Mac and Friends (TV series)

Mac and Friends is an American-Canadian animated musical comedy television series created by Harry Nebel. The show was aired twice daily as a local series on STV from May 1, 1991, to June 25, 1999.

Plot
The series focused mostly on Mac, a brown-hair headed small-eared human who has cartoony adventures with his friends. His friends included Nuthead, Bumpy, and Mac's un-named dog. Early in its run, the show mostly featured more everyday adventures and morals. Later, cartoony adventures were drawn up, many spoofing well-known television shows at the time. A new segment was also added, titled "Amazing Songs With Bumpy", where Bumpy sings original songs and sometimes lip-synchs popular songs.

Main Characters

 * Mac –  A brown-hair headed small-eared humanoid-like character who is the main character of the series.
 * Nuthead – A bald-headed humanoid-like character who does dumb things due to the big bump on his head.
 * Bumpy – A silly red ball who loves telling jokes and singing songs. He had a loud and energetic personality.
 * Mac's dog  – A voracious dog who is seen to love swallowing things. Similar to Bumpy, He has an energetic personality.

Side Characters

 * Hank and Frank  – Two bald humanoid-like characters who love stealing things.
 * Professor Gunk  –  A tall professor with big eyes.
 * Marietta  –  A  female humanoid-like character who has a crush on Mac.

Production
Mac and Friends were first pitched to Nick in 1990 with a pilot episode, which was rejected. In the same year, the show was later pitched to STV (known as Silly Television at the time), who picked up the show and asked for a total of 13 episodes to be made.

STV aired Mac and Friends on May 1, 1991, and was pretty successful as it was one of the first music-based related series on the channel.

In 1999, it was announced that the show would be canceled after it's 4th season in order to keep the series from growing repetitive and the series ended production in late 2000, with the rest of the show's only being aired in form of reruns.

Blob and the Black
In the season 2 episode "Blob and the Black", Bumpy gets a ticket to an island. However, the island is inhabited by a set of tribe men, complete with Blackface. The episode never has an official video release. However, it can be found on unauthorized home video releases, as well as on online streaming sites.

The Laugh Riot
The Season 3 episode "The Laugh Riot" has a scene where Mac and his friends are about to be executed by a firing squad, A unnamed man asks if they has a last request. Having an idea, the four ponders, saying "We wish... We wish..." and then breaks into a original song called "We Wish For A Beautiful Day". Suddenly, Mac, his friends and the firing squad are minstrel singers, complete with Blackface, singing along. In the Dutch and Flemish versions, the ending is edited, mostly by cutting off after Mac and his friends sing the first part of "We Wish For A Beautiful Day". In the UK and Spanish versions, a fake "iris-out" appears after after Mac and his friends sing the first part of "We Wish For A Beautiful Day". And in most countries, the entire ending is cut, making the episode end with Mac and his friends willingly letting themselves be arrested because they felt sorry for the "Laugh Riot".

Episodes
See Mac and Friends/Episode Guide

Trivia

 * The series has an episode that was not aired on STV, titled "That Old Underside Magic"
 * The song, Singin' in the Rain is completly gone in DVD releases of the episode of the same name.