''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' is an American animated

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that aired on

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. Created by Fred Seibert, it was produced by Frederator Incorporated and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, running as part of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons lineup. In the show's first season, it was hosted by a variety of schoolchildren, and the second season was hosted by

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of '' All That'' and '' Kenan & Kel'', and later Josh Server of ''All That'' in the third and final season. Bill Burnett composed the show's theme music. In terms of total volume, ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' remains TV's biggest animation development program ever. Giving several dozen filmmakers the opportunity to create 96 seven-minute cartoons, the series eventually yielded three dedicated half-hour spin-off shows produced by Frederator: '' The Fairly OddParents'', '' ChalkZone'', and '' My Life as a Teenage Robot''. Nickelodeon's ''Oh Yeah!'' featured in its first season a total of 39 brand new seven-minute cartoons, surpassing the number of new cartoons and characters on any other single network. In its full run, ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' featured and produced 96 cartoons. Many of the animated shorts were created by

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s who later became more prominent, including Bob Boyle, Bill Burnett, Jaime Diaz, Greg Emison, John Eng, Thomas R. Fitzgerald, John Fountain, Antoine Guilbaud, Butch Hartman, Larry Huber, Ken Kessel, Alex Kirwan, Steve Marmel, Seth MacFarlane, Zac Moncrief, Carlos Ramos, Rob Renzetti, C. Miles Thompson, Byron Vaughns, Pat Ventura, Vincent Waller, and

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. Many of its animators featured had worked two years earlier on

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's '' What a Cartoon!'', produced in the same concept by

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and Cartoon Network Studios, which was also created by Seibert while he was president of that historical studio. Seibert created ''Random! Cartoons'' as a sequel anthology. While originally intended as a fourth season of ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'', it ended up being made as another show. ''Random! Cartoons'' aired on Nicktoons from 2008 to 2009.

Legacy

''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' is the second Frederator short cartoon incubator. Frederator Studios has persisted in the tradition of surfacing new talent, characters, and series with several cartoon shorts "incubators," including (as of 2016): '' What A Cartoon!'' (

, 1995), ''The Meth Minute 39'' ( Channel Frederator, 2008), '' Random! Cartoons'' (

/ Nicktoons, 2008), '' Too Cool! Cartoons'' ( Cartoon Hangover, 2012), and '' GO! Cartoons'' (Cartoon Hangover, 2017).Sony, Channel Frederator Launch Online Animation Incubator, by David Bloom, Deadline Hollywood, November 3, 2014
/ref> These laboratories have spun off notable series like: '' Dexter's Laboratory'', '' The Powerpuff Girls'', '' ChalkZone'', '' Johnny Bravo'', '' Cow and Chicken'', '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'', '' Courage the Cowardly Dog'', '' The Fairly OddParents'', ''Nite Fite'', '' Fanboy & Chum Chum'', ''

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'', '' Bravest Warriors'', ''Rocket Dog'', and '' Bee and PuppyCat''.

Filmography

Fred Seibert cartoon shorts filmography

Episodes

Similar shows

* '' Random! Cartoons'' ( Nicktoons) * '' Disney's Raw Toonage'' ( CBS) * '' What a Cartoon!'' (

) * '' Shorty McShorts' Shorts'' (

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) * '' KaBlam! ''(

) * '' Short Circutz'' ( YTV) * '' The Cartoonstitute'' (Cartoon Network) * '' DC Nation Shorts'' (Cartoon Network) * '' Liquid Television'' ( MTV)

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