Planet Sketch
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Planet Sketch is a 15-minute television show aimed at children, with each episode featuring an assortment of sketches. It is produced by Aardman Animations
.
s as a guitar
, which accompanies the show's theme music as the show ends. In the second series, however, only Melville appears, featuring in a parody of a number of musical genres before the theme begins. The nose picker girl still appears though. In the second series the 2D sketches did not return and the show went completely 3D. Also, in the second series, the 3D format is slightly different from the previous because of the different shape of the characters' eyes, the short depth of their heads and the huge shading on them not showing the glossy surface of their appearance.
Other sketches on Planet Sketch include:
and Decode Entertainment planned that a new season will be aired on the CITV
Channel featuring new parts like The Two Astronauts on a space rollercoaster, and Melville dancing to "Give It Up
" by Twista
. It will be also be produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment
and Studio B Productions
. The season will air on September 10, 2011. It will also air on Cartoon Network
in the UK as a world premiere. It will air in the U.S. As in 2005, it will have an original production with Teletoon. The third season will be known as Planet Sketch: Reloaded! Here are the episodes they are going to show:
Episode 1: Just the Beginning - The Street Rappers rap in Milton Keynes, The Two Astronauts are on a space rollercoaster, The Parping Ponies go to a farting contest, The Nose Picker gets a flying bike for her birthday and Melville dances to "Xs and Os" by Jeremih
.
Episode 2: A Disaster Episode Sketch: The Street Rappers raps a freestyle of "Invincible" by Tinie Tempah
& Kelly Rowland
, Dr. Inosaur eats every people at the hospital, The Parping Ponies has a celebration of the Farting contest, The Two Astronauts sing in a talent show and Melville dances to "Illusion" by Tinie Tempah
.
Episode 3: A Disaster Episode Sketch - Part 2: The Street Rappers has a celebration, Dr. Inosaur has a date with another humanity dinosaur, Dinosaur Dash still continues, Planet Sketch fans! The gang go on a scary rollercoaster, The Nose Picker flies her bicycle to New England, The Parping Ponies has a trip at a theme park, The Ninja Handyman comes and accidentally-on-purpose ruin everything and Melville dances to "Massage" by Trey Songz
. Wretch 32
guest stars.
Episode 4: Summer Suckerz: A new summer special is unleashed! The Street Rappers raps two freestyles of "Boarding Pass/Shame" by Wiz Khalifa
, the dinosaurs meet some Astrosaurs
, Dr. Inosaur eats another human. Newcomer Young Inventor builds a kickflip-o-coaster, and Melville dances to "I'm Beamin'" by Lupe Fiasco
.
Episode 5: Back 2 School - How people hate going back to school. The Street Rappers rap about school, The Master Handyman comes to help every family, the dinosaurs come skateboarding around the volcano, not realizing they are going to burn, The Two Astronauts submits a Jerk
contest, Young Inventor makes a dance more than jerking and finally Melville dances to Bluku Bluku by D Double E.
The show is usually 15 minutes. But, now is going to be 21 minutes. The season will have 45 episodes. The pilot episode (as a season premiere) will air on August 20, 2011, leaving the series to air on September 10, 2011. It will air in the US on 20 September on Cartoon Network
. New characters will enter the third season like Young Inventor. A movie might be planned with Atlantic Movies.
Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit...
.
Sketches
The show typically begins with a Nose Picker sketch, in which a girl named Olivia pulls out an object from her nose. From then on, several sketches (typically one of each type of sketch) are then played out to fill the remainder of the show, culminating with the June Spume and Melville sketch, in which a girl by the name of June Spume uses her body parts to produce music, such as her eyebrowEyebrow
The eyebrow is an area of thick, delicate hairs above the eye that follows the shape of the lower margin of the brow ridges of some mammals. Their main function is to prevent sweat, water, and other debris from falling down into the eye socket, but they are also important to human communication and...
s as a guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, which accompanies the show's theme music as the show ends. In the second series, however, only Melville appears, featuring in a parody of a number of musical genres before the theme begins. The nose picker girl still appears though. In the second series the 2D sketches did not return and the show went completely 3D. Also, in the second series, the 3D format is slightly different from the previous because of the different shape of the characters' eyes, the short depth of their heads and the huge shading on them not showing the glossy surface of their appearance.
Other sketches on Planet Sketch include:
3-D Cartoons
- The Ninja Handyman, where a family resorts to the help of a ninjaNinjaA or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...
to solve everyday mundane problems (such as using a rolling pinRolling pinthumb|A wooden "roller" type rolling pinA rolling pin is a cylindrical food preparation utensil used to shape and flatten dough. Two styles of rolling pins are found; roller and rods. Roller types consists of a thick cylindrical roller with small handles at each end; rod type rolling pins are...
to squeeze the last few dollops of toothpasteToothpasteToothpaste is a paste or gel dentifrice used with a toothbrush as an accessory to clean and maintain the aesthetics and health of teeth. Toothpaste is used to promote oral hygiene: it serves as an abrasive that aids in removing the dental plaque and food from the teeth, assists in suppressing...
from its tube). In the first season, the family liked Ninja handyman, but in the second season, the family always gets really annoyed when Ninja Handyman comes. In the first season, Ninja Handyman works hard in anything he does, in the second season, Ninja Handyman is lazy. - Japanese Fighting Fish, where three fish (claiming to be "real hard" Japanese fighting fish) bully another (typically much larger) fish that is cohabiting in the same tank, or another sea creature or an item, only for the other fish, object or sea creature to retaliate in kind.
- Parping Ponies, where a horse named Horace and his aunt Hortense try to avoid embarrassment that usually results from Horace's flatulenceFlatulenceFlatulence is the expulsion through the rectum of a mixture of gases that are byproducts of the digestion process of mammals and other animals. The medical term for the mixture of gases is flatus, informally known as a fart, or simply gas...
problem. Sometimes Horace's Aunt has flatulence also. - Timbo and Mr. Hives, where a boy tries in vain to avoid his evil teddy bear, which he claims to have outgrown. Mr. Hives inevitably reappears with the ominous catchphrase of "Huggy, huggy!" He appears in all manner of places, including in the ketchup bottle, behind garden gnomes and on TV.
- Napkin Squirrel, where a storyteller tells the story of a paper (origamiOrigamiis the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form...
) squirrel and what it considers fun — those that harm the squirrel in any way, shape, or form are said to be "no fun at all". - Dr. Inosaur, a dinosaur doctor who tries to eat his patients.
- Captain Gagtastic, where the namesake supervillain terrorizes a family by repeating anti-jokesAnti-humorAnti-humor is a type of indirect humor that involves the joke-teller delivering something which is deliberately not funny, or lacking in intrinsic meaning. The audience is expecting something humorous, and when this does not happen, the irony itself is of comedic value. Anti-humor is also the basis...
. - Rude Limerick Boy, where a boy shows up on stage to perform a limerick, in which the limerick's last word is typically unsuitable for the audience, so he is interrupted before saying it, usually by an object from his limerick.
- Mad Dad Scientist, where a father pretends to be a mad scientist about to finish an invention, only to be interrupted by his son, which at the same time reveals that the father was simply repairing a common household item, or doing a household task, such as getting a spiderSpiderSpiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
out of the bathtubBathtubA bath , bathtub , or tub is a large container for holding water in which a person may bathe . Most modern bathtubs are made of acrylic or fiberglass, but alternatives are available in enamel over steel or cast iron, and occasionally waterproof finished wood...
. - Gnaughty Gnomes, where a passerby is enamoured by a set of lawn gnomes, only to faint in shock when they discover that the gnomes are alive and acting in a typically destructive manner.
- News Reporters, where news anchors Mike Today and Sally Van have gender wars by taking shots at the opposite gender. At the end of the sketch it is revealed that the two have a crush on each other. In the second season, this changes with the characters sharing the same views as their news reports.
- Street Rappers, where a group of three street rappers do something in a manner that is completely different from their image (mostly babyish or young kids things), only to be caught by an innocent bystander, who is one of the members of the Ninja Handyman family. In the second season, they would rap like normal and one of them would say something stupid and the other two would exclaim.
- Why the dinosaurs died out, a take on why dinosaurs became extinct "60 million years ago last Tuesday".
- June Spume a person who plays instruments with various parts of her body.
2-D Cartoons
- My Mother the Armchair, where a teenage girl consistently becomes embarrassed by her mother: a yellow armchair with a purse.
- Swapsy, where the same teenage girl from My Mother the Armchair tries to swap an array of miscellaneous objects for an item that she sees with a random person (e.g.: the mother of a small boy)
- Only Joking where a young boy asks his father why something happens (e.g.: why bees collect honey) and his father jokingly replies with fictional comments (e.g.: Only honey bees collect honey, it's the brain bees you should look out for) which usually results with the boy running away screaming and the father saying "Only joking, son! Dear, oh dear". However, the father's "joke" turn out to be true during the last sketch shown in each episode, and it backfires on him.
- Arla and Larla Where two girls tell their mother a crazy false story about why one of them, for example poured water on the other, only to be caught out for a small detail such as where a certain bus stops.
- Okay Coach, I'm ready! Where a boy named Nathan dresses up in a sports costume only to find he's doing the wrong sport as indicated by the coach.
- Alien Gameshow An extraterrestrial gameshow featuring aliens that talk gibberish alien language. The host gives a question to the four alien-robot contestants and when they got the answer wrong, they lose a point and get tortured. If they got it right they get a point.
- Dragon Burping Contest A game show where two dragons must overpower each other and gain points by burping.
Second Season New Characters
The second season adds new characters. 2D segments and other 3D characters disappeared, such as the garden gnomes and the teddy. In addition, characters dance between segments OR the Planet Sketch sign is shown with a gag. Here are the new characters:- The Two Astronauts These two men are always in the cockpit of their spaceship and have problems with their computer who acts as a human or acts stupidly.
- The Hypno Poodle It always gets what it wants, because he hypnotizes people, and mostly its owners into doing animal things.
- Master Handyman Ninja Handyman's counterpart, white-dressed and really more helpful than the normal Handyman.
- Melville He replaces the last sketch. He is a cat working as a janitor but when lights turn off, he starts dancing. The song always differs each episode, from Country to Pop. In the third season, he goes, R&B to DubstepDubstepDubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....
or Hip-Hop to GrimeGrime (music)Grime is a style of music that emerged from Bow, East London, England in the early 2000s, primarily as a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop...
Reception
The reception to the second series shows a considerable dislike of the changes.Third season
On September 22, 2010, Aardman AnimationsAardman Animations
Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit...
and Decode Entertainment planned that a new season will be aired on the CITV
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
Channel featuring new parts like The Two Astronauts on a space rollercoaster, and Melville dancing to "Give It Up
Give It Up (Twista song)
"Give It Up" is the first single from Twista's album Adrenaline Rush 2007. The song features Pharrell. The edited version of the song is called "Live It Up."-Music video:...
" by Twista
Twista
Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds...
. It will be also be produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment
Nerd Corps Entertainment
Nerd Corps Entertainment is a Canadian computer animation studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, founded by former Mainframe Entertainment producers Asaph Fipke and Chuck Johnson in 2002. The studio is best known for producing the animated series Dragon Booster, as well as Storm Hawks...
and Studio B Productions
Studio B Productions
DHX Media Vancouver is a Canadian animation studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada.-Studio B Productions original shows:*The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers...
. The season will air on September 10, 2011. It will also air on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
in the UK as a world premiere. It will air in the U.S. As in 2005, it will have an original production with Teletoon. The third season will be known as Planet Sketch: Reloaded! Here are the episodes they are going to show:
Episode 1: Just the Beginning - The Street Rappers rap in Milton Keynes, The Two Astronauts are on a space rollercoaster, The Parping Ponies go to a farting contest, The Nose Picker gets a flying bike for her birthday and Melville dances to "Xs and Os" by Jeremih
Jeremih
Jeremiah Felton who performs under the mononym Jeremih , is an American recording artist and producer signed to Def Jam Recordings. Jeremih's debut single, "Birthday Sex" , peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100...
.
Episode 2: A Disaster Episode Sketch: The Street Rappers raps a freestyle of "Invincible" by Tinie Tempah
Tinie Tempah
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu , better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit...
& Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child...
, Dr. Inosaur eats every people at the hospital, The Parping Ponies has a celebration of the Farting contest, The Two Astronauts sing in a talent show and Melville dances to "Illusion" by Tinie Tempah
Tinie Tempah
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu , better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit...
.
Episode 3: A Disaster Episode Sketch - Part 2: The Street Rappers has a celebration, Dr. Inosaur has a date with another humanity dinosaur, Dinosaur Dash still continues, Planet Sketch fans! The gang go on a scary rollercoaster, The Nose Picker flies her bicycle to New England, The Parping Ponies has a trip at a theme park, The Ninja Handyman comes and accidentally-on-purpose ruin everything and Melville dances to "Massage" by Trey Songz
Trey Songz
Tremaine "Trey" Aldon Neverson , better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005, while his second album, Trey Day, was released in 2007...
. Wretch 32
Wretch 32
Jermaine Scott , better known by his stage name Wretch 32 , is a Black British rapper and former Grime MC from Tottenham, London where he grew up the son of a local reggae DJ in the Tiverton Estate. He was a member of the grime collective "Combination Chain Gang", before forming The Movement with...
guest stars.
Episode 4: Summer Suckerz: A new summer special is unleashed! The Street Rappers raps two freestyles of "Boarding Pass/Shame" by Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa
Cameron Jibril Thomaz , better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa , is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007...
, the dinosaurs meet some Astrosaurs
Astrosaurs
Astrosaurs is a series of children's science fiction novels written by Steve Cole. The main characters are space-going dinosaurs. The series are published by Random House. The first two Astrosaurs books were released on 1 February 2005. The Teeth of the T. Rex was a special edition book written...
, Dr. Inosaur eats another human. Newcomer Young Inventor builds a kickflip-o-coaster, and Melville dances to "I'm Beamin'" by Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco , better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco , is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Lupe is the CEO of 1st and 15th Entertainment. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his critically acclaimed debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food...
.
Episode 5: Back 2 School - How people hate going back to school. The Street Rappers rap about school, The Master Handyman comes to help every family, the dinosaurs come skateboarding around the volcano, not realizing they are going to burn, The Two Astronauts submits a Jerk
Jerk
In physics, jerk, also known as jolt , surge and lurch, is the rate of change of acceleration; that is, the derivative of acceleration with respect to time, the second derivative of velocity, or the third derivative of position...
contest, Young Inventor makes a dance more than jerking and finally Melville dances to Bluku Bluku by D Double E.
The show is usually 15 minutes. But, now is going to be 21 minutes. The season will have 45 episodes. The pilot episode (as a season premiere) will air on August 20, 2011, leaving the series to air on September 10, 2011. It will air in the US on 20 September on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
. New characters will enter the third season like Young Inventor. A movie might be planned with Atlantic Movies.
Third Season New Characters
Since they are going to have a bit different sketches, here are a few new sketches:- Shuffle Guy, a boy who would shuffle to music by LMFAOLMFAO (group)LMFAO is an American electro pop duo consisting of rappers, producers, dancers, and DJs Redfoo and SkyBlu . The group formed in 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Redfoo is SkyBlu's uncle. Redfoo is also the son of music mogul Berry Gordy, SkyBlu a grandson...
. He could be found shuffling under his bed, where it could take him to a concert to perform his shuffling. - The Turkey Jerky Kids, where a gang of rascals try to steal some Turkey Jerky from the shop, but always ends up getting arrested by police.
- Super Handyman, a ninja who is more extra-helpful than The 2 Handymen and he is never too late to help. He is like a superhero and also helps people and he is never lazy.
- Roller-Club, where people try to "awesomize" their school to a roller-club.
Airing History
- Australia
- ABCAustralian Broadcasting CorporationThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
- Cartoon Network Australia
- ABC
- Brazil
- Cartoon NetworkCartoon NetworkCartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
- Cartoon Network
- Britain
- CITVCITVCITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
- CITV
- Canada
- Teletoon
- Croatia
- NickelodeonNickelodeon (Croatia)Nickelodeon Croatia is a Croatian TV Channel.It is broadcasting Croatia but also in Montenegro,and Bulgaria.Nickelodeon Croatia is just Nickelodeon Europe....
- Nickelodeon
- Denmark
- TV2
- France
- Nickelodeon
- Ireland
- RTE TwoRTÉ TwoRTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...
- RTE Two
- Latin America
- Cartoon NetworkCartoon NetworkCartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
- Cartoon Network
- Mexico
- Once TVOnce TVOnce TV México, Spanish for México Eleven TV is a Mexican educational broadcast television network owned by Instituto Politecnico Nacional. The network's flagship station is XEIPN channel 11 in Mexico, Distrito Federal. It broadcasts across Mexico through local television affiliates, cable...
- Once TV
- Netherlands
- JetixJetixJetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
- Jetix
- Philippines
- Cartoon NetworkCartoon NetworkCartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
- Cartoon Network
- Scandinavia
- JetixJetixJetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
- Jetix
- Sweden
- SVT1SVT1SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
- BarnkanalenBarnkanalenSVTB is a channel from Sveriges Television dedicated to children's programming.-History:Barnkanalen started broadcasting on 23 December 2002. During its first year it was only available from 6.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on weekdays. The channel also took a "summer vacation" between 23 May and 18 August...
- JetixJetixJetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
- SVT1
- Turkey
- JetixJetixJetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
- Jetix
- USA
- Nicktoons (airs segments and end credits on Shorts in a BunchShorts in a BunchShorts in a Bunch is a Nicktoons variety series. The show first premiered on September 23, 2007 and ended on January 27, 2008. The show ended will decreasing viewers, which Nicktoons canceled...
and will be airing on Cartoon NetworkCartoon NetworkCartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
on September 20, 2011).
- Nicktoons (airs segments and end credits on Shorts in a Bunch
- Poland
- JetixJetixJetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
- Jetix
- Romania
- JetixJetixJetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
- Jetix
- Russia
- JetixJetixJetix was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand was used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming. It was also what Disney eventually turned Fox Kids into...
- Jetix