| The Deerskins | |
|---|---|
| Genre | animation |
| Created by | Jerry Thevenet, |
| Starring | Paula Davis and Shawn Youngchief |
| Original languages |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | JerryCo |
| Original release | |
| Network | Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Teletoon |
| Release | 2013 |
The Deerskins (French Les Deerskin) is a Canadian Aboriginal-oriented cartoon show produced by JerryCo Communications And 9 Story Entertainment. It has aired on APTN and Teletoon since 2013, presently on 10:00pm Thursday nights in 2017.
Created and produced by Jerry Thevenet, the founder of JerryCo, The Deerskins relates the story of the title aboriginal family who have been forced to leave their reserve and now live in the town of Cheddarville, where the majority of the white people who live there have strange beliefs regarding Native peoples. They try to fit into this strange world, though they know it is a tough way of life. The show is produced in three languages: French, English, and Mohawk.
The show
Unlike other cartoons of the time, the show is produced by the small crew of the JerryCo studios in Montreal entirely on ToonBoom Harmony software. Jerry Thevenet performs a majority of the work, such as screenplay, illustrating, and editing; with the assistance of Éric Héroux, Christopher Goodkey, Rick Thomas, Zee Risek, Paul Trineer, Denis Doucet and editor Marc Poirier. Also, despite having approximately 50 characters, there's only two voice actors: Paula Davis (for the female voices) and Shawn Youngchief (for the male voices). The score and title song were written by Paul Baraka.
Characters
Deerskins
- Thunder, the dad, star of the Tomahawk Pete show
- Dawna, the mom, a surgeon
- Summer (voice actress does Raven in Wapos Bay), older daughter, model, played Pink Feather in episode 20 of her dad's show which took 126 takes, aka Mizz Wawkee-Tawkee (also Mizz Beautifullest)
- Phoenix, younger brother, genius who gets rich inventing things
Illuminati
Hold shares in cigarettes:
- Jerry McGwerstein: talent agent for Smuck Pictures and Summer's agent
- Miss Finklestein, runs Miss Fink's Beauty School
Models
- Kiya is a Saudi billionaire
- Ana Rexya Nervosky (aka Mizz Chernobyl)
- Peaches Dixie (aka Mizz Hicksville) a fan of the Ku Klux Klan
- Sum Yung Guy (aka Mizz Bangkok)
- Mizz Co-Ed
- Mizz Ethiopia, a fan of Anthony Hopkins
- Mia Airee (aka Mizz Aba_daba_do)
Other characters
- Bradley Pooper
- Thunder's unnamed blonde, teen, pot-smoking co-star
- Mel Horowitz the baker
- Mayor Poutine
Episodes
Season 1
- Meet the Deerskins
- Welcome to Cheddarville
- Roomies and Loonies
- I Hate You Mel Horowitz
- Meet the Mushburgers
- This is the Police!
- A Funny Thing Happened
- Are We There Yet?
- Tunnel of Love
- Radio Head
- Anonymous
- Invasion of the Body Smashers
- The Men in Beige
Season 2
- Pow Yeow!
- The Walking Dread
- Bingo Burka
- Crystal Balls
- Up in Smoke: Thunder gets high with an 18 year old blonde girl in a pink dress
- One Man's Junk
- Mizz Beautifullest
- To Be or Not to Be
- Someone stole my Thunder
- Cheezefest
- Phoney Baloney
- Crème Brûlée
- Orca Windtree
The Stand-up segment
At the very end of most episodes, Thunder Deerskin does a stand-up act in front of an audience, during the roll of the credits. The audience applauds or boos him depending on his delivery.
Cast & crew
- Voices: Paula Davis and Shawn Youngchief
- Produced, Directed, Written and Illustrated by Jerry Thevenet
- Backgrounds: Denis Doucet and Christopher Goodkey
- Score by Paul Baraka
- Editors: Jerry Thevenet and Marc Poirier
Production
A JerryCo production, The show is produced with the financial participation of the Canada Media Fund, Gouvernement du Québec ; the Film and Television Tax Credit; Gestion SODEC and the Government of Canada; the Canadian Film and Video Production Tax Credit; and in association with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (CEO Jean LaRose; eastern Programming Head Jean-François O'Bomsawin).