Cartoon
Waynehead
The story
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. 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 in Japan.
Waynehead lasted for 13 episodes for one season; Wayans stated that he was told by Warner Bros. that the cartoon wasn't black enough nor funny enough, to which a WB executive replied by insisting that the show was merely low-rated. It is about a young boy named Damey Wayne, of unknown age, 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.
Voice cast
Orlando Brown as Damey "Waynehead" Wayne
Tico Wells as Marvin
Jamil Walker Smith as Mo' Money Jr.
T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh as Roz, Shavonne, Aki
Shawn Wayans as Toof
Marlon Wayans as Blue
Gary Coleman as Kevin
Kim Wayans as Mrs. Wayne
John Witherspoon as Mr. Wayne
Frank Welker as Tripod
Andrea Martin as Miss Nattlehoff
Jeff Bennett as Francis, Crazy Calvin, Trampoline
David Alan Grier as The Glove, The Blues Man
Bumper Robinson as Byron
Series overview
Two other episodes, "Hello Baby, Goodbye Wayne" and "Back Home", were produced but were never aired.
Production
The series was first announced in 1991 as The Wayneheads. It was originally going to be a claymation series and was going to air in primetime on Fox. The concept was shelved and was retooled as a traditionally-animated, Saturday morning series that took influence off of the 1992 movie Bebe's Kids, the show ran on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997.
Broadcast
The show was aired on Kids' WB from 1996 to 1997, and eventually aired reruns on Cartoon Network from 1998 to 2000.
International
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.
Home media
Since April 20, 2021, Waynehead was released on iTunes, Amazon Video and Fandango at Home.
References in other media
The theme song is parodied in the Pinky and the Brain episode "Dangerous Brains".
A reel with the show's logo on it is shown in the Teen Titans Go! episode "Huggbees".