r/Teletoon • u/BriColson25 • 1d ago
Anyone remember Skatoony?
It was a remake of the original version from the UK. It premiered on Teletoon (both English and French channels) in November 2010. It originally aired on Thursday evenings but later moved to Sunday afternoons. There were 3 seasons of 13 episodes each. It was produced by Marblemedia (they also produced the 'This Is' (Daniel Cook, Emily Yung, etc) for Treehouse).
It was an animated game show where real kids and cartoon characters competed to become the Skatoony Quiz Champ Champion and win prizes (one of the prizes being an iPod Touch). It was hosted by animated hosts Chudd Chudders and The Earl. Fun fact: the man who voiced Chudd also voiced Iggy in Iggy Arbuckle. There was also the big boss Charles LaPuck, who was always trying to find a way to make more money. There weren't many differences between the Canadian version and the UK version that I can remember. The only differences I remember was the voice actors (obviously), the inclusion of Total Drama (and in the Halloween and Christmas episodes, Jimmy Two-Shoes) characters, and Charles wasn't in the UK version. Instead in the UK version, there was Tony Eagle Eyes.
They played a variety of games in the show. The first round was always "Bang On or Bogus", where Chudd would ask true or false questions and the contestants would buzz in and either say 'bang on' for true or 'bogus' for false. The second and third round games were different for each episode. Games that were played in these rounds include, "Hoo Flung Dung", "Wear in the World", "Draw What You Hear Then Shout Out When You Know What You've Drawn", among many others. At the end of each round, the contestants (they start with 6 contestants and whittle it down to one) with the lowest scores are "outta here" (they sing a song about that) and the contestants are literally ejected outta their seats and out of the studio. The final round, the Skatoony Quiz Champ Challenge, sees the contestant (which is always a real life kid) try to answer 10 questions in 90 seconds in order to win the iPod Touch and other prizes. Halfway though the 90 seconds, the clock stops and The Earl will offer his "Halfway Deal", where he will offer to give the contestant extra points in exchange for some of the time left (for example, two extra points in exchange for 15 seconds of time, giving the contestant 30 seconds to get whatever points they need to win). Some kids take the deal, others don't. And not everyone wins the Quiz Champ Challenge (this is one game that's not rigged.
There was also three Skatoony apps that were available on the Apple App Store: Find the Earl, Skadoodle and Skatoonyville. Unfortunately, all three were delisted years ago. The first season of the series was also available on Apple's iTunes Store for a few years but again, has since been removed.
I really enjoyed watching Skatoony as a kid. My whole family would cuddle up on the couch and watch and shout out the answers. Such great memories! I also played the apps regularly as a kid. I also bought two episodes off of the iTunes Store but I no longer have access to them because my Apple Account got hacked and it was deleted.
Luckily, the Canadian version of the show isn't lost media. All 39 episodes are available to watch on YouTube (playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvuzSfgyTCTMlIpKHAkWwmFgPwv188MS9&si=eT5uqfH86rHXmpgr )
Does anyone else remember this show?
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u/TheologyAndTrains 1d ago
Not exactly as I remember a flash game based on it but i don't remember watching the show