Out of Jimmy's Head

Out of Jimmy's Head
Out of Jimmy's Head poster
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Tim McKeon Adam Pava
Starring	Bil Dwyer Jon Kent Ethridge II Dominic Janes Tinashe Kachingwe Matt Knudsen Rhea Lando
Voices of	Carlos Alazraqui Tom Kenny Ellen Greene Brian Posehn
Theme music composer	Paul Buckley
Opening theme	"Out of Jimmy's Head"
Ending theme	"Out of Jimmy's Head" (Instrumental)
Composer(s)	Paul Buckley
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tim McKeon Adam Pava Bruce Hurwit Eric Kaplan David Brookwell Sean McNamara Eric Horsted and David Buelow (co-executive producers)
Producer(s)	Pixie Wespiser Christina Lambert and Frank Merwald (co-producers) Matt Danner (supervising producer)
Location(s)	Downey, California
Cinematography	Bob Hayes
Editor(s)	Bill Lowe Jan Lucas Clayton Woodhull Andy Zall
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Brookwell McNamara Entertainment Cartoon Network Studios
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network
Picture format	SDTV (480i) HDTV (1080i)
Original release	September 14, 2007 (2007-09-14) – May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29)
Chronology
Preceded by	Re-Animated

Out of Jimmy's Head (abbreviated as OOJH) is an American live-action/animated television series. It was advertised as Cartoon Network's first live-action television series, even though Big Bag was what took credit, while also including some animated segments. 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 was created by Tim McKeon and Adam Pava, who were originally the writers for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and the creators of the Weighty Decisions segment on Cartoon Network's Sunday Pants series.

The series premiered on Cartoon Network on September 14, 2007, to coincide with the release of the Re-Animated movie on DVD. 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 aired on Boomerang in Australia. The US run of the show ended with the airing of the show's final episode on May 29, 2008.

Premise

The series follows the back-story established by the film. After receiving a brain transplant from a celebrated cartoonist following an accident, a young boy named Jimmy Roberts finds himself inexplicably capable of seeing and communicating with the famed animated characters created by the cartoonist, resulting in a variety of odd predicaments or situations at the hands of Jimmy's interactions with these hallucinations. However, he also must handle the deceased cartoonist's conspiring and scheming son, Sonny Appleday, with intentions of murdering Jimmy and obtaining his father's brain so he may gain notoriety as a cartoonist, and take over the world.

Cast

Main

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

Recurring

• Rachel Quaintance as Louisa Roberts
• Jonina Gable as Becky
• Christian Vandal as Logan
• 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

Episodes

Pilot

TV series

DVD

Despite the show never having been broadcast in the United Kingdom, a DVD was released in the UK containing the first 3 episodes of the series. The DVD was region free.

Broadcast and reception

For Out of Jimmy's Head 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.

The show has received negative reviews and is considered as one of Cartoon Network's worst shows of all time. The show has a 2.4 out of 10 rating on IMDB^[1] and a 3.0 out of 10 rating on TV.com.^[2] Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times wrote: "Cast aside all that clutter, though, and this is really just another show about a seventh grader trying to fit in. It’s also a show with a sly sense of humor when it’s not being self-consciously frentic", and praised Bil Dwyer for his comedic role.^[3] Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media rated the show 3 out of 5 stars and wrote: "It's just fun fluff. It is worth noting that the show is an improvement on the movie in terms of Jimmy's increased confidence and ability to fend off peer pressure, which is certainly a welcome change".^[4]

Despite the negative reviews from critics and audience, it had some accolades: the program's cast won a combined Young Artist Award in 2008 for "Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series".,^[5] then was nominated at the same ceremony for "Best Family Television Series", and finally Tinashe Kachingwe with Caden Michael Gray were nominated for "Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actress" and "Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor", respectively.^[5]

References

External links

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