O Canada was a Canadian-American animated television anthology series, broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network. O Canada was the first Canadian cartoon to air on Cartoon Network.
Shown mainly on Sunday nights at 12:00 midnight ET, O Canada featured a selection of animated shorts from Canada, mostly from the archives of the National Film Board of Canada.
The title of the series originated from the name of Canada's national anthem, O Canada.
One of the notable shorts featured in this series was Bob's Birthday, which would later serve as the basis for Comedy Central / Global Television Network's Bob and Margaret series, which would debut the following year. Despite its time slot, Bob's Birthday was censored with one scene, that featured Bob fully bottomless, edited with a maple leaf electronically superimposed over his genitalia.
The series follows teenagers Otis and Jada — two gifted dancers in Chicago whose free-spirit and individuality often leave them as outsiders in the rigid world of mainstream dance. Together they find a home at a struggling hiplet (a style of dance combining hip-hop and ballet) studio and a family among the studio’s troupe of dancers and instructors.
Small World was an animated anthology show, which aired on Cartoon Network in the 1990s, after another show aimed at preschoolers Big Bag. It featured several segments from animated TV programs from several countries.
Staraoke is a karaoke based gameshow currently airing on Boomerang in Europe. The show first aired in Finland in 2003 on TV4 and MTV3 and was created by Intervisio. In 2007, Intervisio won an International Interactive Emmy award for Best Interactive Programming for Staraoke. The series is now being produced by Archie Productions with Cartoon Network to air localised versions in various countries.
High Noon Toons was a 3-hour programming block of cartoons hosted by two cowboy hand puppets named Haas and Lil' Jo shown on Cartoon Network in the mid-1990s. The series was made by Matt Thompson and Adam Reed, who would later go on to create adult-themed cartoon series such as Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo for Adult Swim and Archer for FX.
Often the show would have special themes, such as "Quick Draw McGraw: Pure Mustang". Haas and Lil' Jo also hosted Cartoon Network's "Spring Break '95", where the two would be on a beach setting with bikini-clad Barbie dolls, and would show Spring Break-related cartoons. They also hosted the Thanksgiving Cartoon Parade in 1995.
Dino, the pet dinosaur of Fred and Wilma Flintstone from the animated television series, The Flintstones, was featured in two 7-minute short cartoons directed by Joseph Barbera and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in 1995.
The shorts aired on World Premiere Toons, a mid-1990s animation series on Cartoon Network which also launched several cartoons including Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, The Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Mike, Lu and Og. The two Dino shorts are titled Stay Out! and The Great Egg-Scape.