Olliver's Adventures

Olliver's Adventures is a Canadian animated television series that originally aired on Teletoon on September 3, 2002, with the first 13 episodes.[1] It was produced in Flash by Collideascope Digital and Decode Entertainment and consists of 117 shorts or 39 episodes of 3 shorts each,[2] along with a pilot special.

Olliver's Adventures
Created byEdward Kay
Directed by
  • Ron Ducette
  • Brian Howald
StarringJoanne Miller
ComposerBlaian Morris
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes
  • 39 (117 shorts)
  • 1 special
Production
Executive producersMichael-Andreas Kuttner
Steven J.P. Comeau
Beth Stevenson
ProducersSuzanne Chapman
James Nicholson
EditorChristopher Cooper
Running time22 minutes (7 minutes per short)
Production companies
Release
Original networkTeletoon
Original releaseSeptember 3, 2002 (2002-09-03)[1] 
March 20, 2005 (2005-03-20)[1]

Plot

The show is about a young boy named Olliver (Ollie) who invents a world of his own using his imagination, creating stories that reconfigure his everyday life and impressions of the world into epic adventures.

Characters

Ollie (voiced by Joanne Miller) usually has his toys as his companions:

  • Jorge the iguana (voiced by Glenn Lefchak)
  • Trog the strong caveman
  • Tara the woman (voiced by Tara Doyle)
  • Zoomerax the alien
  • Beano the dog
  • The Giant Big Sisters are a trio of bully siblings
  • Mom and Dad are parents

Episodes

Pilot special

The pilot special, written by Edward Kay and directed by Sean Scott,[3] was named Ollie's Under-the-Bed Adventures and won a Gemini Award for Best Animated Program.[4] It consists of 10 two-minute shorts,[5] and premiered on Teletoon on April 15, 2001.[6]

Season 1 (2002)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title[7]Original air date
11"Ice Storm / Albertasaur-I-Oh! / Saving Sublantis"TBA
22"Air Show / Tales of an Arabian Fright / Wise Man on the Mountain"TBA
33"Ollie Hood and His Merry Men / Honey, I Shrunk the Jorge / The Aliens Are Coming!"TBA
44"Sufferin' Sasquatch / Clone Alone / Asteroid Belt"TBA
55"Time Out / The Great Escape / Back Seat Driver"TBA
66"Hectic Celtic / Choc-O-Files / Attack of the 50-Foot Furball"TBA
77"Vikings from Space / He's Got the Whole World in His Hands / Tremors"TBA
88"Warpo General Hospital / Toys R' Bust / The Weakest Don't Think"TBA
99"Wish Hard / It's a Fullawart's Life / Olliver and the Beanstalk"TBA
1010"Raisin a Stink / What a Pain in the Neck / Wolfman Zack"TBA
1111"Waiting for Mummy / Abominable Snow, Man / Cool Etudes"TBA
1212"Who Is Taylor Irksome / Jorge-Zilla / Kidsky & Clutch"TBA
1313"Tooth Loose / Being Cray Baddie / Whale of a Time"TBA

Season 2 (2003)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
141"Olliver Fast Sledder / Tall Ships Ahoy! / Kids with Brooms"TBA
152"Surf and Turf / Cringing Ollie Out of Sight Johnny / Don't Worry, Be Quiet"TBA
163"Re-Energized / Slippery Slope! / Out of the Bean Can Into the Beano"TBA
174"Boy vs. Grasshopper / A Pound of Cure / New Best Friend"TBA
185"Ollie Ollie Odyssey / Bus Stop / Real Re-Ollity"TBA
196"The Green Rabbit / Dumpelstirback / Off Side"TBA
207"Dinosaur Taunter / Eye of the Volcano / Planet of the Rats"TBA
218"Sweaters Galore / Fooling Father Time / Christmas Past Perfect"TBA
229"Scaredy Witch / The Good, the Bad, and the Ollie / The Headless Janitor"TBA
2310"All Hands on Deck / May I Take Your Order / Bored Sick"TBA
2411"Two Leagues Under the Sea / Kung Pow Panda / Duck, Duck, Switcheroo!"TBA
2512"Babysitter's School / Mirrorland / Ollie and the Hermit Crab"TBA
2613"Stanked / The Singing Pickle / Swamp Gas"TBA

Season 3 (2005)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
271"Love the Hair / Say Cheese! / Recycling Blues"TBA
282"Lightnin' Frightnin' / Classic Rock / And Then There Was Ollie"TBA
293"Thar's Gold in Them Thar Teeth / All Hail Trogg / Ollie-Baba"TBA
304"Bad News Scare / Pit Stop / Airport 99"TBA
315"For Your Eyes Only / This Little Piggie Had None / Election"TBA
326"All the Ollies / Swallow the Leader / Oh! Gee! Hey!"TBA
337"Cosmic Cleaner / The Northern Lights Have Seen Strange Sights / General Ollie"TBA
348"Heavy Pants / Flying Trapeze / Dr. Kildykicks"TBA
359"The Red Ukulele / Ollie in Blunderland / The Lost Spike"TBA
3610"Mama's Boy / Ollie Ollivia / A Clean Getaway"TBA
3711"Safari Sogoodie / Coral City / Como Say Llama"TBA
3812"Cousin Gord / Citizen Ollie / Nursery Nonsense"TBA
3913"Fashion Scares / Ollie the Barbarian / Trouble"TBA

Production

The pilot special cost about $500,000 (US$330,000) to produce, and was originally distributed by Cochran Entertainment.[3][5]

Telecast and home media

Olliver's Adventures originally aired on Teletoon on September 3, 2002 with the first 13 episodes.[1] It consisted 117 shorts or 39 episodes of 3 shorts each,[2] along with a pilot special. The final episode aired on March 20, 2005. In the USA, the show aired on Animania HD.

Season 1 is available on Tubi.[8] The first 6 episodes (18 shorts) have also been released on Ameba TV.[7]

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominee Result Ref.
2001 Gemini AwardsBest Animated Program or SeriesJessica Andrews, Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. ComeauWon[9]
2003 Gemini AwardsBest Animated Program or SeriesAllison Outhit, Beth Stevenson, Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. ComeauNominated[10]
2003 Gemini AwardsBest Interactive (www.ollieland.com)Michael-Andreas Kuttner, Steven J.P. ComeauNominated[11]

References

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