TRASH TRUCK:
Created by Max Keane, co-produced by Glen Keane Productions and Netflix Animation, “Trash Truck” is an American computer-animated streaming television series that premiered on November 10, 2020, on Netflix.
The latest season broadcast on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, on Netflix.
Six-year-old Hank and his best pal, a giant trash truck, explore the world around them on fantastical adventures with their animal friends.
“It’s an idea I stole from my son [Henry],” Max Keane admits. “When he was 1½, he was completely obsessed with garbage trucks.” At first, Keane couldn’t figure out why Henry was so enchanted by the big, loud vehicles. But one foggy morning, it clicked.
“[Henry] saw the trash truck coming down the street. It pulled up in front of us, grabbed the trash, dumped it, and slammed the [container] back down,” he recalls. “I was holding Henry, looking at this giant beast of a truck, and I said to myself, ‘Wow, yeah. I get it. This thing is amazing.’ Then Henry said, ‘Bye, Trash Truck,’ in this very innocent, sweet way.”
After that, Keane started telling Henry bedtime stories about a little boy and his best friend who was a garbage truck, and the idea began picking up speed. “I pitched the idea to my dad and Gennie, and they thought that ‘Yeah, there’s something there. You should just keep digging into that,’” he says.
“Watching Max develop this from the purest beginning point was special,” Glen Keane says. When Max presented the idea to him and Rim, “We both said, ‘You’ve got to do this. We’ve got to do this. This is an animated series.’
Where can I watch “Trash Truck”?
Exclusively available for streaming on Netflix.