Moone Boy
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Chris O'Dowd |
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| Theme music composer | The Sultans of Ping FC |
| Opening theme | "Where's Me Jumper" |
| Composer(s) | Rónán Johnston |
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| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 min |
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| Original network | Sky1 |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 14 September 2012 – 6 April 2015 |
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Moone Boy is an Irish sitcom created, co-written by and co-starring Chris O'Dowd for British broadcaster Sky. The series is co-written by Nick Vincent Murphy and is produced by Baby Cow Productions, Sprout Pictures, Hot Cod Productions and Grand Pictures. The series is semi-autobiographical of O'Dowd and focuses on a young boy's life growing up in Boyle, County Roscommon in Ireland in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. Moone Boy is the second series produced from Sky1's Little Crackers shorts and is inspired by O'Dowd's contribution, "Capturing Santa", which was produced by Sprout Pictures.
The introductory music for much of each episode is "Tico's Tune" by Geoff Love (recorded by him under the name "Manuel & The Music of the Mountains"). This piece of music has near-iconic status in Ireland as it was used as the theme music for The Gay Byrne Show, a long-running and immensely popular morning radio show on RTÉ Radio 1. Background music and soundtrack pieces were composed for the series by Rónán Johnston. The opening credits are accompanied with the song "Where's Me Jumper" by The Sultans of Ping FC.
Moone Boy aired its third and final season in 2015.
Seán Murphy is the imaginary friend of 12-year-old Martin Paul Kenny Dalglish Moone, the youngest child (and only son) in a family living in Boyle, a small town in rural Ireland. Martin, aided by his imaginary friend, has a unique perspective on life. His imagination comes into play both in his childish drawings, which come alive through animation, and in the ridiculous schemes he comes up with, against Seán's better judgement. With Seán's help, Martin negotiates life as the youngest in a chaotic, scatterbrained family.
Chris O'Dowd said: "Moone Boy is a fantastic comedy which centres on a twelve-year-old boy who has an imaginary friend. It is set in the late eighties/early nineties and all of the experiences are ones that I had. It's a really funny show which has loads of animation and a number of laughs that I hope people will love. It was essential to film in Ireland and what was great about Sky was they wanted us to film here and they were really supportive. That wouldn't have happened at any other channel."
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