Common Sense Media Review
Ugly, bizarre cartoon for grade schoolers and up.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 8+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Watch
What's the Story?
YAKKITY YAK relates the adventures of a teenage yak whose life dream is to be a comedian. His best friend is a hyper-intelligent kid with a pineapple for a head, and he lives with Granny Yak, who rents a room to a mad scientist with crazy hair who actually looks remarkably like a pineapple himself. Each 30-minute episode consists of two short segments, in which Yakkity tries to achieve something in the dumbest way possible, his friend Keo tries to rescue him, and both of them usually end up suffering for their schemes in one way or another. The day is never saved, and lessons are never learned.
Is It Any Good?
This cartoon isn't quite ironic, isn't quite clever, and isn't quite funny. It's not a storytelling cartoon, an adventure, or filled with Looney Tunes-style antics. It isn't really quite anything. But it is a mild although mindless program -- there's no excessive violence, no swearing, no sexual overtones. Call it starter junk TV.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about why it's wrong to cheat, since cheating at various games and competitions is a regular part of the series. Probably the most interesting thing to discuss would be the absurdity of the surreal world depicted in the show, in which a yak and a kid with a pineapple head can be best friends. Can kids think of anything more surreal? What?
TV Details
- Premiere date : November 9, 2002
- Cast : Brian Drummond , Lee Tockar , Pam Hyatt
- Network : Nicktoons
- Genre : Kids' Animation
- Topics : Friendship
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- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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