Creator: | Damon Wayans |
Director: | Paul Riley |
Theme Music Composer: | Stanley Clarke |
Composer: | Stanley Clarke Todd Cochran Kennard Ramsey |
Opentheme: | "The Party's Just Begun" performed by Orlando Brown, Tico Wells, Jamil Walker Smith, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh and Shawn Wayans |
Endtheme: | "The Party's Just Begun" (instrumental) |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 13 |
Editor: | Denise Whitfield |
Runtime: | 22 minutes |
Waynehead is an animated television series created by actor/comedian Damon Wayans and ran from 1996 to 1997 on Kids' WB, and on YTV from 1996 to 1998.[1] It was a co-production of Warner Bros. Television Animation and Nelvana, with overseas animation by Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd., and Philippine Animation Studio, Inc., while the opening sequence was animated by TMS-Kyokuchi Corporation.
Waynehead lasted for 13 episodes for one season; Wayans stated that he was told by Warner Bros. that the show wasn't black enough or funny enough, to which a WB executive replied by insisting that the show was merely low-rated.[2] It is about a young boy named Damey Wayne from a poor background and with a club foot. It was based on Wayans' own childhood in the Chelsea neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Actors who provided voices for the show included Gary Coleman, Orlando Brown, and Marlon Wayans.[3]
The series was first announced in 1991 as The Wayneheads. It was originally going to be a claymation series and was going to air on Fox.[4] The concept was shelved and was retooled as a traditionally-animated series that ran on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997.
The show was aired on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997,[5] and eventually aired reruns on Cartoon Network from 1998 to 2000.
In Canada, Waynehead aired on YTV from 1996 to 1998.
In Germany, Waynehead aired on ProSieben, Junior, and K-Toon under the name of Waynehead - Echt cool, Mann!.
In Austria, the series aired on ORF 1.
In the United Kingdom, the series aired on CITV in 1998.
In Israel, Waynehead aired on Arutz HaYeladim.
In Ireland, Waynehead aired on RTÉ2.
In Netherlands, Waynehead aired on Cartoon Network.
Since April 20, 2021, Waynehead was released on iTunes, Amazon Video and Vudu.[6] [7] [8]