Out of Jimmy's Head

Out of Jimmy's Head
Poster showing the main character of "Out of Jimmy's Head" with the Appleday Toons
Format	Live Action/Animation Comedy
Created by	Tim McKeon Adam Pava
Starring	Dominic Janes Jon Kent Ethridge II Tinashe Kachingwe Bil Dwyer Matt Knudsen Rhea Lando
Voices of	Carlos Alazraqui Tom Kenny Ellen Greene Brian Posehn
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tim McKeon Adam Pava David Brookwell Sean McNamara
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Brookwell McNamara Entertainment Cartoon Network Studios
Broadcast
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	September 14, 2007 – May 29, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Re-Animated

Out of Jimmy's Head (also abbreviated as OOJH) was Cartoon Network's second live-action/animated television series. It is based on the live-action/animated telefilm Re-Animated that aired on December 8, 2006. The show is a co-production by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment (known for shows such as Even Stevens and That's So Raven) and Cartoon Network Studios.

The series premiered on Cartoon Network on September 14, 2007 to coincide with the release of the "Re-Animated" movie on DVD. Advertisements claimed the premiere would air at 7:00 p.m., but the show actually aired several times earlier in the day as "sneak previews." The show was the only show on the network to be affected by the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. The series made its Canadian premiere on Teletoon on Saturday September 6, 2008. It also airs on Boomerang in Australia. The US run of the show ended with the airing of the show's final episode on May 29, 2008. The page for the show on the Cartoon Network website, along with the games and videos were removed November 2008. The show was negatively received from critics. Although promoted to be the "first live action/animated series on Cartoon Network," the show was not the first. The first was, in fact, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, which ran from 1994 to 2004; this was Cartoon Network's second original series overall (the first was The Moxy Show), as well. In addition, Cartoon Network aired Big Bag, a collaboration of both live action and animation, co-produced by The Jim Henson Company and Cartoon Network.

Premise

The series continued where the original movie Re-Animated left off. Pre-teen Jimmy Roberts (Dominic Janes) gets into an accident at Gollyworld, a theme park based on the cartoon character, Golly Gopher. He gets hit by a park train, flying in the air, to land on concrete. As a result, Jimmy needs a brain transplant. He gets the brain of Milt Appleday, the late cartoonist who created Golly Gopher and the other characters of his cartoons. Milt had schizophrenia, which allowed him, and now Jimmy, to see the cartoon characters in real life. Sonny Appleday (Matt Knudsen), Milt's son, wants the brain for himself. He plans to become a great cartoonist with his father's brain, which he believes would allow him to rule the world.

Production

Main article: List of Out of Jimmy's Head episodes

Cartoon Network ordered 20 episodes, which were filmed from May to September 2007. In airing the show, Cartoon Network split the series into two "seasons." The first "season" of the show premiered in September 2007 and lasted 13 episodes. The channel later aired the remaining seven episodes as the second "season," starting in March 2008, one week after the airing of episode 13, which was considered part of the first season. The show's hiatus between seasons (actually between episodes 12 and 13) coincided with the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike, which led many to believe that writing on the show had been interrupted. In fact, writing and production for all episodes had been completed in September. However, the strike did prevent the writers from being involved in editing and post-production, including the controversial decision to add a laugh track beginning with episode 8, "Skate Night." Following the strike, the series was not renewed.

Translation

In Denmark, the series was titled Jimmys Skøre Verden. The name of the series, in French, is Jimmy Délire. Jimmy Fuori di Testa is a Italian language translation of Out of Jimmy's Head. The title of the series is spoken in the Japanese language as アウトジミーヘッドの. Norway aired it as Jimmys Gale Verden Which meant Jimmy's Mad World. Out of Jimmy's Head was translated in Poland as Co Gryzie Jimmy'ego?. In Spanish, the series' name in that language is La Alucinante Vida de Jimmy. Jimmys Vrickade Värld was a Swedish title for the show.

Main Cast

• Dominic Janes as Jimmy Roberts
• Tinashe Kachingwe as Robin
• Bil Dwyer as Mr. Roberts
• Jon Kent Ethridge II as Craig
• Rhea Lando as Yancy
• Matt Knudsen as Sonny
• Carlos Alazraqui as the voice of Golly Gopher
• Ellen Greene as the voice of Dolly Gopher
• Tom Kenny as the voice of Tux the Penguin
• Brian Posehn as the voice of Crocco the Alligator

Recurring Cast

• Rachel Quaintance as Mrs. Roberts
• Jonina Gable as Becky
• Christian Vandal as Dylan
• Austin Rogers as Animal Loving Kevin
• Terrence Hardy, Jr. as Easily Excited Kid
• Caden Michael Gray as Crazy Jake
• Katelin Petersen as Hildy Jeffries
• Nicole Smolen as Young Yancy
• Nolan Gould as Young Jimmy
• Ryan Eggold as Mike Werewolfowitz

Guest Stars

• John Bliss as Gramps (in "Talent Show")
• Becky Thyre as Principal Fairplay (in "Friends")
• Jenn Shagrin as Humorless Teen Girl (in "Sleepover")
• Amy Tolsky as Coach (in "Mascot")
• Jane Sibbett as Ms. Shank (in "Ghosts")
• Reed Alexander as C. Kingsley Weatherhead (in "Bully")
• Aviva as Employee Emily (in "Skate Night")
• Kieran Newton as The Editor (in "Soda")
• Michael Pataki as Hoots Burly (in "Outdoors")
• Ryan Pinkston as Donny Ironsides (in "Stunt")
• Austin Butler as Lance (in "Princess")
• Mitch Silpa as Durzagon (in "Movie")
• Blake Michael as Stop Light Kid (in "Bad Fad")
• Sterling Knight as Brad (in "Bad Fad")
• Ellen Albertini Dow as Miss Plattner (in "Out of Jimmy's Body")
• Lil' Romeo as Himself (in "Lunch Tables")

Awards and nominations

The program's cast won a combined Young Artist Award in 2008 for "Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series".

See also

• Re-Animated
• Renegade Animation
• Brookwell McNamara Entertainment
• Cartoon Network Studios
• Channel drift

External links

• Out of Jimmy's Head at the Internet Movie Database
• Out of Jimmy's Head at TV.com