"Yoho!"    "Ahoy!"
 

   Avast, and welcome aboard the Rubber Duck, the roving galleon home of a motley
   crew of baby buccaneers. There's the blustering captain Bilge and Cutlass the pirate,
   first mate Swab, Poop the cabin boy, Jones the engineer, ship's cook Grog, the
   deckhand Plank, beautiful but snooty Booty, young lady Plunder, and the lookout
   known as Crow. Booty has an exotic pink Flamingo friend, and the vessel is also
   home to a crafty Ship's Cat and several Rats. This colourful cast is lost a sea with
   a hold full of plunder and as they drift hither and thither on the ocean waves they
   engage in numerous mishaps, escapades, and diversions, none of which seem
   to ever bring them closer to home!...

   Let's get this straight right now: "Yoho Ahoy" is pure barnacled brilliance. The
   characters and their galleon environment are fabulously designed; an attractive,
   eclectic mix of nursery colours and familiar piratical adornments. But the package
   is topped with a fabulous twist. The characters can only ever speak two words, those
   being "Yoho!" and "Ahoy!" Thus we have wonderful conversations between the decks
   as one character calls out the former and another replies with the latter. You'd be
   surprised at how many different inflections can be given to the words...

   "Yoho Ahoy" was launched upon animated seas by the Consortium of Gentleman,
    otherwise known as COG. The gentlemen in question being Mole Hill, Mark Slater
    and Julian Roberts. Hill and Slater previously worked on the series "P.B. Bear".

   When the show launched on the BBC a number of licensed products hit stores,
   including fabulous beanies and plush toys from Tomy. Sadly, though, these are
   no longer available...
    
 

   Awards

    2001 - Banff Television Festival Rockie Award: Best Animation
              for "Yoho Ahoy: Buzz with Jones"