JBVO

JBVO (short for JBVO: Your All Request Cartoon Show) is a short-lived spin-off of Cartoon Network original cartoon Johnny Bravo that adds in interaction. Hosted by Johnny Bravo (voiced by Jeff Bennett), in a half-hour show that is designed like a sort of request show, where Johnny plays cartoons requested by viewers sending either letters, phone calls, or e-mails. Each episode is day sensetive, as to add to the illusion of a cartoon character hosting a live request show (despite the fact that the phone calls are pre-recorded and the letters are sent), and possibly as a result of this, the show was never re-aired after cancellation (as Johnny announces the day the episode aired, as well as Johnny calling some of the requesters, which may also have sone legal hoops to jump through).

Each episode has Johnny doing new lines, and even joined by another cartoon co-star (one episode has Scooby-Doo, who argues with Johnny about Daphne loving him). The cartoons that play are the shorter ones, from the classic Looney Tunes and Hannah-Barbera cartoons to the newer Cartoon Cartoons (as the show is half-hour, it only allows such short episodes), but one episode actually has a viewer requests Dragonball Z, which is a half hour show, and because of that, Johnny calls her and tells her he can't show a full episode, but decides to show clips from an episode in fast forward with his own commentary, showing he is willing to bend the rules once in a while (and even apologizes for the inconvenience). Sadly, the show was cancelled after a handful of episodes due to low ratings, and because of the nature of the show, most of the episodes are lost media (with some episodes having been found). But this is an underrated show that allowed kids to talk to a cartoon character and request their favorite cartoon shorts.

I like this show in a way because it has the hilarious Johnny Bravo. This is where J.B. fans write to JBVO and ask Johnny if they could play their favorite cartoon episode and sometimes he responds to other kids letters by calling them (think of the chances of that happening). That is the part of the show that I dislike. You know that their are a lot of young Johnny Bravo fans out there and you know that there are probably a lot of kids who get sad because they didn't get called by Johnny B. I would recommend for kids to settle for the original Johnny Bravo show because the chances are very slim that J.B. will call you!