accidental death of a h ...

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