Issue: Volume: 23 Issue: 8 (August 2000)  Cartoon Jockey  By:
Karen Moltenbrey  Cartoon Network's animated host Johnny Bravo
interacts with live callers in real time  First there was the
DJ, and then music videos spawned the "VJ." Now the newest
jockey on the block is Cartoon Network's "CJ," or cartoon
jockey. Cool as he is, it's doubtful that CJ Johnny Bravo will
pose a threat to the livelihood of the MTV veejays-mainly
because unlike them, he's an animated character.  In April,
Cartoon Network installed the 2D Johnny Bravo character as the
host of its new interactive viewer-request show, JBVO, which
airs Sunday evenings. Using a beta version of Kaydara's
(Montreal) FilmBox On-Air product, Bravo fulfills telephone
requests from actual viewers for nostalgic cartoons such as
"Bugs Bunny" and "Scooby-Doo!" pulled from Cartoon Network's
vast library. Before playing the cartoons, though, Bravo
interacts with the caller in real time, performing many of his
signature moves, such as flipping his yo-yo back and forth