Moxy was Cartoon Network's 1st attempt as a company, ah, mascot, if you will.
Originally starring as a solo act in The Moxy Pirate Show, developing a pirate studio and using the network's signal, Moxy was repackaged with The Moxy Show sometime in 1995. Now, the whole idea of a pirate signal isn't original. In fact Bobcat Goldthwait, who was the voice of Moxy and one of the writers, might've gotten the idea from his friend, "Weird" Al Yankovic, who did a series of Al TV specials for MTV in the 80's & 90's. While Al would be a guest VJ on MTV, Moxy was a guest toon jockey, if ya will.
However, after a pilot under the title, The Moxy & Flea Show, it went to series as The Moxy Show, and Chris Rock (ex-Saturday Night Live), who'd voiced Flea, was replaced by Penn Jillette, who otherwise was a studio announcer for Comedy Central when not touring as 1/2 of Penn & Teller.
Unfortunately, Moxy's last show aired in December 1995, and he hasn't been seen since.
Let's take a look at a sample clip.
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