JBVO: Your All Request Cartoon Show (or JBVO for short) was an American anthologytalk showprogramming block that aired Sundays from February 9, 2000, to January 14, 2001, with reruns continuing until it was fully removed in August 26, 2001, on Cartoon Network as a sequel to Johnny Bravo. The show was hosted by Johnny Bravo, along with some infrequent guest stars such as Chicken (from Cow and Chicken). In this show, callers would write into the show via mail or through the Cartoon Network website.[1]
When Johnny Bravo went on hiatus in 1997, Johnny Bravo creator Van Partible and his workers were in the production of JBVO. The pilot was made and aired on December 27, 1999, four months after Johnny Bravo was airing for its second season. The pilot was called WBVO.
Production continued after its pilot airdate, which around February 2000, a similar event where Johnny "hosted" Cartoon Network live in the UK from February 21–25, two months before JBVO officially premiered in the US. This event was called The Big Bravo-Live!, as it was based on another successful block Johnny hosted in late 1999 by the same name. The production for the block was finally finished and the block aired on April 2, 2000, as the block's name was changed to JBVO for unknown reasons.
During the block's airings, the block got some marathons, such as the JBVO Weekend. By late 2000, the block started to get less popular, even Van Partible wasn't interested in making JBVO at the first place,[2] and by January 14, 2001, the show got cancelled after one season. 28 episodes were produced. The show still continued to air reruns until August 26, 2001. This became lost media by the time it got cancelled. The show is partially lost.
Later on, a sequel named Toon FM was launched only for Europe as it aired on Cartoon Network (British and Irish TV channel) and in Europe. The show was like JBVO but with a few changes. It is unknown when the show aired and ended, however, a "he-mail" Johnny answered on The Big Bravo page of the CN UK website implies the show was already airing by June 2001, or perhaps on hiatus. It is also unknown if the show was connected to the radio station by the same name as the station was launched in October 1999. In October 2001, the sequel rebrand to a show being hosted in Tokyo, Japan called Toon FM: Live From Tokyo.
Another sequel named Viva Las Bravo was aired from 2005 to 2006 on afternoon summers. Every day Johnny would announce three cartoons, and the one getting the highest votes via email or on CartoonNetworkHQ.net would be shown for two hours the next day. He would also constantly appear in commercial breaks, cracking jokes or answering humorous emails and phone calls.
Premise
Johnny Bravo sitting in his chair.
Like The Moxy Show and Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Johnny Bravo is the host of the show, along with some infrequent guest stars such as Chicken (from Cow and Chicken). Callers would write into the show via mail or through the Cartoon Network[1] website to call the show and request a cartoon from Cartoon Network's cartoon library, including shorts and shows from Warner Brothers, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, and other acquired shorts by Cartoon Network which would then be played, with an exception of half-hour-long shows.
One caller of the show named Jennifer requested an episode of Dragon Ball Z. Being that it was a half-hour long, Johnny regretfully had to fast-forward through the entire episode with Johnny providing only expositional commentary.[3] Afterward, Johnny apologized to the caller for the inconvenience.[3]
Characters from different shows
Brak - A cat alien who appears in various polls and appears in JBVO sequel Toon FM. Originally from Space Ghost.
Chicken - A chicken who appears as one of the guest stars or directors, originally from Cow and Chicken
Daphne - A lady who is one of the 5 members of Mystery Inc., as Johnny tells her to pick him up for a date after his show. Originally from Scooby-Doo.
Dexter - A scientist who appears as one of the directors, originally from Dexter's Laboratory.
Fred Jones - A man who is one of the 5 members of Mystery Inc., as he appears as a director of the show. Originally from Scooby-Doo.
Johnny reminds anyone that they can request a movie, as long as it is chosen from the 10 movies shown in the list. Dexter and Shaggy volunteer as the directors.
26
"JBVO Weekend Marathon"
Craig "Sven" Gordon
December 9, 2000 (2000-12-09)
TBA
TBA
27
"Talkin to The Goldie"
Craig "Sven" Gordon
January 7, 2001 (2001-01-07)
Christian, Chris, Daniel, Wendi, Goldberg
TBA
Johnny shows Goldberg's face a few times.
28
"You Say It I Spray It"
Craig "Sven" Gordon
January 14, 2001 (2001-01-14)
Deanne & Dennis
TBA
Johnny takes another look at people's fanart of him.
Unidentified dinosaur cartoon - Appears in Hour Special
Vegeta... A Saiyan Duel! - Appears in I've Been Practicing, originally from Dragon Ball Z
Production
JBVO was animated using a beta version of Kaydara's FilmBox On-Air software. A selection of animation clips were sequenced together and triggered by an operator based on the conversations Johnny was having with live callers.
Future broadcasts after January 2001
Although the show continued to air reruns until August 2001, new segments were no longer being produced by early 2001. Instead, Cartoon Network would edit previous episodes to remove any mentions of their original airdate.
Spinoffs
The show's logo for its first season.
Toon:FM
Toon:FM (or ToonFM) was a morning programming block that aired on the Cartoon Network United Kingdom channel and throughout Europe. The show is hosted by Johnny Bravo with Space Ghost character Brak.[4] It is unknown when the show aired and ended, however, a "he-mail" Johnny answered on The Big Bravo page of the CN UK website implies the show was already airing by June 2001, or perhaps on hiatus. It is also unknown if the show was connected to the radio station by the same name as the station was launched in October 1999. In October 2001, the sequel was greenlit to a second season to the show being hosted in Tokyo, Japan called Toon FM: Live From Tokyo.
Viva Las Bravo
Another sequel named Viva Las Bravo[5] was aired from 2005 to 2006 on afternoon summers. Every day Johnny would announce three cartoons, and the one getting the highest votes via email or on CartoonNetworkHQ.net would be shown for two hours the next day. He would also constantly appear in commercial breaks, cracking jokes or answering humorous emails and phone calls.
Rumored merchandise
There was also a version filed for clothing use. 'JBVO' was once used in the URL for the Johnny Bravo section of the online Cartoon Network Shop, however no merchandise made for the spin-off itself is known to exist. This trademark was also abandoned in June 2003.
See also
The Moxy Show - a similar series to JBVO, as it is also considered lost media
Space Ghost Coast to Coast - the first TV series produced by Cartoon Network, the first Cartoon Network series as a pre-Adult Swim show; similarly used an animated host.
