Tommy Tukyuk

In the year 2000, the cartoon Yvon of the Yukon first aired. Is this a cartoon for kids? Yes? No? Maybe? It’s one of those shows that parents will like the adult references and the kids will like the fart jokes.

I could tell you the premise but why not let the theme music do that for me.

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Yes, a French explorer gets lost and frozen for 300 years, and a boy’s dog pees on him and thaws him out in present day. You get what I was talking about earlier.

So in the first season episode, “Fromage to Eternity,” the town of Upyermukluk is having a community potluck dinner. Tommy, Yvon’s best friend and the boy who owns the dog who thawed, is excited because Tommy’s band is going to play at the dinner. Does the band have a name? Not in this episode at least. But it’s a three-piece band and Tommy plays lead guitar.

Yvon is worried because his cooking offended the King of France back in the day, so he says he won’t make anything. However, he finds a 300-year-old wheel of cheddar, so he makes fondue. However however, the cheese has a mold on it that has hallucinogenic properties. So, the town eats up the fondue and all turn into hippies.

Tommy’s bandmate hallucinates that Tommy has turned into a Jimi Hendrix-like musician. And hilarity ensues!