The Moxy Show also known as The Moxy Pirate TV Show And The Moxy And Flea Show was an animation anthology television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and is rumored to be the first Cartoon Network original series. The show ran from December 5, 1993 to December 25, 1995, originally as The Moxy Pirate Show, and consisted of classic cartoons divided by 3-D animated interstitials featuring Moxy, a dog, and Flea, a flea (originally voiced by Penn Jillette, and later Chris Rock).
The Moxy Show technically doesn't count as a Cartoon Network original series, all that credit goes to Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The series itself was more of a variety show where Moxy and Flea would run a pirate TV station, and the series itself would feature cartoons from Turner's library, but was not as educational as ToonHeads. However, Moxy himself was created as Cartoon Network's first original character. That said, he wasn't very popular or successful with critics during its run, as confirmed by Andy Merrill, who worked on the show.
Later in 2011, fans who recorded the series at the time it was still on the air had uploaded clips of certain episodes, bumpers during the early era of Cartoon Network and the show's theme song that were either dubbed in English or Spanish into video-sharing websites such as YouTube.
A rare behind-the-scenes video of The Moxy Show titled "The Making of Moxy" was uploaded in YouTube which featured the production, starting and magical-works on how the show was made, Moxy was created and the art of computer animation, including interviews of crew members and the appearance of Bobcat Goldthwait, Moxy's voice actor.
Episodes[]
- "Television"
- "Abducted"
All other episodes remain lost.
