Hoops&Yoyo
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Hoops & Yoyo are a pair of animated characters featured on Hallmark Cards
. The website features E-card
s, animated episodes, an "Ask hoops&yoyo" section, desktop and phone wallpapers, audio snippets, IM icons, fan photos, interactive monthly calendars, blog, podcast, games, and merchandise available for purchase. The storylines center around two main characters: Hoops, a pink cat, and Yoyo, a green rabbit, and also feature a few other humorous characters joining them. Hoops and Yoyo tend to get overexcited and commonly start yelling or talking really fast. They both love coffee, cookies, and any treat. They like to do anything that's fun. They're always happy, and always try to have fun no matter what happens.
Marshy also appears in Hoops and Yoyo's nightmares.
in November and December 2009 and 2010 as part of a special movie night. This is the first time that Hallmark Cards and Hallmark Channel have collaborated.On November 25, 2011, Hallmark, for the CBS
network, made a Christmas TV special with the Hoops&Yoyo characters, entitled Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas
.
-themed Hoops&Yoyo "talking" graduation card off shelves after members of the Los Angeles
, California
chapter of the NAACP
claimed that it contained a racist message. The greeting card contained the words: "And you black holes -- you're so ominous! And you planets? Watch your back!" However, the Los Angeles NAACP members felt that the card was offensive because "black holes" sounded like "black whores
" in the recording. Hallmark denied that the card was in any way racist, but pulled it from its stores nonetheless.
Hallmark Cards
Hallmark Cards is a privately owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce C. Hall, Hallmark is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts....
. The website features E-card
E-card
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s, animated episodes, an "Ask hoops&yoyo" section, desktop and phone wallpapers, audio snippets, IM icons, fan photos, interactive monthly calendars, blog, podcast, games, and merchandise available for purchase. The storylines center around two main characters: Hoops, a pink cat, and Yoyo, a green rabbit, and also feature a few other humorous characters joining them. Hoops and Yoyo tend to get overexcited and commonly start yelling or talking really fast. They both love coffee, cookies, and any treat. They like to do anything that's fun. They're always happy, and always try to have fun no matter what happens.
Hoops
Hoops is a pink cat who is often rather hyperactive. His relationship to Yoyo is in some ways like a friend and in others like a big brother. For example, he sometimes hides chocolates from Yoyo and says "tigers" stole them.Yoyo
Yoyo is a green rabbit. He is excitable and prone to mistakes. Sometimes he has a big role in the card where he only talks, but sometimes he just talks after Hoops.Marshy
Marshy is a marshmallow monster that antagonizes Hoops and Yoyo.Marshy also appears in Hoops and Yoyo's nightmares.
Television
The characters were used on the Hallmark ChannelHallmark Channel
The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...
in November and December 2009 and 2010 as part of a special movie night. This is the first time that Hallmark Cards and Hallmark Channel have collaborated.On November 25, 2011, Hallmark, for the CBS
CBS
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network, made a Christmas TV special with the Hoops&Yoyo characters, entitled Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas
Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas
Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas is an American 2011 Christmas TV special that aired on CBS on November 25, 2011. It features the Hallmark Cards characters Hoops&Yoyo and is animated in Flash.-Plot:Hoops, Yoyo and Piddles are having fun during the holidays...
.
Albums
In December 2005, Hallmark released a Hoops&Yoyo holiday CD entitled Jingle Jingle Wiggle. It features both vocal and instrumental music. All of the music is played by Yoyo. The CD also features the animated short "A Bongo Christmas." They have also released a CD entitled One Donut a Day! on July 1, 2007. It includes 19 short songs.Banned Graduation Card
In 2010, Hallmark pulled an astronomyAstronomy
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-themed Hoops&Yoyo "talking" graduation card off shelves after members of the Los Angeles
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, California
California
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chapter of the NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to...
claimed that it contained a racist message. The greeting card contained the words: "And you black holes -- you're so ominous! And you planets? Watch your back!" However, the Los Angeles NAACP members felt that the card was offensive because "black holes" sounded like "black whores
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" in the recording. Hallmark denied that the card was in any way racist, but pulled it from its stores nonetheless.