JBVO, Toon FM & Viva Las Bravo (partially found interstitials from Cartoon Network channel blocks; early-mid 2000s)

Title card for JBVO.

Status: Partially Found

JBVO: Your All Request Cartoon Show was a spin-off of Johnny Bravo that ran on Sundays for one season from February 9th, 2000, and according to a TV guide column in an Oregon newspaper, as late as August 26th, 2001.^[1] It was a programming block hosted by Johnny, who would take in viewer requests on which cartoons to air, sometimes alongside some infrequent Cartoon Network guests like Chicken (from Cow & Chicken). They would be requested through write-ins to the show, phone calls, or through the Cartoon Network website. The requests could be one episode of any cartoon show from Cartoon Network's library, with the exception of half-hour shows. There was one instance [Episode 6 "I've Been Practicing"] where a caller by the name of "Jennifer" requested an episode of Dragon Ball Z, but due to it being a 30 minute episode Johnny called an apologized that he wouldn't be able to play the full episode, but would compromise and play her favorite episode but "fast forward through some of it." This led to the episode being played at approximately 60 times the speed (the "episode" lasts 30 seconds) with Johnny giving commentary over what is being shown. Later on in the episode the 7 minute Looney Tunes short Rhapsody Rabbit was played. One possible reason for why this happened so early into the show's production (episode 6) was because Cartoon Network was receiving a lot of requests for 30 minute cartoons that wouldn't work in the format of JBVO (two 11 minute segments of unrelated cartoons) and this showed why cartoons had to be 11 minutes or shorter. Part of what made this gag possible is the other requested cartoon (Rhapsody Rabbit); with it being 7 minutes in length instead of 11 minutes, this left 4 minutes of show time to fill making this the proper time to do a bit about condensing a 30 minute cartoon episode within a 30 minute show.

Like The Moxy Show, it was another one of Cartoon Network's attempts at a hosted cartoon show and was close to having a "live" cartoon character, and it also ironically premiered shortly after The Moxy Show had ended (in fact, the day after reruns of said show's episodes ended). And like The Moxy Show, it was arguably unsuccessful, lasting a single season in episodes for a year, before cancellation. It's also received little in the way of resurfacing; nothing of it has been seen on the airwaves since and because the episodes may have only aired on their initial premiere (possibly, as they would have their own air date said and were properly "call-in" based like real talk shows) it can be presumed that they wouldn't have been on the air long enough for most people to record. Very little else of it exists online, besides a few episodes, segments, and promos.

In the United Kingdom and other countries, there was Toon FM, which also involved Johnny Bravo hosting a morning show. Assets from JBVO were re-used and Marc Silk, Johnny's UK voice actor, provided the character's voice in English. The block also starred Brak from Space Ghost as a co-host, along with occasional appearances from the Brakettes. Only a few promos and segments have been found. In late 2001, there was an event entitled Toon FM: Live from Tokyo. This included a cartoon Godzilla giving the weather, prizes to be won and karaoke sung by Johnny and Brak. All that is knowingly available from the event is a commercial for it.

Similarly, a spin-off of the spin-off itself would be Viva Las Bravo, aired as a summer programming block, in certain European variants of Cartoon Network in 2005 and 2006. Every day, Johnny would announce three cartoons for voting through either email or CartoonNetworkHQ.net to then be shown the next day for two hours, while he would also constantly appear in commercial breaks, either cracking jokes or answering emails and phone calls. Only a few promos have been found for this block.

On Marc Silk's website, a past role is listed as "Cartoon Network JBVO" and an acting reel^[2] of his displays Johnny Bravo imagery, one of which says "The Big Bravo" and "JBVO Live" and the other featuring the Toon FM logo multiple times in the background. This confirms that Silk provided the voice of Johnny for all European blocks in English.

JBVO Episode Guide

#	Air Date	Title	Status
1	2/9/2000	WBVO Pilot	Found
2	4/9/2000	Is My Hair High Enough?	Found
3	4/16/2000	I'm The Magic Man	Found
4	4/23/2000	Wait For The Count	Found
5	4/30/2000	Mr. Excitement	Found
6	5/7/2000	I've Been Practicing (DBZ EP)	Found
7	5/14/2000	Celebrate Your Mama	Found
8	5/21/2000	Show #8	Lost
9	5/28/2000	Show #9	Lost
10	6/11/2000	Show #10	Lost
11	6/18/2000	Show #11	Lost
12	6/25/2000	Show #12	Lost
13	7/2/2000	Show #13	Lost
14	7/9/2000	Show #14	Lost
15	7/16/2000	Show #15	Lost
16	7/23/2000	Show #16	Lost
17	9/3/2000	Show #17	Lost
18	9/10/2000	Show #18	Partially Found
19	9/17/2000	Show #19	Lost
20	9/24/2000	Show #20	Lost
21	10/1/2000	Show #21	Lost
22	10/8/2000	Show #22	Lost
23	10/15/2000	Your Mama	Found
24	11/12/2000	I'm Glad You Dig It	Found
25	11/5/2000	Hour Special	Found
26	11/12/2000	Show #26 JBVO Weekend Marathon	Lost
27	1/7/2001	Talkin To The Goldie	Found
28	1/14/2001	You Say It I Spray It	Found

JBVO Airing Schedule

#	Air Date	Title	Status
0	12/27/1999	Pilot	Lost
1	4/2/2000	Show #1	Lost
2	4/9/2000	Is My Hair High Enough?	Lost
3	4/16/2000	I'm the Magic Man	Lost
4	4/23/2000	Wait for the Count	Lost
5	4/30/2000	Mr. Excitement	Lost
6	5/7/2000	I've Been Practicing	Lost
7	5/14/2000	Celebrate Your Mama	Found
8	5/21/2000	Extensions	Lost
9	5/28/2000	All Request Cartoon	Lost
10	6/11/2000	Show #10	Lost
11	6/18/2000	It's Gotta Be In A Cone	Lost
12	6/25/2000	I Was Born Ready	Lost
13	7/2/2000	You Sound Down (Attached to "Scooby Double Feature.")	Lost
14	7/9/2000	Show #14 (Premiere episode without a unique JBVO segment, paired with #13 in reruns.)	Lost
15	7/16/2000	5,4,3, Hoo-Ha	Lost
16	7/23/2000	ROKKEN LIKE DOKKEN	Lost
17	9/3/2000	DONNY WHO??	Lost
18	9/10/2000	TROUBLE IN TOWNSVILLE	Partially Found
19	9/17/2000	Take Your Chicken To Work	Lost
20	9/24/2000	I.R. On Show First	Lost
21	10/1/2000	President Scooby	Found
22	10/8/2000	My Girlfriend	Found
23	10/15/2000	Rowdy JBVO	Lost
24	10/22/2000	Show #24 (This was a rerun or a premiere episode without a unique JBVO segment.)	Found
25	11/5/2000	Show #25	Lost
26	11/12/2000	Show #26	Lost
27	12/3/2000	Show #27	Lost
28	12/9/2000	JBVO Weekend Marathon	Lost
30	12/10/2000	JBVO Weekend Movie Marathon	Lost
31	12/31/2000	Show #28 (A rerun or Episode 26.)	Lost
32	1/7/2001	Show #29	Lost
33	1/14/2001	You Say It I Spray It	Partially Found
34	1/21/2001	Show #31 (A rerun, Episode 29, or a premiere episode without a unique JBVO segment.)	Lost
42	3/18/2001	Show #?? (A rerun of "My Girlfriend")	Partially Found
??	6/?/2001	Show #??	Partially Found
65	8/26/2001	Show #?? (Last Episode)	Lost

Gallery

Images

Multiple listings for a JBVO marathon on 12/9/00 (Ohio's Plain Dealer TV Guide).
The start of a caller's Turner Studios VHS tape copy of the first segment of episode 28, "You Say It, I Spray It".