Soccer great CobiJones presents live-action "Jakers! Live and Learn" moments following each episode, as real kids share Piggley's discoveries.

Produced by Mike Young Productions (MYP) for Entara, JAKERS! THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLEY WINKS brings the charm and inspiration of Irish storytelling to American youngsters. The series airs Saturdays at 8:30 am and Fridays at 4:30 pm on WLIW21.

Starring Mel Brooks as Wiley the Sheep, the series is created by London-based Entara and los Angeles-based Mike Young Productions. It is produced entirely in 3D, CGI animation by MYP one of the leading independent animation studios in the world today.

The JAKERS! property is owned and managed worldwide by Entara. WLIW New York serves as the presenting station.

The series of 40 half-hour episodes for 4 to 7 year olds follows the adventures of Piggley Winks, a spunky eight-year-old pig, and his friends Dannan the Duck and Ferny the Bull on Raloo Farm in Ireland. While the intrepid trio are enjoying their escapades ("Jakers!TM" is their oft-used Irish expression of delight and amazement), American transplant Wiley the Sheep (voiced by Mel Brooks) is busy offering wild and woolly advice to his all-too-sheepish flock. The opening and closing of each story features Piggley Winks as a granddad, telling these tales of childhood shenanigans as entertaining lessons in life to his three very contemporary, rambunctious city-dwelling grandpigs.

Following each of Grandpa Piggley's animated tales, soccer greet Cobi Jones of the 2002 MLS Cup Champion team, the Los Angeles Galaxy, and three-time US World Cup twm member, hosts a threeminute live-action epilogue entitled "Jakers! Live and Learn." These educational moments spotlight children from diverse cultures and backgrounds sharing sometimes amusing, sometimes poignant, real-life anecdotes that complement the moral lesson of Piggley's exploits.

JAKERS! Features the voice talents of comedy legend Mel Brooks as Wiley the Sheep, a recent American transplant to Raloo Farm, who tries with varying degrees of success to lead his flock in somewhat unconventional ways. "This is the most fun I've had in years," says Mel Brooks. "I get to play a sheep with a ba-a'ad attitude, and I get to impress my five-year-old granddaughter. What more could a guy want from a part!"