Yvon of the Yukon
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Yvon of the Yukon is a Canadian animated television series produced by Studio B Productions (now "WildBrain") and Corus Entertainment in association with Alliance Atlantis Communications for seasons 1–2. It was produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit with the assistance of British Columbia Film and the Film Incentive BC grant from the province of British Columbia. Based in the fictional Canadian town of Upyermukluk, the show premiered on YTV in 2000,[1] and aired with the final episode on 24 January 2004.[2]
Premise
Yvon of the Yukon is about a French explorer, Yvon Ducharme, who embarks on a voyage to North America on behalf of "King Louis" (Louis XIV of France). He goes far off his intended course, into the frigid waters off Canada's northern coast, and is knocked overboard when his boat strikes an iceberg. Yvon is cryogenically frozen in a block of ice for 300 years, until a sled dog owned by Inuk teenager Tommy Tukyuk urinates on it and thaws him out. He settles in the town of Upyermukluk, Yukon ("the hottest cold town in the Arctic, midway between Shivermetimbers and Frostbottom Falls") and attempts to adjust to life in the Yukon among his unusual new neighbours.
Cast
- Drew Reichelt – Yvon Ducharme
- Kirby Morrow – Tommy Tukyuk
- Glen Gould – Bill Tukyuk
- Ian James Corlett – Willie Tidwell/King Louis
- Babz Chula – Luba Malloy
- Jane Mortifee – Big Mary Hatfield
- Phil Hayes – Additional Voices
- Garry Chalk – Major Sweetley
- Lee Tockar – Additional Voices
- Brian Dobson – Additional Voices
- Colin Murdock – Additional Voices
- Kathleen Barr – Additional Voices
- Cathy Weseluck – Additional Voices
- Chris Roberts – Rusty Knobbs, Norad Geek
- Terry Klassen – Dil, The Duke
- David Kaye – Additional Voices
Honours
Yvon of the Yukon won the 2002 Leo Award for Best Youth or Children's Program or Series and Greg Sullivan was awarded the Best Director award for a Youth or Children's Program.[3] The show captured both awards again in 2004.[4] In 2005, Dennis Heaton won a Writers Guild of Canada Award for his work on the episode The Trouble With Mammoths.[5]
Episodes
Season 1 (2000)
Season 2 (2001-2002)
Season 3 (2003-2004)
References
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External links
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- Yvon of the Yukon – Telefilm Canada
- BBC – Yvon of the Yukon
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- 2000s Canadian animated comedy television series
- 2000s Canadian children's television series
- 2000 Canadian television series debuts
- 2004 Canadian television series endings
- BBC children's television shows
- Canadian children's animated comedy television series
- Cultural depictions of Louis XIV
- Fictional cryonically preserved characters
- Stereotypes of Inuit people
- Television series by Corus Entertainment
- Television series by WildBrain
- Television shows set in Yukon
- YTV (Canadian TV channel) original programming
- Television series about immigration in Canada
- British English-language television shows
- Television series by Alliance Atlantis