February 5, 2016 – April 22, 2016
Mack & Moxy is an American live-action/animated children's television series. Each episode teaches children lessons of charity and compassion, while celebrating the joy of altruistically helping others. Created by Brahm Wenger and Alan Green, the show combines 3D animation, live-action costumes, and original songs and music. The show was distributed by American Public Television and aired on select PBS stations from February 5, 2016, to April 22, 2016, and reran until February 16, 2020. The complete first season began streaming on Netflix in October 2016.
Summary
Each episode includes two 14-minute segments and follows Mack, a lovable, mooselike lummox, and Moxy, a feisty, raccoon/fox-inspired go-getter as they take off on another adventure. Together with a helpful Trooper (child), they set out to rescue another Great Helpee in a far-off mystical place called HelpeeLand.
Along the way, Mack & Moxy meet a new Friend-In-Need who introduces Mack & Moxy (and the kids at home) to a new important cause.
A number of non-profits and government organizations partnered with Mack & Moxy for the show's first season. These included: American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Citizen Schools, Easter Seals, Feeding America, Safe Kids Worldwide, National Park Foundation, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Playworks, President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, Save the Children and World Wildlife Fund.
Mack & Moxy's major underwriters for season one included: SanDisk, ConAgra Foods, Edison International, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, QVC, Mendability, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Graco Children's Products. Additional funding was provided by San Diego Gas & Electric, the Bernard P. Novak Foundation, IKEA, Elizabeth Pang Fullerton, the Deeann and Al Baldwin Foundation, and True Drinks.
TV Show Intro
Sound Effects Used
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING (Heard once in "Ready, Set, Hike!".)