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<p class="MsoNormal">In 2004/2005, for the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Disney created a CGI series of promotional interstitial shorts called '''''Toon News''''' that would be aired on Toon Disney. It stared a cowboy-robot-newsreader called Smokey Silvers (who wears boxer shorts and cowboy boots) ably piloting the Toon News blimp that patrolled the skies over Toontown and giving news to the audience following a short, comical, introductory segment. They’d put in clips of airing Toon Disney shows and try to make some kind of “news story” out of it (such as with ''Hercules: The Animated Series''’ maze episode). Also, some way through the series, Smokey’s nephew Spike would come to join him, which he would at first be quite disquieted and scared about (with there being a shock chord as the episode ended) only to later confess in the next episode that he had actually warmed up to the idea, before receiving him through air mail in the introductory segment of another episode. There may have also been a scene with the two hopping through a TV screen only to have Smokey get trapped. It ran for 26 5 minute long episodes (two series) and was screened around the world minus the Pacific. It also appeared as a section of Toon Disney UK’s website.</p>
|image=Toon News title.jpg
|imagecaption=Title card.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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'''''Toon News''''' Is a 2004/2005 CGI series of promotional interstitial shorts that aired on Toon Disney for the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. It starred a cowboy robot newsreader called Smokey Silvers (who wears boxer shorts and cowboy boots) ably piloting the Toon News blimp that patrolled the skies over Toontown and giving news to the audience following a short, comical, introductory segment. They’d put in clips of airing Toon Disney shows and try to make some kind of “news story” out of it (such as with ''Hercules: The Animated Series''’ maze episode). Also, some way through the series, Smokey’s nephew Spike would come to join him, which he would at first be quite disquieted and scared about (with there being a shock chord as the episode ended) only to later confess in the next episode that he had actually warmed up to the idea, before receiving him through air mail in the introductory segment of another episode. There may have also been a scene with the two hopping through a TV screen only to have Smokey get trapped. It ran for 26 5-minute-long episodes (two series) and was screened around the world minus the Pacific. It also appeared as a section of Toon Disney UK’s website.


<p class="MsoNormal">
==Reception==
</p>
It helped Cathy McDonald (writer/director) win both the Best Newcomer Award at Promax Europe 2005 and Young Creative in Europe Award at Promax Athens. She initially researched for it before becoming the director, going on to write and direct all 26 episodes.<ref>https://cathymacdonald.co.nz/index.php/portfolio_page/toon-news-disney-channels/</ref> She also co-created the two characters, to which she created Spike and developed the character of Smokey. Animators who worked on it include Jonny Grew (animation and prop modelling), Nathan Laud and Han Park (at LIME during his 2005-2007 span there, who refers to it as just “Smokey Silvers”), Mark Harrison was the producer, and Stewart Pearson was the executive producer. Smokey was voiced by Lewis Macleod.


<p class="MsoNormal">It was nominated for a BAFTA and helped Cathy McDonald win both the Best (and Creative, unless that was the same award) Newcomer Award at Promax Europe 2005 and Young Creative in Europe Award at Promax Athens (again, unless that was the same award). She initially researched for it before becoming the director, going on to write and direct all 26 episodes. She also co-created the two characters, to which she created Spike and developed the character of Smokey. Animators who worked on it include Jonny Grew (animation and prop modelling), Nathan Laud and Han Park (at LIME during his 2005-2007 span there, who refers to it as just “Smokey Silvers”). Mark Harrison was the producer and Stewart Pearson was the executive producer. Smokey was voiced by Lewis Macleod.</p>
==Status==
<p class="MsoNormal">
Footage from this series online is existent but scarce and in no way completing all 26 five-minute episodes. The opening segment of Smokey Silvers receiving Spike through air mail was uploaded by MacDonald and Harrison as an excerpt from the series. A number of small clips can be seen in a 2004 showreel of Grew’s, while MacDonald’s 2014 showreel contains an opening segment with Smokey and Spike receiving jetpack items. And a Portuguese clip promoting ''Cars'' has also been uploaded.
</p>


<p class="MsoNormal">Footage from this series online is existent, but scarce and in no way completing of all 26 five minute episodes. The opening segment of Smokey Silvers receiving Spike through air mail was uploaded by MacDonald and Harrison as an excerpt from the series. A number of small clips can be seen in a 2004 showreel of Grew’s, while MacDonald’s 2014 showreel contains an opening segment with Smokey and Spike receiving jet pack items. And a Portuguese clip promoting ''Cars'' has also been uploaded.</p>
When asked about uploading any footage of it, Han Park [http://lostmediawiki.com/File:Smokey_Silvers.png said] to possibly contact the two people who ran LIME (“James” and “Nick”) about it. He then [http://lostmediawiki.com/File:Aw_shit.png said] he possibly couldn't go about doing that himself because it's been such a while.


<p class="MsoNormal">
Cathy Macdonald uploaded the first 3 episodes of Toon News to YouTube and plans to upload more episodes in the future. Soon after, another channel named Cathy Macdonald (possibly the same person with a second channel or an entirely different person posing as the show's director) uploaded three more episodes being the fourth and fifth episode of Season One and the seventh episode of Season 2. This means that, with six complete episodes available at the moment, we still need to find 13 episodes.
</p>


<p class="MsoNormal">When asked about uploading any footage of it, Han Park [http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TomRoid/2014andBeyond/smokey_silvers.png said] to possibly contact the two people who ran LIME (“James” and “Nick”) about it. He then [http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TomRoid/2014andBeyond/aw_shit.png said] he possibly couldn't go about doing that himself because it's been such a while.</p>
==Episode List==
===Season 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|1||Episode 1||[https://youtu.be/3QNcp5hzHjA<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|2||Episode 2||[https://youtu.be/IHg47bNE-No<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|3||Episode 3||[https://youtu.be/5FNtL5ObkU4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|4||Episode 4||[https://youtu.be/A47siwt_NAU<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|5||Episode 5||[https://youtu.be/sTJT_igkPtk<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|6||Episode 6||[https://youtu.be/pBIzGjmEtt0<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|7||Episode 7||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|8||Episode 8||[https://youtu.be/RUo0alXoLI0<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|9||Episode 9||[https://youtu.be/4xiHGLzLoTI<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|10||Episode 10||[https://youtu.be/JKYnScHv4WM<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|11||Episode 11||[https://youtu.be/_kjk2ObKU7w<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|12||Episode 12||[https://youtu.be/O5csVa1N3Ek<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|13||Episode 13||[https://youtu.be/DvDeZ05yHjY<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|}
 
===Season 2===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightblue" | #
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
|-
|1||Episode 1||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|2||Episode 2||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|3||Episode 3||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|4||Episode 4||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|5||Episode 5||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|6||Episode 6||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|7||Episode 7||[https://youtu.be/3mRgK9ri-SI<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|8||Episode 8||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|9||Episode 9||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|10||Episode 10||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|11||Episode 11||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|12||Episode 12||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|13||Episode 13||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
 
==Gallery==
==Videos==
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  |description3 =A Portuguese clip promoting Cars.
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  |description4 =An excerpt from the show.
}}
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  |description1 =Clips from the show including Smokey Silvers.
}}
 
==See Also==
===Disney Channel===
*[[101 Dalmatians: The Series (partially found pitch pilot of Disney animated TV series based on animated film; 1996)]]
*[[The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (partially found revival of Disney variety TV series; 1989-1994)]]
*[[Amazing Animals (found Disney Channel educational animated series; 1996-1999)]]
*[[Amphibiland (found pitch pilot of "Amphibia" Disney Channel animated series; 2018)]]
*[[Arwin! (partially found pitch pilot of cancelled spin-off of "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" Disney Channel sitcom; 2007)]]
*[[Bonkers "Fall Apart Bomb Squad" (found episode of Disney Channel animated series; 1993)]]
*[[Country Club (partially lost test pilot of "Big City Greens" Disney Channel adventure-comedy animated series; 2015)]]
*[[Disney Channel Interactive (lost Dish Network game channel; late 2000s)]]
*[[Disney Channel "Disney's One Too" (partially lost "Recess" gags of TV channel block; 1999-2003)]]
*[[Disney Channel "Wand Idents" (partially found bumpers from TV channel; 2003-present)]]
*[[Disney's Coyote Tales (found Disney Channel extended version of "The Coyote's Lament" animated short; 1991)]]
*[[Disney's Doug (found episodes of animated TV series; 1996-1999)]]
*[[Dreamfinders (unproduced Disney Channel series based on "Journey Into Imagination" Epcot ride; 1983)]]
*[[Dumbo's Circus (partially found Disney Channel live-action puppet series; 1985-1986)]]
*[[Fish Hooks (partially found test pilot of Disney Channel animated series; 2009)]]
*[[Going Wild with Jeff Corwin (partially found Disney Channel documentary series; 1997-1999)]]
*[[Gravity Falls (found Comic Con 2012 promo of Disney Channel animated mystery comedy series; 2012)]]
*[[Gravity Falls (found pitch pilot of Disney Channel animated mystery comedy series; 2010)]]
*[[Hannah Montana (lost production material of cancelled anime adaptation of Disney Channel teen sitcom; 2009-2010)]]
*[[Herbie the Lovebug (lost Disney Channel animated pilot; late 1990s-2000s)]]
*[[The Jersey (partially lost Disney Channel sports-themed comedy series; 1999-2004)]]
*[[J.O.N.A.S. (partially found original pilot of "Jonas" Disney Channel comedy series; 2007)]]
*[[Katbot (partially found unreleased Disney Channel animated series; 2005)]]
*[[Lizzie McGuire "Season 3" (lost production material of cancelled season of Disney Channel comedy series; 2020)]]
*[[Minnie Takes Care of Pluto (found Mickey Mouse Works animated short; 2000)]]
*[[Mousercise (partially found Disney Channel exercise series; 1983-1996)]]
*[[Mouseterpiece Theater (partially found Disney Channel cartoon compilation series; 1983-1990)]]
*[[The Owl House (found test animation of Disney Channel animated series; 2017)]]
*[[Pepper Ann (found Disney animated TV series; 1997-2000)]]
*[[Pepper Ann (partially found Nickelodeon pitch pilot of Disney animated series; 1996)]]
*[[Phineas and Ferb "Delivery of Destiny" (partially found Simon Pegg version of Disney Channel animated series episode; 2013)]]
*[[Phineas and Ferb: Spot the Diff (found Disney Channel animated special; 2008)]]
*[[The Proud Family (partially found Nickelodeon pitch pilot of Disney Channel animated sitcom; 1999)]]
*[[Recess "The Break In" (partially found pitch pilot of Disney animated TV series; 1996)]]
*[[Shooting Star Milkshake Bar (found full version of "Phineas and Ferb" song; 2008)]]
*[[Star and the Forces of Evil (found pitch pilot of Disney Channel animated series; 2011)]]
*[[Talespin (lost Phil Harris audio recordings from Disney Channel animated series; 1990)]]
*[[Teen Angel (partially found Disney Channel serial drama; 1989)]]
*[[Welcome to Pooh Corner (partially found Disney Channel live-action puppet series; 1983-1986)]]
*[[What's Stevie Thinking? (lost pitch pilot of cancelled spin-off of "Lizzie McGuire" Disney Channel comedy series; 2005)]]
 
===Playhouse Disney===
*[[Adventures in Nutrition with Captain Carlos (found Playhouse Disney animated short series; 2004-2007)]]
*[[Bear in the Big Blue House (found unaired pilot of Disney Channel puppet series; 1997)]]
*[[Bear in the Big Blue House (found Playhouse Disney puppet series; 1997-2006)]]
*[[The Book of Pooh (found Playhouse Disney puppet series; 2001-2004)]]
*[[Breakfast with Bear (partially found spin-off of "Bear in the Big Blue House" Playhouse Disney puppet series; 2005-2006)]]
*[[Handy Manny (partially found DKP Studios pilot of Playhouse Disney CGI animated series; 2005)]]
*[[Imagination Movers (found pitch pilot of Playhouse Disney series based on children's music group; 2006)]]
*[[Little Einsteins (partially found British dub of Playhouse Disney animated series; 2005-2010)]]
*[[Little Einstein (partially found pitch pilots of Playhouse Disney animated series; 2003-2004)]]
*[[JoJo's Circus (partially lost Playhouse Disney stop-motion animated series; 2003-2007)]]
*[[My Friends Tigger & Pooh (partially found test pilots of Playhouse Disney CGI animated series; 2005/2006)]]
*[[Out of the Box (partially lost Playhouse Disney children's series; 1998-2004)]]
*[[PB&J Otter (found original credits sequences of Playhouse Disney animated series; 1998-2000)]]
*[[Playhouse Disney UK (partially found interstitial material of TV channel block; 1999-2006)]]
*[[Stanley (found pitch pilot of Playhouse Disney animated series; 1999)]]
 
===Disney Junior===
*[[Beverly Hills Chihuahuas (found pitch pilot of cancelled Disney Junior animated adaptation of film series; 2012)]]
*[[Jake's Team Pirate (found pitch pilot of "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" Disney Junior animated series; 2009)]]
*[[Jungle Junction (lost pitch pilots of Disney Junior CGI animated series; 2003-2008)]]
 
===Toon Disney===
*[[Teamo Supremo (partially lost Toon Disney animated series; 2002-2004)]]
 
===Disney XD===
*[[The 7D (found pitch pilot of Disney XD animated series; 2012)]]
*[[Billion Dollar Freshmen (lost pitch pilot of "Lab Rats" Disney XD live-action comedy series; 2010)]]
*[[Commando Crash (lost pitch pilot of cancelled spin-off of "Crash & Bernstein" Disney XD sitcom; 2014)]]
*[[DXP (partially lost Disney XD video game block; 2017)]]
*[[Power Rangers Animated Series (lost Disney XD pilot of animated adaptation of live-action superhero series; existence unconfirmed; 2007-2009)]]
*[[Very Important House (found Disney XD animated pitch pilot; 2016)]]
 
===Other===
*[[Green Monkeys (lost Disney animated pitch pilot; 1999)]]
*[[Kingdom Hearts (found animatic of cancelled Disney animated TV adaptation of game series; 2003)]]
*[[La Chambre Folle (lost French Disney children's TV block; 1998)]]
*[[Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (found English dub of anime series; 2015)]]
*[[The Mouse Factory (found Disney live-action/animated TV series; 1972-1973)]]
*[[Robodz (partially found Disney Toei animated TV series; 2008)]]
*[[The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show (found episodes of Disney animated TV series; 1995)]]
*[[X-Heart (partially found unreleased English dub of "X-Coração" Brazilian animated TV series; 2014)]]
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
[[Category:Lost advertising and interstitial material]]
[[Category:Lost animation]]
[[Category:Lost TV]]
[[Category:Partially found media]]

Latest revision as of 05:20, 6 June 2024

Toon News title.jpg

Title card.

Status: Partially Found

Toon News Is a 2004/2005 CGI series of promotional interstitial shorts that aired on Toon Disney for the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. It starred a cowboy robot newsreader called Smokey Silvers (who wears boxer shorts and cowboy boots) ably piloting the Toon News blimp that patrolled the skies over Toontown and giving news to the audience following a short, comical, introductory segment. They’d put in clips of airing Toon Disney shows and try to make some kind of “news story” out of it (such as with Hercules: The Animated Series’ maze episode). Also, some way through the series, Smokey’s nephew Spike would come to join him, which he would at first be quite disquieted and scared about (with there being a shock chord as the episode ended) only to later confess in the next episode that he had actually warmed up to the idea, before receiving him through air mail in the introductory segment of another episode. There may have also been a scene with the two hopping through a TV screen only to have Smokey get trapped. It ran for 26 5-minute-long episodes (two series) and was screened around the world minus the Pacific. It also appeared as a section of Toon Disney UK’s website.

Reception

It helped Cathy McDonald (writer/director) win both the Best Newcomer Award at Promax Europe 2005 and Young Creative in Europe Award at Promax Athens. She initially researched for it before becoming the director, going on to write and direct all 26 episodes.[1] She also co-created the two characters, to which she created Spike and developed the character of Smokey. Animators who worked on it include Jonny Grew (animation and prop modelling), Nathan Laud and Han Park (at LIME during his 2005-2007 span there, who refers to it as just “Smokey Silvers”), Mark Harrison was the producer, and Stewart Pearson was the executive producer. Smokey was voiced by Lewis Macleod.

Status

Footage from this series online is existent but scarce and in no way completing all 26 five-minute episodes. The opening segment of Smokey Silvers receiving Spike through air mail was uploaded by MacDonald and Harrison as an excerpt from the series. A number of small clips can be seen in a 2004 showreel of Grew’s, while MacDonald’s 2014 showreel contains an opening segment with Smokey and Spike receiving jetpack items. And a Portuguese clip promoting Cars has also been uploaded.

When asked about uploading any footage of it, Han Park said to possibly contact the two people who ran LIME (“James” and “Nick”) about it. He then said he possibly couldn't go about doing that himself because it's been such a while.

Cathy Macdonald uploaded the first 3 episodes of Toon News to YouTube and plans to upload more episodes in the future. Soon after, another channel named Cathy Macdonald (possibly the same person with a second channel or an entirely different person posing as the show's director) uploaded three more episodes being the fourth and fifth episode of Season One and the seventh episode of Season 2. This means that, with six complete episodes available at the moment, we still need to find 13 episodes.

Episode List

Season 1

# Episode Title Status
1 Episode 1 Found
2 Episode 2 Found
3 Episode 3 Found
4 Episode 4 Found
5 Episode 5 Found
6 Episode 6 Found
7 Episode 7 Lost
8 Episode 8 Found
9 Episode 9 Found
10 Episode 10 Found
11 Episode 11 Found
12 Episode 12 Found
13 Episode 13 Found

Season 2

# Episode Title Status
1 Episode 1 Lost
2 Episode 2 Lost
3 Episode 3 Lost
4 Episode 4 Lost
5 Episode 5 Lost
6 Episode 6 Lost
7 Episode 7 Found
8 Episode 8 Lost
9 Episode 9 Lost
10 Episode 10 Lost
11 Episode 11 Lost
12 Episode 12 Lost
13 Episode 13 Lost

Gallery

Videos

A showreel containing various short clips from the show.

A showreel containing a segment from the show.

A Portuguese clip promoting Cars.

An excerpt from the show.

Clips from the show including Smokey Silvers.

See Also

Disney Channel

Playhouse Disney

Disney Junior

Toon Disney

Disney XD

Other

References

  1. ↑ https://cathymacdonald.co.nz/index.php/portfolio_page/toon-news-disney-channels/
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