''Elliot Moose'' (french: Elliot Caribou) is a Canadian children's live-action-animated television series produced by Nelvana for

TVOntario TVO Media Education Group (often abbreviated as TVO and stylized on-air as tvo) is a publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario ...

and

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. The series was developed by

Jed MacKay Jed MacKay is a Canadian children's TV producer/writer/composer. He began his career writing for TVOntario's long-running success ''Polka Dot Door'', for which he was honoured with a Masterworks Award by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television ...

and produced by Marianne Culbert. It aired from September 6, 1999 until September 20, 2000, based on Andrea Beck's children's book series, '' Elliot Moose''. 104 episodes were produced.

Plot

''Elliot Moose'' features a young

moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult ma ...

named Elliot who lives in a place called "the Big House". He goes on adventures with his friends Beaverton, Lionel, Socks, and Paisley.

Production

The series' stories were half animated and half live action, reflecting children's real world of play and their imaginary world. The music was composed by Bruce Ley and Jed MacKay.

Characters

Major

*Elliot (puppeteered by Charles P. Schott and voiced by

Al Mukadam Al Mukadam (born Ali Mukaddam; April 6, 1984) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his performance as Ray Brennan in the Family Channel television series ''Radio Free Roscoe'' (2003–2005). Career Mukadam started his career very young and st ...

) is the protagonist of the series and the leader of the group. He is a young

calf who wears a green shirt with a red star on it and loves going on adventures with his best friend Socks. His catchphrase is "Amazing!" *Socks (puppeteered by

Alisa Walton Alisa Walton (born January 15, 1970) is a Canadian actress best known for her work as Marigold on TVOntario's '' Polka Dot Shorts'' from 1993 to 2001, and as Socks the Monkey on the series' '' Elliot Moose'' on TVOntario and PBS. Walton is als ...

and voiced by Ruby Smith-Merovitz) is Elliot's best friend. She is a purple monkey who wears a pink hat with a blue bow tie and buttons lined down and she becomes friends with Elliot as his sidekick. *Paisley (puppeteered by Heidimarie Guggie and voiced by Frannie Diggins) is a red bear who wears yellow shorts with suspenders and looks up to his researches. *Lionel (puppeteered by Stephen LaFrenie and voiced by Amos Crawley) is a yellow lion who has orders to show Elliot and his friends as the leader of the group. *Beaverton (puppetered by Mark Wallace and voiced by Keith Knight) is a dark brown beaver who loves wood and is part of the group.

Supporting

*Amy (voiced by

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) is a female anteater who is also part of the group. She only appears in the animated segments. *Mong (voiced by Amos Crawley) is the antagonist of the series. He is a greedy little mouse who only appears in the animated segments.

Cast

Live-action actors

*Charles P. Schott as Elliot Moose *

as Socks *Heidimarie Guggi as Paisley *Stephen LaFrenie as Lionel *Mark Wallace as Beaverton

Voice cast

*Amos Crawley as Mong and Lionel *

as Elliot *Ruby Smith-Merovitz as Socks * Lizzy Hanna as Drusilla Dragon *

as Amy *Greg Spottiswood *Frannie Diggins as Paisley * Keith Knight as Beaverton *James Rankin

Telecast and home media

In Canada, the show was first introduced on September 6, 1999 with the final episode aired on September 20, 2000. Two years later, the show was premiered on

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(as part of the

Bookworm Bunch The PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch was a preschool television block produced by Canada-based animation studio Nelvana Limited (now Nelvana Enterprises) that aired on PBS from September 30, 2000 to September 5, 2004. It typically aired on weekend mornings ...

block) in the U.S.; reruns aired on

Qubo Qubo ( ; stylized as qubo) was an American television network for children between the ages of 5 and 14. Owned by Ion Media, it consisted of a 24-hour free-to-air television network often mentioned as the "Qubo channel" (available as a digital ...

from 2007 to 2010. The series was released by Kids Motion Entertainment on VHS and also by KaBoom! Entertainment on DVD, and as of 2022, the series is now streaming on

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Episodes

Note: The first and last episode segments are live-action, while the second and third episode segments are animated.

Season 1: 1999

Season 2: 2000

References

External links

Nelvana Official Site
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