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==Timeline==
==Timeline==
<!--====2004====
Their own site, (hoopsandyoyo.com) debuted on May 24th, 2004 and quickly built a dedicated following. By 2005, 3 million visitors had come to the hoops&yoyo home page, and the numbers continued to increase since then.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080915103238/http://corporate.hallmark.com/Product/hoops-And-yoyo</ref>


More merch started to be produced in 2004-2005, such as [[Luggage Tags|luggage tags]], [[2004 T-Shirt|T-shirts]], [[2004 Plushies|plushies]] and etc.
====2005====
In 2005, [[Mike Adair]], started animating E-Cards, which the first ever E-Card animated by himself, was [[Just a Fly By Hi!]], and designing some hoops&yoyo contents.
Also that same year, the Jingle Wiggle Wiggle! CD was produced, featuring Makuza and released in December.
====2006====
Starting in 2006, hoops&yoyo started gaining more popularity because of a [[Million Of Thank You's|certain million of thanks e-card]] was being widespread, and it was the year when they first appeared on [[YouTube]], and the official creation of the channel in that same year.
*In the same year, [[Hallmark Cards]] created [[Greeting Cards|physical cards]] that had speakers that spoke and sang to the recipient. Hoops & Yoyo became a popular subject for these sound cards until being discontinued in 2015. Of course, several of these cards are still sold in stores, but no new ones are being produced.
*Briefly collaborating with the 2005 founded company [[Smilebox]], [[Hallmark Cards]] made custom E-Cards where users could insert their photos into a Flash Interactive photo album in 2006. This continued until the mid 2010s. Smilebox is still active to this day.
====2007====
*In 2007, [[Celebrations]], a collaboration between the Celebrations chocolate bar and hoops&yoyo started. Celebrations is a popular brand offering mini versions of iconic chocolate bars like Mars, Snickers, and Twix. This collaboration took place in the Netherlands back in 2007. It had [[Celebrations#Buttons|pin buttons]], and of course, candy.
*In that same year, Hallmark introduced its first collection of hoops&yoyo gift products in the United States, which are sold in Hallmark Gold Crown® stores.
====2008====
In 2008, the hoopsandyoyo.com landing page, was overhauled. It now featured updated homepages from 2008-2015, new series called [[The Studio|the studio]].
A brief period in time where Hallmark Humor promoted jokes and humor on their site centering around comedians like Chris Rock, cartoon characters like the Simpsons, and even US Politics. Hoops & Yoyo hosted this part of the website and were even featured in [[Commercials#Turn_Up_The_Funny|commercials]]. This went on from early 2008 until sometime in 2010.
The [[UK Site|UK site]] (hoopsandyoyo.co.uk) was introduced to the public. It had games, contests, and UK E-Cards.
The [[Russian Site|Russian site]], (hoopsandyoyo.ru) was also introduced where you could send e-cards and photos.
====2009====
====2010====
====2011====
====2012====
====2013====
====2014====
====2015====
The [[Tubecast - the Valentine's day edition|last podcast]] happended in 12th of February, 2015.
2015 was also the year where [[Bob Holt]] was fired from Hallmark in June 5th, 2015. No reason was given other than that hoops&yoyo did not fit into the "humor" that Hallmark wanted.
====2017====
The last ever official piece of HYY content was released in 2017, a [[Year Of Niiice!|2017, 12 month calendar]].
====2018-2020====
====2024====
Nothing much has happended, but the [[You are Wonderful]] is the only remaining [[Greeting Cards|greeting card]] available on Hallmark's site, still available in 2025.
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===1999/2001?===
===1999/2001?===
*[[Yoyo]], the first ever character was created and it's following [[The Adventures Of The Green Bunny|test animation]] also was made.
*[[Yoyo]], the first ever character was created and it's following [[The Adventures of The Green Bunny|test animation]] also was made.


===2001===
===2001===
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*A tutorial for [[Gift Wish Certificate|gift wish certificates]] was made and features [[Hoops]] and [[Yoyo]] showing off how to send a gift wish certificates.
*A tutorial for [[Gift Wish Certificate|gift wish certificates]] was made and features [[Hoops]] and [[Yoyo]] showing off how to send a gift wish certificates.
===2003===
===2003===
*The first ever downloadable content was a [[2003 September Calendar|2003 September calendar]].


====Misc====
====Misc====
*Sometime in this year, the titular characters [[Hoops|Pink Kitty]] [[Yoyo|Green Bunny]] names were changed to [[Hoops]] and [[Yoyo]].
*Sometime in this year, the titular characters [[Hoops|Pink Kitty]] [[Yoyo|Green Bunny]] names were changed to [[Hoops]] and [[Yoyo]].
====2004====
*Their own site, (hoopsandyoyo.com) debuted on May 24th, 2004 and quickly built a dedicated following. By 2005, 3 million visitors had come to the hoops&yoyo home page, and the numbers continued to increase since then.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080915103238/http://corporate.hallmark.com/Product/hoops-And-yoyo</ref>
More merch started to be produced in 2004-2005, such as [[Luggage Tags|luggage tags]], [[2004 T-Shirt|T-shirts]], [[2004 Plushies|plushies]] and etc.
====2005====
*In 2005, [[Mike Adair]], started animating E-Cards, which the first ever E-Card animated by himself, was [[Just a Fly By Hi!]], and designing some hoops&yoyo contents.
Also that same year, the Jingle Wiggle Wiggle! CD was produced, featuring Makuza and released in December.
====2006====
*Starting in 2006, hoops&yoyo started gaining more popularity because of a [[Million Of Thank You's|certain million of thanks e-card]] was being widespread, and it was the year when they first appeared on [[YouTube]], and the official creation of the channel in that same year.
*In the same year, [[Hallmark Cards]] created [[Greeting Cards|physical cards]] that had speakers that spoke and sang to the recipient. Hoops & Yoyo became a popular subject for these sound cards until being discontinued in 2015. Of course, several of these cards are still sold in stores, but only a few were produced, in March 2025, [[Lots Of Fun This Easter!]], and January 2026, [[A Valentine Poem]]. As of February 2026, no other new ones are being produced.


*Briefly collaborating with the 2005 founded company [[Smilebox]], [[Hallmark Cards]] made custom E-Cards where users could insert their photos into a Flash Interactive photo album in 2006. This continued until the mid 2010s. Smilebox is still active to this day, but removed [[hoops&yoyo]] [[E-cards]], aswell their older E-cards from 2006-2011.
====2007====
===2007===
===2007===
====March Madness====
====March Madness====
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====Ask the Builder Collab====
====Ask the Builder Collab====
Started as a collaboration in May 2009. The last mentions on the Ask the Builder website are from January 2011. It was reuploaded on [[Bob Holt]]'s YouTube channel in 2012 and the Hoops & Yoyo YouTube channel in 2014.
*Started as a collaboration in May 2009. The last mentions on the Ask the Builder website are from January 2011. It was reuploaded on [[Bob Holt]]'s YouTube channel in 2012 and the Hoops & Yoyo YouTube channel in 2014.


[[File:pledge-banner2.gif|thumb|left|an [[Banners|banner]] used to be in askthebuilder.com's site.]]
[[File:pledge-banner2.gif|thumb|left|an [[Banners|banner]] used to be in askthebuilder.com's site.]]
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*To celebrate [[Hallmark's 100 year anniversary]], events with Hoops & Yoyo were made in the headquarters, including inflatable mascots walking around and welcoming guests.
*To celebrate [[Hallmark's 100 year anniversary]], events with Hoops & Yoyo were made in the headquarters, including inflatable mascots walking around and welcoming guests.
===2011===
===2011===
*an event
*Hallmark's collaboration ended with Smilebox in December 2011.
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===2015===
===2015===
====[[Bob_Holt#Hallmark|Bob Holt being fired from Hallmark]]====
====[[Bob_Holt#Hallmark|Bob Holt being fired from Hallmark]]====


Sometime in June-July 2015, [[Bob Holt]] was fired from [[Hallmark]]. No reason was given other than that hoops&yoyo did not fit into the "humor" that Hallmark wanted.
In June 5th, 2015, [[Bob Holt]] was fired from [[Hallmark]]. No reason was given other than that hoops&yoyo did not fit into the "humor" that Hallmark wanted.
 
[[Category:Collaborations]]

Latest revision as of 18:01, 19 January 2026

This article is in a work in progress.


Timeline

1999/2001?

  • Yoyo, the first ever character was created and it's following test animation also was made.

2001

Introduction

2002

Misc

2003

Misc

2004

  • Their own site, (hoopsandyoyo.com) debuted on May 24th, 2004 and quickly built a dedicated following. By 2005, 3 million visitors had come to the hoops&yoyo home page, and the numbers continued to increase since then.[1]

More merch started to be produced in 2004-2005, such as luggage tags, T-shirts, plushies and etc.

2005

  • In 2005, Mike Adair, started animating E-Cards, which the first ever E-Card animated by himself, was Just a Fly By Hi!, and designing some hoops&yoyo contents.

Also that same year, the Jingle Wiggle Wiggle! CD was produced, featuring Makuza and released in December.

2006

  • Starting in 2006, hoops&yoyo started gaining more popularity because of a certain million of thanks e-card was being widespread, and it was the year when they first appeared on YouTube, and the official creation of the channel in that same year.


  • In the same year, Hallmark Cards created physical cards that had speakers that spoke and sang to the recipient. Hoops & Yoyo became a popular subject for these sound cards until being discontinued in 2015. Of course, several of these cards are still sold in stores, but only a few were produced, in March 2025, Lots Of Fun This Easter!, and January 2026, A Valentine Poem. As of February 2026, no other new ones are being produced.


  • Briefly collaborating with the 2005 founded company Smilebox, Hallmark Cards made custom E-Cards where users could insert their photos into a Flash Interactive photo album in 2006. This continued until the mid 2010s. Smilebox is still active to this day, but removed hoops&yoyo E-cards, aswell their older E-cards from 2006-2011.

2007

2007

March Madness

  • Throughout March of 2007, the Hoops & Yoyo website promoted the March Madness games with mentions of basketball and even bringing back Marshy, that's where Marshy's birthday was unveiled.

2009

Ask the Builder Collab

  • Started as a collaboration in May 2009. The last mentions on the Ask the Builder website are from January 2011. It was reuploaded on Bob Holt's YouTube channel in 2012 and the Hoops & Yoyo YouTube channel in 2014.
an banner used to be in askthebuilder.com's site.


~~Work In Progress~~


2010

Hallmark’s 100 year anniversary

  • To celebrate Hallmark's 100 year anniversary, events with Hoops & Yoyo were made in the headquarters, including inflatable mascots walking around and welcoming guests.

2011

  • Hallmark's collaboration ended with Smilebox in December 2011.

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==

2015

Bob Holt being fired from Hallmark

In June 5th, 2015, Bob Holt was fired from Hallmark. No reason was given other than that hoops&yoyo did not fit into the "humor" that Hallmark wanted.